In Exercises 37– 40, find each limit by evaluating the
derivative of a suitable function at an appropriate point.
EXERCISES 3.1
Hint: Look at the definition of the derivative.
In Exercises 1–34,find the derivative of the function f by
using the rules of differentiation.
(1  h)3  1
h 0
h
37. lim
1. f ( x)  3
2. f ( x)  365
3. f ( x)  x6
4. f ( x)  x9
5. f ( x)  x2.1
6. f ( x)  x0.8
7. f ( x)  4 x 2
8. f ( x)  4x3
9. f ( x)   r
4
10. f (r )   r 3
3
39. lim
5 45
x
4
40. lim
2
38. lim
x 1
Hint: Let h  x  1
3(2  h)2  (2  h)  10
h 0
h
1  (1  t ) 2
t  0 t (1  t ) 2
11. f ( x)  9 x1 3
12. f ( x) 
13. f ( x)  5 x
14. f (u ) 
15. f ( x)  7 x12
16. f ( x)  0.3x1.2
17. f ( x)  5x2  3x  7
18. f ( x)  x3  3x2  1
19. f ( x)  2x  2x  6
20. f ( x)  x  2 x  5
3
2
In Exercises 41– 44, find the slope and an equation of the
tangent line to the graph of the function f at the specified
point.
2
u
4
41. f ( x)  2 x2  3x  4;
2
22. f ( x)  0.002x  0.05x  0.1x  20
2 x3  4 x 2  3
x
24. f ( x) 
x3  2 x 2  x  1
x
25. f ( x)  5x  3x
4
26. f ( x)  6 x 4 3 
52
27. f ( x)  2 x  4 x
30. f ( x) 
ent line.
1
28. f ( x)   ( x 3  x 6 )
3
46. Let f ( x)  x3  4 x2 . Find the points(s) on the graph
of f where the tangent line is horizontal.
47. Let f ( x)  x3  1 .
a. Find the point(s) on the graph of f where the slope of
the tangent line is equal to 12.
b. Find the equation(s) of the tangent line(s) of part (a).
32. f (t )  4t 2  t 3
34. f ( x) 
b. f (0)
36. Let f ( x)  4x5 4  2x3 2  x . Find
a. f (0)
5
(4, )
2
b. Sketch the graph of f and draw the horizontal tang-
c. Sketch the graph of f showing the tangent line(s).
2
48. Let f ( x)  x3  x 2  12 x  6 . Find the values of x
3
2
4

1
x3
x
for which:
a. f ( x)  12
35. Let f ( x)  2 x3  4 x . Find:
a. f (2)
x
;
line is horizontal.
5
2 1

  200
x3 x 2 x
2
3
 13
2
x
x
1
(1,0)
a. Find the point on the graph of f where the tangent
2
2
5
(1,  )
3
45. Let f ( x)  x3 .
4 3 2
 
