Calculus 2 : Calculus II

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Example Questions

Example Question #43 : 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

Example Question #241 : Derivatives

Given the displacement function

find the velocity function.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the velocity of , we need to find the derivative. This is simply:

using the power rule:

Example Question #45 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Given the velocity function

find the acceleration function .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The acceleration function  can be derived from the velocity function by taking the derivative: . So we get 

Example Question #46 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Given the velocity function

find the acceleration function .

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The acceleration function  can be derived from the velocity function by taking the derivative: . So we get 

Example Question #47 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the derivative of

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We need to use the Product Rule to evaluate the derivative here.

The formula for the Product Rule is

If , , then ,

Plugging these into our formula, we get-

Example Question #251 : Derivative Review

Find the derivative of the function

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None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We could use the chain rule for this function, but we can save some time and work if we recognize that the function can be simplified a bit.

 

Hence

Example Question #252 : Derivative Review

Evaluate 

Possible Answers:

None of the other answers

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To evaluate this derivative, we use the Product Rule.

 

. Use the Product Rule. Keep in mind that the derivative of  involves the Chain Rule.

. Factor out an .

Example Question #253 : Derivative Review

Find the derivative of the following function:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the function is

and was found using the following rules:

Example Question #254 : Derivative Review

What is the second derivative of the following function:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solce this problem we use the chain rule.

Taking the first derviative we get:

, which simplifies to 

To take the second derivative, we use a combination of the chain and product rules. To use the chain rule on the first term of the equation, we can re-write  as . Taking the second derivative, we get the following:

 

Which simplifies to 

 

 

Which simplifies further to:

Example Question #51 : First And Second Derivatives Of Functions

Find the first derivative of the function:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The derivative of the function is equal to

and was found using the following rules:

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