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Lesson 5: The rules of derivatives

Rates of change and derivatives

You are a quarter of the way through this course. This is an Assessment of Learning, which is used
to evaluate your work based on established criteria and to assign a mark. Your teacher will provide
you with feedback and a mark. This Assessment of Learning is worth 12% of your final mark for the
course.

There are four Tasks in this Assessment of Learning.

Task 1: Knowledge and Understanding questions

1. Evaluate the following limits algebraically.

a. (2 marks)
2
lim 4x + 1
x→3

2
x + 2x − 8
b. lim (4 marks)
2
x→2 x − 7x + 10
−−−−
√x + 1 − 1
c. lim (5 marks)
x→ 0 x

2. Determine whether the limit exists as x approaches –2 for the following piecewise function.
Explain your answer. (3 marks)
2
5x − 3, x < −2
f (x) = { }
4x + 25, x > −2

3. Using the rules of derivatives, find the derivative of each of the following functions.

a. (3 marks)
2 3 2
f (x) = 2(x − 3)(x − 5x )

b. (2 marks)
3
g(x) = 3(x − 5x + 1)

2
6x + 1
c. y = (6 marks)
2
5x − 2

Task 2: Thinking questions

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4. For the function f (x) = 2x
3
+ 3x
2
, determine the point(s) on the curve where the slope of the
tangent is 36. (5 marks) () My ILC
5. For the functions f (x) and g(x) , prove that the derivative of the sum of the
3 2
= 5x = 4x
′
functions is equal to the sum of the derivative of each function: [f (x) + g(x)] ′ ′
= f (x) + g (x)

(5 marks)
2
6. Sketch the graph of y by determining the location of any local
3 2
= − x + x + 24x − 5
3
maximum or minimum points, and the intervals of increasing and decreasing. (15 marks)

Task 3: Communication questions

7. Define each of the following mathematical terms: (12 marks: 2 marks each)

a. extrema

b. derivative

c. constant function

d. first principle of derivatives

e. differentiation

f. instantaneous rate of change

8. What is the difference between a local minimum point and a global minimum point? Sketch a
function where the local minimum is also the global minimum. (5 marks: 2 marks each for the
definitions; 1 mark for the graph)

9. For the function f (x) :

2
= (3x + 2)(2x − 1)

a. find the derivative using the product rule. (3 marks)

b. expand and simplify the function, then use the sum and difference rule to find the derivative. (3
marks)

c. What do you conclude from the results in parts (a) and (b)? (2 marks)

Task 4: Application questions

10. The equation M (t) = 12 − 0.2t2 models the mass of undissolved table salt in a glass of water,
where M (t) represents the mass of salt, in grams, and t represents time, in seconds.

a. When will all of the table salt be dissolved? Round your answer to two decimal places. (2
marks)

b. Use the secant method to find the average rate at which the salt is dissolving for the interval
5.5 < t < 6.5. (3 marks)

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d. When is the salt dissolving at a rate of 1.6 g/sec? (2 marks)

e. Use GeoGebra to sketch a graph of the function between the x- and y -intercepts. (Note: Refer
to the video in Lesson 2 on how to create graphs with restrictions on the domain and insert
them into your assignment. Make sure to label your axes with titles, and give your graph an
overall title. (3 marks: 1 mark for titles; 1 mark for the proper increments on the x- and y -
axes; 1 mark for the correct graph and domain)

11. Determine the equations of the tangent lines to the graph of f (x) = 3x(5x
2
+ 1) that are
parallel to the line y = 8x + 9. (4 marks) Use GeoGebra to sketch a graph of the function, the
tangent lines, and the line y = 8x + 9. (6 marks)

Feedback and marking

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knowledge and skills is weighted equally at 25 marks, making a total of 100 marks. The final mark
on this Assessment of Learning is determined by your teacher based on their professional
judgement of the requirements for the assignment.

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