t4 t3 t
31. f ( x)  3x  5 x
33. f ( x) 
44. f ( x)  x 
2 32
x  x 2  3x  1
3
1
29. f (t ) 
5
42. f ( x)   x 2  2 x  2 ;
3
2
23. f ( x) 
(1,3)
43. f ( x)  x4  3x3  2x2  x  1 ;
21. f ( x)  0.03x2  0.4 x  10
3
x5  1
x 1
c. f (2)
b. f ( x)  0
c. f ( x)  12
49. Let f ( x) 
b. f (16)
1 4 1 3
x  x  x 2 . Find the point(s) on the
4
3
graph of f where the slope of the tangent line is equal to :
— 52 —
a. 2x
b. 0
c. 10x
54. ONLINE BUYERS As use of the Internet grows, so does the
50. A straight line perpendicular to and passing through the
number of consumers who shop online. The number of
point of tangency of the tangent line is called the normal
online buyers, as a percent of net users, is expected to be
(1  t  7)
P(t )  53t 0.12
to the curve. Find an equation of the tangent line and the
normal to the curve y  x  3x  1 at the point (2,3).
3
51. GROWTH
OF A
where t is measured in years, with t = 1 corresponding
CANCEROUS TUMOR The volume of a
to the beginning of 2002.
spherical cancerous tumor is given by the function
a. How many online buyers, as a percent of net users,
4
V (r )   r 3
3
are there expected to be at the beginning of 2007?
b. How fast is the number of online buyers, as a
where r is the radius of the tumor in centimeters. Find
percent of net users, expected to be changing at the
the rate of change in the volume of the tumor when
beginning of 2007?
5
b. r  cm
4
2
a. r  cm
3
Source: Strategy Analytics
55. MARRIED HOUSEHOLDS
52. VELOCITY OF BLOOD IN AN ARTERY The velocity (in centi-
CHILDREN The percent of
families that were married households with children
meters/second) of blood r cm from the central axis of
between 1970 and 2000 is approximately
an artery is given by
p (t ) 
υ(r )  k ( R  r )
2
WITH
2
49.6
t 0.27
(1  t  4)
where k is a constant and R is the radius of the artery
where t is measured in decades, with t = 1 correspo-
(see the accompanying figure). Suppose k = 1000 and
R = 0.2cm. Find υ(0.1) and υ(0.1) and interpret
nding to 1970.
a. what percent of families were married households
your results.
with children in 1970? In 1980? In 1990? In 2000?
b. How fast was the percent of families that were married households with children changing in 1980? In
1990?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
53. SALES OF DIGITAL CAMERAS According to projections
56. EFFECT
made in 2004, the worldwide shipments of digital
STOPPING
ON
AVERAGE SPEED According to
data from a study, the average speed of your trip A (in
point-and-shoot cameras are expected to grow in
mph) is related to the number of stops/mile you make
accordance with the rule
N (t )  16.3t 0.8766
OF
on the trip x by the equation
(1  t  6)
A
where N (t ) is measured in millions and t is measured
in years, with t = 1 corresponding to 2001.
26.5
x 0.45
Compute dA / dx for x = 0.25 and x = 2. How is the
a. How many digital cameras were sold in 2001 (t = 1)?
rate of change of the average speed of your trip
b. How fast were sales increasing in 2001?
affected by the number of stops/mile?
c. What were the projected sales in 2005?
Source: General Motors
d. How fast were the sales projected to grow in 2005?
57. PORTABLE PHONES The percent of the U.S. population
Source: International Data Corp
with portable phones is projected to be
P(t )  24.4t 0.34
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(1  t  10)
where t is measured in years, with t = 1 corresponding
b. How fast was the level of sales increasing at the beg-
to the beginning of 1998.
inning of 1997? How fast were sales increasing at
a. What percent of the U.S. population is expected to
the beginning of 2002?
have portable phones by the beginning of 2006?
Source: World Semiconductor Trade Statistics
b. How fast is the percent of the U.S. population with
61. CHILD OBESITY The percent of obese children, ages 12–
portable phones expected to be changing at the
19, in the United States has grown dramatically in rec-
beginning of 2006?
ent years. The percent of obese children from 1980 thr-
Source: Banc America Robertson Stephens
ough the year 2000 is approximated by the function
p(t )  0.0105t 2  0.735t  5
58. DEMAND FUNCTIONS The demand function for the Luminar desk lamp is given by
(0  t  20)
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
p  f ( x)  0.1x2  0.4x  35
to the beginning of 1980.
where x is the quantity demanded (measured in thousa-
a. What percent of children were obese at the begin-
nds) and P is the unit price in dollars.
a. Find f ( x) .
ning of 1980? At the beginning of 1990? At the beginning of the year 2000?
b. What is the rate of change of the unit price when the
b. How fast was the percent of obese children changing
quantity demanded is 10,000 units ( x = 10)? What is
at the beginning of 1985? At the beginning of 1990?
the unit price at that level of demand?
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
59. STOPPING DISTANCE OF A RACING CAR During a test by the
62. SPENDING ON MEDICARE Based on the current eligibility
editors of an auto magazine, the stopping distance s (in
requirement, a study conducted in 2004 showed that
feet) of the MacPherson X-2 racing car conformed to
federal spending on entitlement programs, particularly
the rule
Medicare, would grow enormously in the future. The
s  f (t )  120t  15t
2
(t  0)
study predicted that spending on Medicare, as a percent
where t was the time (in seconds) after the brakes
of the gross domestic product (GDP), will be
p(t )  0.27t 2  1.4t  2.2
were applied.
(0  t  5)
a. Find an expression for the car’s velocity υ at any time t.
percent in year t , where t is measured in decades, with
b. What was the car’s velocity when the brakes were
t = 0 corresponding to 2000.
first applied?
a. How fast will the spending on Medicare, as a percent
c. What was the car’s stopping distance for that partic-
of the GDP, be growing in 2010? In 2020?
ular test?
b. What will the predicted spending on Medicare be in
Hint: The stopping time is found by setting υ  0.
60. SALES
OF
2010? In 2020?
DSPS The sales of digital signal processors
(DSPs) in the billions of dollars is projected to be
s(t )  0.14t  0.68t  3.1
2
Source: Congressional Budget Office
63. FISHERIES The total groundfish population on Georges
(0  t  6)
Bank in New England between 1989 and 1999 is appr-
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
oximated by the function
f (t )  5.303t 2  53.977t  253.8
to the beginning of 1997.
a. What were the sales of DSPs at the beginning of
(0  t  10)
where f (t) is measured in thousands of metric tons and
1997?
t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding to the
What were the sales at the beginning of 2002?
beginning of 1989.
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a. What was the rate of change of the groundfish popu-
67. SUPPLY FUNCTIONS The supply function for a certain
lation at the beginning of 1994? At the beginning of
make of transistor radio is given by
1996?
p  f ( x)  0.0001x
5
4
 10
b. Fishing restrictions were imposed on Dec.7, 1994.
Were the conservation measures effective?
