JC1 H2 Mathematics MYE Revision Package MJC 2018

JC1 H2 Mathematics (9758)

MYE Revision Package
Techniques of Differentiation
Suggested Solutions

Qn 1 Solutions
(i) 1
d  1  x 
 1  1  x   2 1 1
 cos      cos    
dx   2   2   2   x
2 2
1  
 2
1

x
2  4  x  cos
2 1
 
2
(ii)
d   d 
3

ln
 x  1   ln  x  1  
dx  x  1  dx   x  1  
2
 
d  1 
  ln  x  1  ln  x  1 
dx  2 
1 1
 
x  1 2  x  1

Qn 2 Solutions
(a) d 1 1  12
dx

tan 1 x   
1  ( x )2 2
x

1

2 x (1  x)
(b)

= √
Taking logarithm on both sides,
1 1
ln = ln
ln = ln
Differentiating both sides,
1 d d 1
⋅ ⋅ + ⋅ ln = ⋅ + 1 ⋅ ln
d d
d
(1 + ln ) = 1 + ln
d
d 1 + ln
=
d 1 + ln

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Qn 3 Solutions
(ai) dx
x  e3t   3e3t
dt
d y
y  t2   2t
dt
dy 2t
  3t
dx 3e
dy
When  0,
dx
2t
0
3e3t
t 0
(aii)

(b) x 2  2 xy  2 y 2  k … (1)
Differentiate throughout w.r.t. x.
 dy  dy
2x  2  x  y   4 y 0
 dx  dx
dy yx

dx 2 y  x

dy
For tangents which are parallel to the line y  x ,  1.
dx
yx
1
2y  x
y  x  2y  x
y0
Subst. y  0 into (1):
x 2  2 x(0)  2(0)2  k
x2  k
Given that there are 2 tangents parallel to the line y  x ,
k 0
dy
For tangents which are parallel to the y-axis, is undefined.
dx
2y  x  0
x  2y

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Subst. x  2 y and k = 4 into (1):

(2 y )2  2(2 y ) y  2 y 2  4
y 2
x  2 2

The coordinates are 2 2,  2  and 2 2, 2 . 
Qn 4 Solutions
2t  t 2
x  sin 1 (1  t ) ye
1
dx 1 dy 2 t t 2 1 2 2

dt

2
 1
dt
e
2
 2t  t   2  2t 
1  1  t 
2 t t 2
dx

1 dy e

1  t 
dt 2t  t 2 dt 2t  t 2
dy
dy
  dt =e 2 t t 2
 t  1
dx dx
dt

Qn 5 Solutions
(a) d  2  2( x )
2
2
[tan 1  ]   2
dx  x  1  ( 2 )2 x  4
x
(b) d 1 x d 1
(ln )  [  ln(1  x )  ln(1  x) ]
dx 1 x dx 2
1 1 1 1 1
= (  ) 2
or
2 1 x 1 x 1 x (1  x )(1  x )

Qn 6 Solutions
d 1 e1 x
sin  e  
1 1 x
  e    1 
1 x

dx 1  (e1 x )2 1  e 21 x 

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Qn 7 Solutions
(i) x y a
Differentiating implicitly wrt x :
1 1 dy
 0
2 x 2 y dx
dy y
  0 for x  0, y  0
dx x
Hence C has no stationary points.

Alternative Method:
y  a  x  y  a x2 a x
dy a
  1
dx x
Since x  y  a and x>0, y>0, a>0, we have
a dy
a x  1 and
 1.
x dx
Hence C has no stationary points.
(ii) As x  0 , the tangent to C  x  0

Qn 8 Solutions
(a)  x
y  tan 1  2 x  tan 1  2 2 
 
Differentiating w.r.t. x:
x
x 1
dy 1  1  2  2 2 ln 2
    2 ln 2 
dx x 2 2 1  2x
 2  
1 2 
 
(b) y  xcos x1
ln y   cos x  1 ln x

Differentiating w.r.t. x:
1 dy 1
  cos x  1     ln x   sin x 
y dx  x
dy  cos x 1  
 x cos x 1      ln x  sin x  
dx  x x 
 x cos x  cos x  1  x sin x ln x 

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Qn 9 Solutions
(i) x
y x
e
dy e x  xe x

dx e2 x
1 x
 x
e
dy
 0  x 1
dx
 1
Substitute x  1 into y . Maximum point is 1,  .
 e

(ii) For x  0,
1 x 1
y  i.e. x 
e e e
Since ln is an increasing function,
 x
ln  x   ln  e 1 
e 
 ln x  ln e x  1
 ln x  x  1
 ln x  x  1

Qn 10 Solutions
y x  e y x2
x ln y  ln  e y x 2 
x ln y  y  2 ln x
x dy dy 2
ln y   
y dx dx x
dy  x  2
  1   ln y
dx  y  x
2
 ln y
dy x

dx x
1
y
dy y  2  x ln y 

dx x x  y

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