Calculus 2 : Calculus II

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Example Questions

Example Question #1361 : Calculus Ii

Find the derivative of the function 

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The Chain Rule is required here.

. Start

 

The Chain Rule Proceeds as follows: . In this case

 

and

 .

Putting these into the Chain Rule, we get

Or the same to say

.

Example Question #1361 : Calculus Ii

Evaluate the derivative of , where is any constant.

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

For the term, we simply use the power rule to abtain . Since is a constant (not a variable), we treat it as such. The derivative of any constant (or "stand-alone number") is .

Example Question #32 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the derivative of the function .

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We use the Product Rule to find our answer here. The Product Rule formula is .

Let , , then we have , .

Putting these into our formula, we have

.

Example Question #1364 : Calculus Ii

What is the derivative of 

?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can find the derivative of 

using the power rule

with 

so we have

Example Question #1365 : Calculus Ii

Find the velocity function given the displacement function:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the displacement function is the velocity, so we need to find . We can use the power rule 



with 

to get 

Example Question #41 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the velocity given the displacement function

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the displacement function is the velocity, so we need to find . We can use the power rule 



with 

to get 

Example Question #41 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the velocity given the displacement function

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the displacement function is the velocity, so we need to find . We can use the power rule 



with   along with the chain rule to get 

Example Question #43 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the velocity given the displacement function

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the displacement function is the velocity, so we need to find . We can use the power rule 



with   along with the chain rule to get 

Example Question #42 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the velocity given the displacement function

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the displacement function is the velocity, so we need to find . We can use the power rule




with   along with the chain rule to get 

Example Question #45 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Given the displacement function , find the velocity function.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the velocity of , we need to find the derivative. This can be done with the chain rule:

with  and , so we get

and 

so we get

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