where x is the quantity supplied and p is the unit price
Source: New England Fishery Management Council
in dollars.
a. Find f ( x) .
64. WORKER EFFICIENCY An efficiency study conducted for
Elektra Electronics showed that the number of Space
b. What is the rate of change of the unit price if the
Commander walkie–talkies assembled by the average
worker t hr after starting work at 8 a.m. is given by
quantity supplied is 10,000 transistor radios?
68. POPULATION GROWTH A study prepared for a Sunbelt
N (t )  t  6t  15t
3
2
town’s chamber of commerce projected that the town’s
population in the next 3 yr will grow according to the rule
a. Find the rate at which the average worker will be
P(t )  50,000  30t 3 2  20t
assembling walkie–talkies t hr after starting work.
where P(t ) denotes the population t mo from now.
b. At what rate will the average worker be assembling
How fast will the population be increasing 9 mo and 16
walkie–talkies at 10 a. m. ? At 11 a.m.?
mo from now?
c. How many walkie-talkies will the average worker
69. AVERAGE SPEED OF A VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY The average
assemble between 10 a.m. and 11 a. m.?
speed of a vehicle on a stretch of Route 134 between 6
65. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX An economy’s consumer price
a.m. and 10 a.m. on a typical weekday is approximated
index (CPI) is described by the function
I (t )  0.2t  3t 2  100
3
by the function
(0  t  10)
f (t )  20t  40 t  50
(0  t  4)
where t = 0 corresponds to 1997.
where f (t ) is measured in mph and t is measured in
a. At what rate was the CPI changing in 2002? In 2004?
hours, with t  0 corresponding to 6 a.m.
a. Compute f (t ) .
In 2007?
b. What was the average rate of increase in the CPI
b. What is the average speed of a vehicle on that stret-
over the period from 2002 to 2007?
ch of Route 134 at 6 a.m.? At 7 a.m.? At 8 a.m.?
66. EFFECT OF ADVERTISING ON SALES The relationship betw-
c. How fast is the average speed of a vehicle on that
een the amount of money x that Cannon Precision Inst-
stretch of Route 134 changing at 6:30 a.m.? At 7
ruments spends on advertising and the company’s total
a.m.? At 8 a.m.?
sales S(x) is given by the function
S ( x)  0.002x  0.6x  x  500
3
2
70. CURBING POPULATION GROWTH Five years ago, the gove-
(0  x  200)
rnment of a Pacific Island state launched an extensive
where x is measured in thousands of dollars. Find the
propaganda campaign toward curbing the country’s
rate of change of the sales with respect to the amount
population growth. According to the Census Departm-
of money spent on advertising. Are Cannon’s total
ent, the population (measured in thousands of people)
sales increasing at a faster rate when the amount of
for the following 4 yr was
money spent on advertising is (a) $100,000 or (b)
$150,000?
— 55 —
1
P (t )   t 3  64t  3000
3
where t is measured in years and t  0 corresponds to
b. How fast was the percent of the U.S. population that
the start of the campaign. Find the rate of change of the
is deemed obese changing at the beginning of 1991?
population at the end of years 1, 2, 3, and 4. Was the
At the beginning of 2004 ?
plan working?
(Note: A formula for calculating the BMI of a person is
71. CONSERVATION OF SPECIES A certain species of turtle faces
given in Exercise 27,page 544.)
extinction because dealers collect truckloads of turtle eggs
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
to be sold as aphrodisiacs. After severe conservation
74. HEALTH-CARE SPENDING Despite efforts at cost containment,
measures are implemented, it is hoped that the turtle
the cost of the Medicare program is increasing. Two major
population will grow according to the rule
reasons for this increase are an aging population and
N (t )  2t 3  3t 2  4t  1000
extensive use by physicians of new technologies. Based on
(0  t  10)
where N (t) denotes the population at the end of year t.
data from the Health Care Financing Administration and
Find the rate of growth of the turtle population when t
the U.S. Census Bureau , health-care spending through the
= 2 and t = 8. What will be the population 10 yr after
year 2000 may be approximated by the function
S (t )  0.02836t 3  0.05167t 2  9.6088t  41.9
the conservation measures are implemented?
(0  t  35)
72. FLIGHT OF A ROCKET The altitude (in feet) of a rocket t
where S(t) is the spending in billions of dollars and t is
sec into flight is given by
s  f (t )  2t 3  114t 2  480t  1
measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding to the
(t  0)
beginning of 1965.
a. Find an expression  for the rocket’s velocity at
a. Find an expression for the rate of change of health–
any time t.
care spending at any time t.
b. Compute the rocket’s velocity when t  0 , 20, 40,
b. How fast was health–care spending changing at the
and 60. Interpret your results.
beginning of 1980?At the beginning of 2000?
c. Using the results from the solution to part (b), find
c. What was the amount of health–care spending at the
the maximum altitude attained by the rocket.
beginning of 1980?At the beginning of 2000?
Hint: At its highest point, the velocity of the rocket is zero.
Source: Health Care Financing Administration and U.S.
73. OBESITY IN AMERICA The body mass index (BMI) meas-
Census Bureau
ures body weight in relation to height. A BMI of 25 to
considered obese, and a BMI of 40 or more is morbidly
In Exercises 75 and 76, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
obese, The percent of the U.S. population that is obese
75. If f and g are differentiable, then
29.9 is considered overweight, a BMI of 30 or more is
d
[2 f ( x)  5 g ( x)]  2 f ( x)  5 g ( x)
dx
is approximated by the function
P(t )  0.0004t  0.0036t  0.8t  12
3
2
(0  t  13)
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
76. If f ( x)   x , then f ( x)  x x 1 .
to the beginning of 1991.
77. Prove the power rule (Rule 2) for the special case n = 3.
a. What percent of the U.S. population was deemed
obese at the beginning of 1991? At the beginning of
2004?
 ( x  h) 3  x 3 
Hint: Compute lim 
.
h 0
h


S  f t  
— 56 —
0.3t 3
1  0.4t 2
 0  t  2
where S is measured in millions of dollars and t = 0
21. f  s  
s2  4
s 1
22. f  x  
x3  2
x2  1
23. f  x  
x
2
x 1
24. f  x  
x2  1
25. f  x  
x2  2
x2  x  1
26. f  x  
x 1
2x  2x  3
corresponds to the date Security Products began operations. How fast were the sales increasing at the beginning of the company’s second year of operation?
Solutions to Self-Check Exercises 3.2 can be found on
page 182.
27. f  x  
Exercises 3.2

2. f  x   3x 2  x  1
3. f t   t  13t  1
4. f  x    2x  33x  4




6. f  x    x  1 2 x 2  3x  1




10. f  x  


2




  2t
12. f  t   1  t

3


32. h  x   x 2  1 g  x 
xf  x 
34. h  x  
x  g  x



1 

14. f  x   x3  2 x  1  2  2 
x 


x  3x
3x  1
f  x g  x
f  x  g  x

35. f  x    2 x  1 x 2  3 ; x  1

2

13. f  x   x  5 x  2  x  
x

2
30. f  x  
In Exercises 35–38, find the derivative of each function
and evaluate f ( x) at the given value of x.

11. f  x   5 x 2  1 2 x  1
2
x
x 1

x2  4 x2  4
33. h  x  
1 5
x  x 2  1 x 2  x  1  28
5

29. f  x  
31. h  x   f  x  g  x 

9. f  w  w  w  w  1 w  2
2

g 1  2 and g' 1  3 .Find the value of h(1) .
8. f  x   x3  12 x 3x 2  2 x
3
x2
In Exercises 31–34, suppose f and g are functions that are
differentiable at x = 1 and that f 1  2 , f ' 1  1 ,
7. f  x   x3  1  2 x  1

 x  1  x2  1

1. f  x   2 x x 2  1
5. f  x    2 x  1 x 2  2
2
1

28. f  x   3x 2  1  x 2  
x

In Exercises 1–30, find the derivative of each function.

x

36. f  x  
2x  1
; x  2
2x 1
37. f  x  
2x
; x  1
x  2 x2  1
38. f  x  

4


x  2 x x3 2  x ; x  4
15. f  x  
2
x2
16. g  x  
5
2x  4
In Exercises 39–42,find the slope and an equation of the
tangent line to the graph of the function f at the specified
point.
17. f  x  
3x  1
2x  1
18. f  t  
1  2t
1  3t
39. f  x   x3  1 x 2  2 ;
19. f  x  
1
x2  1
20. f  u  
u
u2 1
40. f  x  

— 57 —
x2
;
x 1


4

 2, 3 


18
 2,　41. f  x  
x 1
;
x2  1
42. f ( x) 
1  2x
5

;  4, 9 
1  x3 2


1, 1
oned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water.
A proposal submitted to the city’s council members
12
indicates that the cost, measured in millions of dollars,
of removing x% of the toxic pollutant is given by
43. Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of the


C ( x) 

function f ( x)  x3  1 3x 2  4 x  2 at the point (1, 2) .
Find C (80) , C (90) , C (95) , and C (99) . What
44. Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of the
function f ( x ) 
3x
at the point (2, 3) .
x2  2
0.5 x
100  x
does your result tell you about the cost of removing all
of the pollutant?
52. DRUG DOSAGES Thomas Young has suggested the follo-
45. Let f ( x)  ( x2  1)(2  x) . Find the point(s) on graph
wing rule for calculating the dosage of medicine for
of f where the tangent line is horizontal.
2x
46. Let f ( x)  2
. Find the point(s) on the graph of f
x 1
children 1 to 12 yr old. If a denotes the adult dosage (in
milligrams) and if t is the child’s age (in years), then the
child’s dosage is given by
where the tangent line is horizontal.
D(t ) 
47. Find the point(s) on the graph of the function f ( x) 
at
t  12
( x2  6)( x  5) where the slope of the tangent line is
Suppose the adult dosage of a substance is 500 mg.
equal to 2 .
48. Find the point(s) on the graph of the function f ( x) 
where the slope of the tangent line is equal to 
Find an expression that gives the rate of change of a
x 1
x 1
child’s dosage with respect to the child’s age. What is
1
.
2
the rate of change of a child’s dosage with respect to
his or her age for a 6-yr-old child? A 10-yr-old child?
49. A straight line perpendicular to and passing through
53. EFFECT OF BACTERICIDE The number of bacteria N(t) in a
the point of tangency of the tangent line is called the
certain culture t min after an experimental bactericide
normal to the curve. Find the equation of the tangent
1
line and the normal to the curve y 
at the
1  x2
point (1,
1
2
is introduced obeys the rule
N (t ) 
).
10, 000
 2000
1 t2
BLOODSTREAM The
Find the rate of change of the number of bacteria in the
concentration of a certain drug in a patient’s bloods-
culture 1 min and 2 min after the bactericide is introd-
tream t hr after injection is given by
uced. What is the population of the bacteria in the cult-
50. CONCENTRATION
OF A
DRUG
C (t ) 
IN THE
ure 1 min and 2 min after the bactericide is introduced?
0.2t
t2 1
54. DEMAND FUNCTIONS The demand function for the Sicard
a. Find the rate at which the concentration of the drug
wristwatch is given by
d ( x) 
is changing with respect to time.
1
b. How fast is the concentration changing
hr, 1 hr,
2
and 2 hr after the injection?
51. COST OF REMDVING TOXIC
WASTE
50
0.01x 2  1
(0  x  20)
where x (measured in units of a thousand) is the quantity demanded per week and d(x) is the unit price in
A city’s main well was
recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene, a cancer-causing chemical, as a result of an aband— 58 —
dollars.
a. Find d ( x) .
b.Find d (5) , d (10) , and d (15) and interpret your results.
result of this development, the planners have estimated
55. LEARNING CURVES From experience, Emory Secretarial
that Glen Cove’s population (in thousands) t yr from
School knows that the average student taking Advanc-
now will be given by
ed Typing will progress according to the rule
N (t ) 
60t  180
t6
P(t ) 
（t  0)
25t 2  125t  200
t 2  5t  40
a. Find the rate at which Glen Cove’s population is changing with respect to time.
where N(t) measures the number of words / minute the
b. What will be the population after 10 yr? At what rate
student can type after t wk in the course.
a. Find an expression for N (t )
will the population be increasing when t = 10?
b. Compute N (t ) for t  1, 3, 4 , and 7 and interpret your results.
c. Sketch the graph of the function N. Does it confirm
In Exercises 59–62, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
59. If f and g are differentiable, then
the results obtained in part (b)?
d
 f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x)
dx
d. What will be the average student’s typing speed at
the end of the 12-wk course?
60. If f is differentiable, then
56. BOX-OFFICE RECEIPTS The total worldwide box-office
d
 xf ( x)  f ( x)  xf ( x)
dx
receipts for a long-running movie are approximated by
the function
61. If f is differentiable, then
120 x 2
T ( x)  2
x 4
d  f ( x)  f ( x)

dx  x 2 
2x
where T(x) is measured in millions of dollars and x is
62. If f, g, and h are differentiable, then
the number of years since the movie’s release. How
d  f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x)h( x)  f ( x) g ( x)h( x)  f ( x) g ( x)h( x)


2
dx  h( x) 
 h( x ) 
fast are the total receipts changing 1 yr, 3 yr, and 5 yr
after its release?
63. Extend the product rule for differentiation to the follo-
57. FORMALDEHYDE LEVELS A study on formaldehyde level
wing case involving the product of three differentiable
in 900 homes indicates that emissions of various chem-
functions: Let h( x)  u( x)υ( x)w( x) and show that
icals can decrease over time. The formaldehyde level
h( x)  u( x)υ( x)w( x) u( x)υ( x)w( x)  u ( x)υ( x)w( x) .
(parts per million) in an average home in the study is
Hint: Let f ( x)  u( x)υ( x), g ( x)  w( x) , and h( x) 
given by
0.055t  0.26
f (t ) 
t2
f ( x) g ( x) and apply the product rule to the function h.
(0  t  12)
64. Prove the quotient rule for differentiation (Rule 6).
Hint: Let k ( x)  f ( x) g ( x) and verify the following steps:
where t is the age of the house in years. How fast is the
formaldehyde level of the average house dropping
when it is new? At the beginning of its fourth year?
a.
k ( x  h)  k ( x ) f ( x  h) g ( x )  f ( x ) g ( x  h)

h
hg ( x  h) g ( x)
b. By adding
Source: Bonneville Power Administration
 f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x)
rator and simplifying, show that
58. POPULATION GROWTH A major corporation is building a
4325-acre complex of homes, offices, schools, and
churches in the rural community of Glen Cove. As a
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k ( x  h)  k ( x )
1

h
g ( x  h) g ( x )
to the nume-
  f ( x  h)  f ( x ) 
 
  g ( x)
h



 g ( x  h)  g ( x ) 

  f ( x) 
h



k ( x  h)  k ( x )
h 0
h
c. k ( x)  lim
g ( x) f ( x)  f ( x) g ( x)

 g ( x) 
2
Exercises 3.3
In Exercises 1–48, find the derivative of each function.
1. f ( x)  (2 x 1)
2. f ( x)  (1  x)
5
3
 t 
35. s(t )  

 2t  1 
52
1

36. g ( s )   s 2  
s

37. g (u ) 
u 1
3u  2
38. g ( x ) 
2x 1
2x 1
39. f ( x) 
x2
( x  1) 4
40. g (u ) 
2u 2
(u  u )3
41. h( x) 
(3 x 2  1)3
( x 2  1) 4
42. g (t ) 
(2t  1) 2
(3t  2) 4
43. f ( x) 
2x  2
x2  1
44. f (t ) 
45. g (t ) 
2
t 1
t2 1
4. f (t )  2(t 3 1)5
47. f ( x)  (3x  1)4 ( x2  x  1)3
5. f ( x)  (2 x  x2 )3
6. f ( x)  3( x3  x)4
48. g (t )  (2t  3)2 (3t 2 1)3
7. f ( x)  (2 x  5)2
8. f (t ) 
9. f ( x)  ( x2  4)3 2
10. f (t )  (3t 2  2t  1)3 2
11. f ( x)  3x  2
12. f (t )  3t 2  t
13. f ( x)  3 4  x 2
14. f ( x)  2 x 2  2 x  5
In Exercises 49–54, find
17. f (t ) 
19. y 
1
(2 x  5)3
1
2t  5
1
(4 x 4  x)3 2
21. f ( x)  (3x  2x  1)
2
2
1
3
2 x2  3
4
2t 2  t
3
24. f (t )  (2t 1)  (2t  1)
4
28. f (u)  (2u  1)
 (u 1)
29. f ( x)  2x (3  4x)4
2
u
and u  x3  x
1
and u  x  1
u
55. Suppose F ( x)  g  f ( x)  and f (2)  3,
g (3)  5 , and g (3)  4 , Find F (2)
56. Suppose h  f g. Find h(0) given that f (0)  6 ,
f (5)  2 , g (0)  5 , and g (0)  3 .
Hint: Let f ( x)  x2 .
59. Suppose h  g f . Does it follow that h  g  f  ?
Hint: Let f ( x)  x and g ( x)  x2 .
60. Suppose h  f g . Show that h   f  g  g  .
3 2
30. h(t )  t 2 (3t  4)3
In Exercises 61-64, find an equation of the tangent line to
the graph of the function at the given point.
31. f ( x)  ( x  1)2 (2 x  1)4
61. f ( x)  (1  x)( x2 1); (2,  9)
32. g (u)  (1  u 2 )5 (1  2u 2 )8
 x 1 
62. f ( x)  
 ; (3, 4)
 x 1 
 x3
33. f ( x)  

 x2
4
f (2)  3 ,
2
26. f ( )  ( 3  4 2 )3
2
54. y 
1
58. Let F ( x)  f ( f ( x)) . Does it follow that F ( x)   f ( x) ?
27. f ( x)  x  1  x  1
32
dy
.
dx
52. y  2u 2  1 and u  x 2  1
2
4
25. f (t )  (t 1  t 2 )3
x2  1
57. Suppose F ( x)  f ( x2  1) . Find F (1) if f (2)  3 .
3
23. f ( x)  ( x  1)  ( x  1)
2
18. f ( x) 
2
22. f (t )  (5t  2t  t  4)
3
and
x2  1
51. y  u 2 3 and u  2 x3  x  1
2
( x 2  2)4
3
du
dx 
2t 2  2t  1
50. y  u and u  7 x  2 x2
16. f ( x) 
20. f (t ) 
dy
du 
4t 2
49. y  u 4 3 and u  3x2  1
53. y  u 
15. f ( x) 
2
46. f ( x ) 
3. f ( x)  ( x2  3)5
1 2
(2t  t )3
2
32
2
 x 1 
34. f ( x)  

 x 1 
4
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63. f ( x)  x 2 x 2  7; (3, 15)
8
64. f ( x) 
x  6x
2
gives the projected average selling price (in dollars) of
standalone DVD recorders in year t, where t = 0 corresp-
; (2, 2)
onds to the beginning of 2002. How fast was the average
65. TELEVISION VIEWING The number of viewers of a telev-
selling price of standalone DVD recorders falling at the
ision series introduced several years ago is approxima-
beginning of 2002? How fast was it falling at the beginn-
ted by the function
ing of 2006?
N (t )  (60  2t )2 3 ;
(1  t  26)
Source: Consumer Electronics Association
where N(t) (measured in millions) denotes the number
69. SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FUNDS Since its inception in 1971,
of weekly viewers of the series in the t th week. Find
socially responsible investments, or SRIs, have yielded
the rate of increase of the weekly audience at end of
returns to investors on par with investments in general.
week 2 and at the end of week 2 and at the end of week
The assets of socially responsible funds (in billions of
12. How many viewers were there in week 2? In week 24 ?
dollars) from 1991 through 2001 is given by
f (t )  23.7(0.2t  1)1.32
66. OUTSOURCING OF JOBS According to a study conducted
(0  t  11)
in 2003,the total number of U.S jobs that are projected
where t = 0 corresponds to the beginning of 1991.
to leave the country by year t, where t
a. Find the rate at which the assets of SRIs were chang-
=
0 corresponds
to 2000,is
ing at the beginning of 2000.
N (t )  0.018425(t  5)
2.5
(0  t  15)
b. What were the assets of SRIs at the beginning of 2000?
Source: Thomson Financial Wiesenberger
where N(t) is measured in millions. How fast will the
number of U.S. jobs that are outsourced be changing in
70. AGING POPULATION The population of Americans age 55
2005? In 2010 (t = 10)
and over as a percent of the total population is approxi-
Source: Forrester Research
mated by the function
f (t )  10.72(0.9t  10)0.3
67. WORKING MONHERS The percent of mothers who work
(0  t  20)
outside the home and have children younger than age 6
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
yr is approximated by the function
to the year 2000. At what rate was the percent of Americans age 55 and over changing at the beginning of
P(t )  33.55(t  5)0.205 (0  t  21)
2000? At what rate will the percent of Americans age
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
to the beginning of 1980. Compute P (t ) . At what
55 and over be changing in 2010? What will be the
percent of the population of Americans age 55 and
rate was the percent of these mothers changing at the
over in 2010?
beginning of 2000? What was the percent of these
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
mothers at the beginning of 2000?
71. CONCENTRATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE (CO)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
68. SELLING PRICE OF DVD RECORDERS The rise of digital
music and the improvement to the DVD format are
some of the reasons why the average selling price of
standalone DVD recorders will drop in the coming
Oxnard’s Environmental Management Department and
a state government agency, the concentration of CO in
the air due to automobile exhaust t yr from now is
given by
years. The function
699
A(t ) 
(t  1)0.94
IN THE AIR According to a joint study conducted by
C(t )  0.01(0.2t 2  4t  64)2 3
(0  t  5)
parts per million.
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a. Find the rate at which the level of CO is changing
75. PULSE RATE OF AN ATHLETE The pulse rate (the number of
with respect to time.
heartbeats/minute) of a long-distance rzunner t sec after
b. Find the rate at which the level of CO will be
leaving the starting line is given by
changing 5 yr from now.
300
72. CONTINUING EDUCATION ENROLLMENT The registrar of
P(t ) 
Kellogg University estimates that the tot student enro-
1 2
t  2t  25
2
t  25
(t  0)
llment in the Continuing Education division will be
Compute P (t ) . How fast is the athlete’s pulse rate
given by
increasing 10 sec, 60 sec, and 2 min into the run? What
N (t )  
20,000
1  0.2t
is her pulse rate 2 min into the run?
 21,000
76. THURSTONE LEARNING MODEL Psychologist L. L. Thur-
where N (t ) denotes the number of students enrolled in
stone suggested the following relationship between
the division t yr from now . Find an expression for N (t ) .
learning time T and the length of a list n:
T  f (n)  An n  b
How fast is the student enrollment increasing currently?
How fast will it be increasing 5yr from now?
where A and b are constants that depend on the person
73. AIR POLLUTION According to the South Coast Air Qual-
and the task.
ity Management District, the level of nitrogen dioxide,
a. Compute dT/dn and interpret your result.
a brown gas that impairs breathing, present in the
b. For a certain person and a certain task, suppose A = 4
and b = 4, Compute f (13) and f (29) and interp-
atmosphere on a certain May day in downtown Los
Angeles is approximated by
A(t )  0.03t 3 (t  7)4  60.2
ret your results.
(0  t  7)
77. OIL SPILLS In calm waters, the oil spilling from the
where A(t ) is measured in pollutant standard index
ruptured hull of a grounded tanker spreads in all
and t is measured in hours, with t  0 corresponding
directions. Assuming that the area polluted is a circle
to 7 a.m.
and that its radius is increasing at a rate of 2 ft/sec,
a. Find A(t )
determine how fast the area is increasing when the
b. Find A(1), A(3) , and A(4) and interpret your
results.
74. EFFECT
radius of the circle is 40 ft.
78. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
LUXURY TAX
Refer to Example 8, PAGE190.
CONSUMPTION Government
Suppose the radius of an individual’s artery is 1cm and
economists of a developing country determined that the
the thickness of the plaque (in centimeters) t yr from
purchase of imported perfume is related to a proposed
now is given by
OF
ON
“luxury tax” by the formula
N ( x)  10, 000  40 x  0.02 x
h  g (t ) 
2
(0  x  200)
0.5t 2
t 2  10
(0  t  10)
How fast will the arterial opening be decreasing 5 yr
where N ( x) measures the percentage of normal cons-
from now?
umption of perfume when a “luxury tax” of x% is imp-
79. TRAFFIC FLOW Opened in the late 1950s, the Central
osed on it . Find the rate of change of N(x) for taxes of
Artery in downtown Boston was designed to move
10%, 100%, and 150%.
75,000 vehicles a day. The number of vehicles moved
per day is approximated by the function
x  f (t )  6.25t 2  19.75t  74.75
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(0  t  5)
where x is measured in thousands and t in decades,
x(t ) 
with t  0 corresponding to the beginning of 1959.
7t 2  140t  700
3t 2  80t  550
Suppose the average speed of traffic flow in mph is
million units/year. Find an expression that gives the
given by
rate at which the number of construction jobs will be
S  g ( x)  0.00075x  67.5
2
(75  x  350)
created t mo from now. At what rate will construction
where x has the same meaning as before. What was the
jobs be created 1 yr from now?
rate of change of the average speed of traffic flow at
82. DEMAND FOR PCS The quantity demanded per month, x,
the beginning of 1999? What was the average speed of
of a certain make of personal computer (PC) is related
traffic flow at that time?
Hint: S  g  f (t ) .
to the average unit price, p(in dollars), of PCs by the
80. HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES
equation
The occupancy rate of the
x  f ( p) 
all-suite Wonderland Hotel, located near an amusement
park, is given by the function
r (t ) 
100
810,000  p 2
9
It is estimated that t mo from now, the average price of
10 3 10 2 200
t  t 
t  60 (0  t  12)
81
3
9
a PC will be given by
400
p(t ) 
 200　(0  t  60)
1
1
t
8
where t is measured in months, with t = 0 corresponding to the beginning of January. Management has
dollars. Find the rate at which the quantity demanded
estimated that the monthly revenue (in thousands of
dollars/month) is approximated by the function
per month of the PCs will be changing 16 mo from now.
83. DEMAND FOR WATCHES The demand equation for the
3 3 9 2
R(r )  
r  r (0  r  100)
5000
50
where r is the occupancy rate.
Sicard wristwatch is given by
50  p
x  f ( p )  10
(0  p  50)
p
a. Find an expression that gives the rate of change of
where x (measured in units of a thousand) is the quan-
Wonderland’s occupancy rate with respect to time.
tity demanded each week and p is the unit price in dol-
b. Find an expression that gives the rate of change of
lars. Find the rate of change of the quantity demanded
Wonderland’s monthly revenue with respect to the
of the wristwatches with respect to the unit price when
occupancy rate.
the unit price is $25.
c. What is the rate of change of wonderland’s monthly
84. CRUISE SHIP BOOKINGS The management of Cruise
revenue with respect to time at the beginning of Jan-
World, operators of Caribbean luxury cruises, expects
uary? At the beginning of July?
Hint: Use the chain rule to find R   r  0   r   0  and
that the percent of young adults booking passage on
R  r  6   r   6  .
81. EFFECT
OF
their cruises in the years ahead will rise dramatically.
They have constructed the following model, which
HOUSING STARTS ON JOBS The president of a
major housing construction firm claims that the number of construction jobs created is given by
give the percent of young adult passengers in year t:
 t 2  2t  4 
p  f (t )  50  2
(0  t  5)
  t  4t  8 
Young adults normally pick shorter cruises and gener-
N(x) = 1.42x.
where x denotes the number of housing starts. Suppose
ally spend less on their passage. The following model
the number of housing start in the next t mo is expected
gives an approximation of the average amount of mon-
to be
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ey R (in dollars) spent per passenger on a cruise when
Exercises 3.4
the percent of young adults is p:
1. PRODUTION COSTS The graph of a typical total cost fun-
 p4
R( p)  1000 

 p2
ction C(x) associated with the manufacture of x units of
a certain commodity is shown in the following figure.
Find the rate at which the price of the average passage
a. Explain why the function C is always increasing.
will be changing 2 yr form now.
b. As the level of production x increases, the cost/unit drops
In Exercises 85–88, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
so that C (x) increases but at a slower pace. However, a
85. If f and g are differentiable and h  f g then
begins to increase dramatically (due to a shortage of raw
level of production is soon reached at which the cost/unit
h( x)  f  [ g ( x)]g ( x).
material, overtime break-down of machinery due
excessive stress and strain) so that C(x) continues to
86. If f is differentiable and c is a constant, then
increase at a faster pace. Use the graph of C to find the
d
[ f (cx)]  cf (cx)
dx
approximate level of production x0 where this occurs.
87. If f is differentiable, then
d
dx
f ( x) 
f ( x)
2 f ( x)
88. If f is differentiable, then
d   1 
1
 f    f   
dx   x  
x
89. In Section 3.1, we proved that
d n
( x )  nx n1
dx
2. PRODUCTION COSTS The graph of a typical average cost
function A(x) = C(x)/(x), where C(x) is a total cost fun-
for the special case when n = 2. Use the chain rule to show that
d 1/ n
1
( x )  x1/ n1
dx
n
ction associated with the manufacture of x units of a
certain commodity is shown in the following figure.
for any nonzero integer n, assuming that f ( x)  x1/ n is
a. Explain in economic terms why A(x) is large if x is
small and why A(x) is large if x is large.
differentiable
Hint: Let f ( x)  x1/ n so that [ f ( x)]n  x . Differentiable
b. What is the significance of the numbers x0 and y0, the
x-and y-coordinates of the lowest point on the graph
both sides with respect to x.
of the function A?
90. With the aid of Exercise 89, prove that
d r
( x )  rxr 1
dx
for any rational number r
Hint: Let r = m/n, where m and n are integers, with n ≠
0, and write x  ( xm )1n
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3. MARGINAL COST The total weekly cost (in dollars) incurred
9. MARGINAL REVENUE Williams Commuter Air Service
by Lincoln Records in pressing x compact discs is
C( x)  2000  2 x  0.0001x
2
realizes a monthly revenue of
R(x)=8000x  100x2
(0  x  6000)
dollars when the price charged per passenger is x dollars.
a. What is the actual incurred in producing the 1001st
a. Find the marginal revenue R
b. Compute R(39) , R(40) and R (41) .
and the 2001st disc?
b. What is the marginal cost when x = 1000 and 2000?
c. Based on the results of part (b), what price should the
4. MARGINAL COST A division of Ditton Industries manuf-
airline charge in order to maximize their revenue?
actures the Futura model microwave oven. The daily
cost (in dollars) of producing these microwave ovens is
10. MARGINAL REVENUE The management of Acrosonic pla-
C( x)  0.0002x  0.06x  120x  5000
ns to market the ElectroStat, an electrostatic speaker
where x stands for the number of units produced.
system. The marketing department has determined that
3
2
the demand for these speakers is
p  0.04x  800  0  x  20,000
a. What is the actual cost incurred in manufacturing the
101st oven? The 201st oven? The 301st oven?
where P denotes the speaker’s unit price (in dollars)
b. What is the marginal cost when x = 100, 200, and 300?
and x denotes the quantity demanded.
5. MARGINAL AVERAGE COST Custom Office makes a line of
executive desks. It is estimated that the total cost for
a. Find the revenue function R.
making x units of their Senior Executive model is
b. Find the marginal revenue function R .
C ( x)  100 x  200,000
c. Compute R (5000) and interpret your results.
11. MARGINAL PROFIT Refer to Exercise 10. Acrosonic’s
dollars/year.
a. Find the average cost function C .
production department estimates that the total cost (in
b. Find the marginal average cost function C ' .
dollars) incurred in manufacturing x ElectroStat spea-
c. What happens to C ( x) when x is very large? Interp-
ker systems in the first year of production will be
C ( x)  200 x  300,000
ret your results.
a. Find the profit function P.
6. MARGINAL AVERAGE COST The management of Thermo-
tures an indoor-outdoor thermometer, has estimated that
b. Find the marginal profit function P .
c. Compute P(5000) and P(8000) .
the total weekly cost (in dollars) for producing x
d. Sketch the graph of the profit function and interpret
Master Company, whose Mexican subsidiary manufac-
your results.
thermometers is
C ( x  5000  2 x)
12. MARGINAL PROFIT Lynbrook West, an apartment comp-
a. Find the average cost function C .
lex, has 100 two-bedroom units. The monthly profit (in
b. Find the marginal average cost function C ' .
dollars) realized from renting x apartments is
P( x)  10x2  1760 x  50,000
c. Interpret your results.
7. Find the average cost function C and the marginal aver-
a. What is the actual profit realized from renting the
age cost function C ' associated with the total cost funct-
51st unit, assuming that 50 units have already
ion C of Exercise 3.
been rented?
8. Find the average cost function C and the marginal average cost function C ' associated with the total cost function C of Exercise 4.
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b. Compute the marginal profit when x = 50 and compare your results with that obtained in part (a).
b. Compute C(5000) and C (10,000) and interpret
13. MARGINAL COST, REVENUE AND PROFIT The weekly demand for the Pulsar25 color LED television is
your results.
p  600  0.05x (0  x  12,000)
17. MARGINAL RECENUE The quantity of Sicard wristwatches
where p denotes the wholesale unit price in dollars and
demanded each month is related to the unit price by the
x denotes the quantity demanded. The weekly total cost
equation
function associated with manufacturing the Pulsar 25 is
p
given by
C( x)  0.000002x3  0.03x2  400x  80,000
50
0.01x 2  1
(0  x  20)
where p is measured in dollars and x in units of a thousand.
where C(x) denotes the total cost incurred in producing
a. Find the revenue function R.
x sets.
b. Find the marginal revenue function R ' .
c. Compute R(2) and interpret your result.
a. Find the revenue function R and the profit function P.
b. Find the marginal cost function C  , the marginal
18. MARGINAL PROPENSITY
revenue function R , and the marginal profit func-
TO
CONSUME The consumption
function of the U.S. economy form 1928 to 1941 is
C ( x)  0.712 x  95.05
tion P .
c. Compute C (2000) , R(2000) and P(2000) and
where C(x) is the personal consumption expenditure
interpret your results.
and x is the personal income, both measured in billions
d. Sketch the graphs of the functions C, R, and P and
of dollars, Find the rate of change of consumption with
interpret parts (b) and (c), using the graphs obtained.
respect to income dC/dx. This quantity is called the
14. MARGINAL COST, REVENUE AND PROFIT Pulsar also manufactures a series of 19-in. color television sets. The
marginal propensity to consume.
19. MARGINAL PROPENSITY
CONSUME Refer to Exercise 18.
，
Suppose a certain economy s consumption function is
quantity x of these set demanded each week is related
C( x)  0.873x1.1  20.34
to the wholesale unit price p by the equation
p  0.006x  180
where C(x) and x are measured in billions of dollars.
The weekly total cost incurred Pulsar for producing x
sets is
Find the marginal propensity to consume when x = 10.
20. MARGINAL PROPENSITY
C( x)＝0.000002 x  0.02 x  120 x  60,000
3
TO
2
TO
SAUE Suppose C(x) measures
，
an economy s personal consumption expenditure and x
dollars. Answer the questions in Exercise 13 for these data.
the personal income, both in billons of dollars. Then,
15. MARGINAL ACERAGE COST Find the average cost func-
S ( x)  x  C ( x) Income minus consumptionmeasures
tion C associated with the total cost function C of
the economy s savings corresponding to an income of
Exercise 13.
x billion dollars. Show that
，
a. What is the marginal average cost function C  ?
dS
dC
 1
dx
dx
b. Compute C(5000) and C (10,000) and interpret
your results.
The quantity dS/dx is called the marginal propensity to save.
c. Sketch the graph of C .
21. Refer to Exercise 20. For the consumption function of
16. MARGINAL ACERAGE COST Find the average cost function C associated with the total cost function C of
Exercise 18, Find the marginal propensity to save.
22. Refer to Exercise 20. For the consumption function of
Exercise 14.
Exercise 19, find the marginal propensity to save when
a. What is the marginal average cost function C  ?
x = 10.
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For each demand equation in Exercises 23–28, compute
the elasticity of demand and determine whether the
demand is elastic, unitary, or inelastic at indicated price.
5
23. x   p  20; p  10
4
3
24. x   p  9; p  2
2
１
25. x  p  20  0; p  30
3
x
(0  p  6)
Currently, the rental price is $2/disc.
a. Is the demand elastic or inelastic at this rental price?
b. If the rental price is increased, will the revenue increase or decrease?
32. ELASTICITY
26. 0.4x  p  20  0; p  10
2
36  p 2
3
OF
DEMAND The quantity demanded each
27. p  169  x2 ; p  29
week x (in units of a hundred) of the Mikado digital
28. p  144  x2 ; p  96
camera is related to the unit price p (in dollars) by the
29. ELASTICITY
demand equation
x  400  5 p
OF
DEMAND The demand equation for the
(0  p  80)
Roland portable hair dryer is given by
x
a. Is the demand elastic or inelastic when p = 40?
1
(225  p 2 ) (0  p  15)
5
When p = 60?
where x (measured in units of a hundred) is the quantity
b. When is the demand unitary?
demanded per week and p is the unit price in dollars.
c. If the unit price is lowered slightly from $60, will
the revenue increase of decrease?
a. Is the demand elastic or inelastic when p = 8 and
d. If the unit price is increased slightly from $40, will
when p =10?
the revenue increase or decrease?
b. When is the demand unitary?
Hint: Solve E ( p)  1 for p.
33. ELASTICITY
DEMAND The demand function for a
OF
certain make of exercise bicycle sold exclusively
c. If the unit price is lowered slightly from $10, will
through cable television is
the revenue increase or decrease?
p  9  0.02x
d. If the unit price is increased slightly from $8, will
(0  x  450)
where p is the unit price in hundreds of dollars and x is
the revenue increase or decrease?
DEMAND The management of Titan Tire
the quantity demanded/week. Compute the elasticity of
Company has determined that the quantity demanded x
demand and determine the range of prices correspondi-
of their Super Titan tires per week is related to the unit
ng to inelastic, unitary, and elastic demand.
price p by the equation
Hint: Solve the equation E(p) = 1.
30. ELASTICITY
OF
x  144  p
(0  p  144)
34. ELASTICITY
OF
DEMAND The demand equation for the
Sicard wristwatch is given by
where p is measured in dollars and x in units of a thousand.
x  10
a. Compute the elasticity of demand when p = 63, 96,
50  p
p
(0  p  50)
and 108.
where x (measured in units of a thousand) is the quantity
b. Interpret the results obtained in part (a).
demanded/week and p is the unit price in dollars. Compute
c. Is the demand elastic, unitary, or inelastic when p =
the elasticity of demand and determine the range of prices
63, 96 and 108?
corresponding to inelastic unitary, and elastic demand.
31. ELASTICITY OF DEMAND The proprietor of the Showplace, a
video store, has estimated that the rental price p (in dollars)
of prerecorded videodiscs is related to the quantity x
In Exercises 35 and 36, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
rented/day by the demand equation
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the hammer falls in t sec is s  16t 2 . What is the ham-
35. If C is a differentiable total cost function, then the mar-
mer’s velocity when it strikes the ground? What is its
ginal average cost function is
C ( x) 
xC ( x)  C ( x)
x2
acceleration?
30. ACCELERATION OF A CAR The distance s (in feet) covered
36. If the marginal profit function is positive at x = a, then
by a car after t sec is given by
s  t 3  8t 2  20t (0  t  6)
it makes sense to decrease the level of production.
Find a general expression for the car’s acceleration at
Exercises 3.5
any time t (0  t  6) . Show that the car is decelera-
In Exercises 1–20, find the first and second derivatives of
the function.
1. f ( x)  4 x2  2 x  1
ting after 2 23 sec.
31. CRIME RATES The number of major crimes committed in
2. f ( x)  0.3x2  0.5x  4
Bronxville between 1988 and 1995 is approximated by
3. f ( x)  3x3  3x2  1
the function
N (t )  0.1t 3  1.5t 2  100　(0  t  7)
4. g ( x)  3x3  24 x2  6 x  64
5. h(t )  t 4  2t 3  6t 2  3t  10
where N(t) denotes the number of crimes committed in
6. f ( x)  x6  x4  x3  x2  x  1
year t, with t=0 corresponding to 1988. Enraged by the
7. f ( x)  ( x2  3)5
dramatic increase in the crime rate, Bronxville’s citiz-
8. g (t )  t 2 (3t  1)4
9. g (t )  (2t 2  1)2 (3t 2 )
ens, with the help of the local police, organized “Neig-
10. h( x)  ( x2  1)2 ( x  1)
hborhood Crime Watch” groups in early 1992 to combat
11. f ( x)  (2 x2  2)7 2
this menace.
12. h(w)  (w2  2w  4)5 2
a. Verify that the crime rate was increasing from 1988
13. f ( x)  x( x2  1)2
14. g (u)  u(2u 1)3
15. f ( x) 
x
2x 1
16. g (t ) 
t2
t 1
17. f ( s ) 
s 1
s 1
18. f (u ) 
u
u2 1
19. f (u)  4  3u
through 1995.
Hint: Compute N (0) , N (1) …… N (7) .
b. Show that the Neighborhood Crime Watch program
was working by computing N (4) , N (5) , N (6) ,
and N (7) .
20. f ( x)  2 x 1
32. GDP
approximated by the function
G(t )  0.2t 3  2.4t 2  60
21. f ( x)  3x4  4x3
22. f ( x)  3x5  6 x4  2 x2  8x  12
1
x
COUNTRY A developing country’s
gross domestic product (GDP) from 1996 to 2004 is
In Exercises 21–28, find the third derivative of the given
function.
23. f ( x) 
OF A DEVELOPING
24. f ( x) 
(0  t  8)
where G(t) is measured in billions of dollars, with t = 0
corresponding to 1996.
a. Compute G(0) , G (1) , …, G(8) .
2
x2
25. g (s)  3s  2
26. g (t )  2t  3
b. Compute G(0) , G (1) , …, G(8) .
27. f ( x)  (2 x  3)4
1
28. g (t )  ( t 2  1)5
2
c. Using the results obtained in parts (a) and (b), show
29. ACCELERATION OF
A
that after spectacular growth rate in the early years,
the growth of the GDP cooled off.
FALLING OBJECT During the constru-
ction of an office building, a hammer is accidentally
33. DISABILITY BENEFITS The number of persons aged 18–64
dropped from a height of 256 ft. The distance (in feet)
receiving disability benefits through Social Security,
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the Supplemental Security income, or both, from 1990
percent of the original amount. Compute A(10) and
through 2000 is approximated by the function
A(10) and interpret your results.
N (t )  0.00037t 3  0.0242t 2  0.52t  5.3 (0  t  100)
Source: Consumer Reports
where f(t) is measured in units of a million and t is measu-
37. AGING POPULATION The population of Americans age 55
red in years, with t=0 corresponding to the beginning of
1990. Compute N (8) , N (8) , and N (8) and interpret
yr and over as a percent of the total population is approximated by the function
Source: Social Security Administration
34. OBESITY
IN
( 0 t  2 0 )
f (t )  10.72(0.9t  10)0.3
your results.
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
to 2000. Compute f (10) and interpret your result.
AMERICA The body mass index (BMI)
measures body weight in relation to height. A BMI of
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
25 to 29.9 is considered overweight, a BMI of 30 or
38. WORKING MOTHERS The percent of mothers who work
more is considered obese, and a BMI of 40 or more is
outside the home and have children younger than age 6
morbidly obese. The percent of the U.S. population
yr is approximated by the function
p(t )  0.0004t  0.0036t  0.8t  12　(0  t  13)
3
( 0 t  2 1 )
P(t )  33.55(t  5)0.205
that is obese is approximated by the function
2
where t is measured in years, with t=0 corresponding to
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
to the beginning of 1980. Compute P(20) and inter-
the beginning of 1991. Show that the rate of the rate of
pret your result.
change of the percent of the U.S. population that is
Source: U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics
deemed obese was positive from 1991 to 2004. What
does this mean?
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
35. TEST FLIGHT OF A VTOL In a test flight of the McCord
In Exercises 39–43, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
39. If the second derivative of f exists at x = a, then
Terrier, McCord Aviation’s experimental VTOL
f (a )   f (a)  .
(vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft, it was determin-
40. If h = f g where f and g have second-order derivatives, then
2
h( x)  f ( x) g ( x)  2 f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x)
ed that t sec after liftoff, when the craft was operated in
the vertical takeoff mode, its altitude (in feet) was
1
h(t )  t 4  t 3  4t 2
( 0 t  8 )
16
41. If f (x) is a polynomial function of degree n, then
f ( n1) ( x)  0 .
a. Find an expression for the craft’s velocity at time t.
42. Suppose P(t) represents the population of bacteria at time t
and suppose P(t )  0 and P(t )  0 ; then the popula-
b. Find the craft’s velocity when t = 0 (the initial velocity),
tion is increasing at time t but at a decreasing rate.
43. If h(x) = f(2x), then h( x)  4 f (2 x) .
t = 4, and t = 8.
c. Find an expression for the craft’s acceleration at time t.
44. Let f be the function defined by the rule f ( x)  x7 3 .
d. Find the craft’s acceleration when t = 0,4, and 8.
Show that f has first-and second-order derivatives at all
e. Find the craft’s height when t = 0, 4, and 8.
points x, and in particular at x = 0. Also show that the
36. AIR PURIFICATION During testing of a certain brand of
third derivative of f does not exist at x = 0.
air purifier, the amount of smoke remaining t min after
the start of the test was
45. Construct a function f that has derivatives of order up
through and including n at a point a but fails to have
A(t )  0.00006t 5  0.00468t 4  0.1316t 3
the (n + 1)st derivative there.
1.915t 2  17.63t  100
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In Exercises 35–38, find the second derivative d2y/dx2 of
each of the functions defined implicitly by equation.
Hint: See Exercise 44.
46. Show that a polynomial function has derivatives of
all orders.
Hint: Let P( x)  a0 x  a1 x
n
n 1
 a2 x
n 2
  +an be a
35. xy  1
36. x3  y3  28
37. y 2  xy  8
38. x1 3  y1 3  1
39. The volume of a right-circular cylinder of radius r and
polynomial of degree n, where n is a positive integer
height h is V   r 2 h . Suppose the radius and height
and a0, a1,…, an are constants with a0  0 . Compute
of the cylinder are changing with respect to time t.
P( x) , P ( x) ,….
a. Find a relationship between dV/dt, dr/dt, and dh/dt.
b. At a certain instant of time, the radius and height of
Exercises 3.6
the cylinder are 2 and 6 in, and are increasing at the
In Exercises 1–8, find the derivative dy/dx (a) by solving
each of the implicit equations for y explicitly in terms of x
and (b) by differentiating each of the equations implicitly.
Show that, in each case, the results are equivalent.
1. x  2 y  5
2. 3x  4 y  6
3. xy  1
4. xy  y 1  0
5. x3  x2  xy  4
6. x2 y  x2  y 1  0
x
 x2  1
7.
y
y
 2 x3  4
8.
x
rate of0.1 and 0.3 in./sec, respectively. How fast is
the volume of the cylinder increasing?
40. A car leaves an intersection traveling west. Its position
4 sec later is 20 ft from the intersection. At the same
time, another car leaves the same intersection. At the
same time, another car leaves the same intersection
heading north so that its position 4 sec later is 28 ft
from the intersection. If the speed of the cars at that
In Exercises 9–30, find dy/dx by implicit differentiation.
instant of time is 9 ft/sec and 11 ft/sec, respectively,
9. x2  y 2  16
10. 2 x2  y 2  16
find the rate at which the distance between the two cars
11. x  2 y  16
12. x  y  y  4  0
is changing.
13. x  2xy  6
14. x2  5xy  y 2  10
15. x y  xy  8
16. x y  2 xy  5
of the Super Titan radial tires is related to its unit price
18. x1 3  y1 3  1
by the equation
2
2
3
2
2
2
12
y
17. x
12
2
1
19.
x y  x
21.
1
1
 2 1
2
x
y
22.
23.
xy  x  y
24.
25.
27. xy
26.
x y
2
p  x2  144
where p is measured in dollars and x is measured in
units of a thousand. How fast is the quantity demanded
xy  2 x  y 2
changing when x = 9, p = 63, and the price/tire is
x y
 2x
2x  3y
28. x y
3
x
2
1
1
 3 5
3
x
y
2 12
29. ( x  y)  x  y  0
3
41. PRICE-DEMAND Suppose the quantity demanded weekly
2
20. (2 x  3 y)
2
3
3
13
x y
 3x
x y
32
3
 x  2y
increasing at the rate of $2/week?
42. PRICE-SUPPLY Suppose the quantity x of Super Titan
3
radial tires made available each week in the marketpl-
30. ( x  y )  x2  25
2 10
ace is related to the unit-selling price by the equation
1
p  x 2  48
2
In Exercises 31–34, find an equation of the tangent line to
the graph of the function f defined by the equation at the
indicated point.
31. 4x2  9 y 2  36; (0, 2)　where x is measured in units of a thousand and p is in
32. y 2  x2  16; (2, 2 5)
dollars. How fast is the weekly supply of Super Titan
33. x2 y3  y 2  xy  1  0; (1, 1)
radial tires being introduced into the marketplace when
34. ( x  y 1)3  x; (1, 1)
x = 6, p = 66, and the price/tire is decreasing at the rate
of $3/week?
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43. PRICE-DEMAND The demand equation for a certain brand
ermine whether the demand is inelastic, unitary, or
elastic when x  15 .
of metal alloy audiotape is
100 x  9 p  3600
2
2
48. The volume V of a cube with sides of length x in. is
where x represents the number (in thousands) of ten-
changing with respect to time. At a certain instant of
packs demanded each week when the unit price is $p.
time, the sides of the cube are 5 in, long and increasing
How fast is the quantity demanded increasing when the
at the rate of 0.1 in./sec. How fast is the volume of the
unit price/tenpack is $14 and the selling price is
cube changing at that instant of time?
dropping at the rate of $.15/ten-pack/week?
49. OIL SPILLS In calm waters oil spilling from the ruptured
Hint: To find the value of x when p = 14, solve the
hull of a grounded tanker spreads in all directions. If
equation 100 x  9 p  3600 for x when p = 14.
the area polluted is a circle and its radius is increasing
2
2
44. EFFECT OF PRICE ON SUPPLY Suppose the wholesale price
at a rate of 2 ft/sec, determine how fast the area is
of a certain brand of medium-sized eggs p (in dollars /
carton) is related to the weekly supply x (in thousands
increasing when the radius of the circle is 40 ft.
50. Two ships leave the same port at noon. Ship A sails
of cartons) by the equation
north at 15 mph, and ship B sails east at 12 mph. How
625 p  x  100
2
2
fast is the distance between them changing at 1 p.m.?
If 25,000 cartons of eggs are available at the beginning
51. A car leaves an intersection traveling east. Its position t
of a certain week and the price is falling at the rate of 2
sec later is given by x  t 2  t ft. At the same time,
￠/carton/week, at what rate is the supply falling?
another car leaves the same intersection heading north,
Hint: To find the value of p when x = 25, solve the
traveling y  t 2  3t ft in t sec. Find the rate at which
supply equation for p when x = 25.
the distance between the two cars will be changing 5
45. SUPPLY-DEMAND Refer to Exercise 44. If 25,000 cartons
sec later.
of eggs are available at the beginning of a certain week
52. At a distance of 50 ft from the pad, a man observes a
and the supply is falling at the rate of 1000 cartons /
helicopter taking off from a heliport. If the helicopter
week, at what rate is the wholesale price changing?
lifts off vertically and is rising at a speed of 44 ft/sec
46. ELASTICITY OF DEMAND The demand function for a certain
when it is at an altitude of 120 ft, how fast is the
make of ink-jet cartridge is
distance between the helicopter and the man changing
p  0.01x  0.1x  6
2
at that instant?
where p is the unit price in dollars and x is the quantity
53. A spectator watches a rowing race from the edge of a
demanded each week, measured in units of a thousand.
river bank. The lead boat is moving in a straight line
Compute the elasticity of demand and determine whether
that is 120 ft from the river bank. If the boat is moving
the demand is inelastic, unitary, or elastic when x  10 .
at a constant speed of 20 ft/sec. how fast is the boat
47. ELASTICITY OF DEMAND The demand function for a certain
brand of compact disc is
moving way from the spectator when it is 50 ft past her?
54. A boat is pulled toward a dock by means of a rope
p  0.01x  0.2x  8
2
wound on a drum that is located 4 ft above the bow of
where p is the wholesale unit price in dollars and x is
the boat. If the rope is being pulled in at the rate of 3
the quantity demanded each week, measured in units of
ft/sec. how fast is the boat approaching the dock when
a thousand. Compute the elasticity of demand and det-
it is 25 ft from the dock? (See figure on the next page.)
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55. Assume that a snowball is in the shape of a sphere. If
the snowball melts at a rate that is proportional to its
59. A 6-ft tall man is walking away from a street light 18 ft
surface area, show that its radius decreases at a
high at a speed of 6 ft/sec. How fast is the tip of his shadow
constant rate.
moving along the ground?
Hint: Its volume is V  (4 3) r 3 , and its surface area
60. A 20-ft ladder leaning against a wall begins to slide.
is S  4 r 2 .
How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down the wall
56. BLOWING SOAP BUBBLES Carlos is blowing air into a soap
at the instant of time when the bottom of the ladder is
bubble at the rate of 8 cm3/sec. Assuming that the bubble
12 ft from the wall and sliding away from the wall at
is spherical, how fast is its radius changing at the instant
the rate of 5 ft/sec?
of time when the radius is 10 cm? How fast is the surface
Hint: Refer to the accompanying figure. By the Pytha-
area of the bubble changing at that instant of time?
gorean theorem, x2 + y2 = 400. Find dy/dt when x =12
and dx/dy = 5.
57. COAST GUARD PATROL SEARCH MISSION The pilot of a
Coast Guard patrol aircraft on a search mission had just
spotted a disabled fishing trawler and decided to go in
for a closer look. Flying in a straight line at a constant
altitude of 1000 ft and at a steady speed of 264 ft/sec,
the aircraft passed directly over the trawler. How fast
was the aircraft receding from the trawler when it was
1500 ft from it?
61. The base of a 13-ft ladder leaning against a wall begins to
slide away from the wall. At the instant of time when the
base is 12 ft from the wall, the base is moving at the rate
of 8 ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder sliding down
the wall at that instant of time?
Hint: Refer to the hint in problem 60.
58. A coffee pot in the form of a circular cylinder of radius
62. Water flows from a tank of constant cross-sectional area
4 in. is being filled with water flowing at a constant
rate. If the water level is rising at the rate of 0.4 in./sec,
what is the rate at which water is flowing into the
coffee pot?
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50 ft2 through an orifice of constant cross-sectional area
1.4 ft2 located at the bottom of the tank (see the figure).
Initially, the height of the water in the tank was 20 ft
b. Use your result from part (a) to find the approximate
and its height t sec later is given by the equation
2 h
change in y if x changes from 2 to 1.97.
1
t  2 20  0 (0  t  50 20)
25
c. Find the actual change in y if x changes from 2 to 1.97
and compare your result with that obtained in part (b).
How fast was the height of the water decreasing when
17. Let f be the function defined by
its height was 8 ft?
1
x
y  f ( x) 
In Exercises 63 and 64, determine whether the statement is
true or false.If it is true,explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
a. Find the differential of f.
63. If f and g are differentiable and f (x) g (y) = 0, then
b. Use your result from part (a) to find the approximate
dy f ( x) g ( y )

dx f ( x) g ( y )
change in y if x changes from –1 to –0.95.
( f (x ) 0 )and g ( x)  0)
c. Find the actual change in y if x changes from –1 to –
0.95 and compare your result with that obtained in
64. If f and g are differentiable and f (x) + g (y) = 0, then
dy
f ( x)

dx
g ( y )
part (b).
18. Let f be the function defined by
y  f ( x)  2 x  1
Exercises 3.7
a. Find the differential of f.
In Exercises 1–14,find the differential of the function.
b. Use your result from part (a) to find the approximate
1. f ( x)  2 x2
2. f ( x)  3x2  1
3. f ( x)  x  x
4. f ( x)  2 x  x
5. f ( x)  x  1
6. f ( x) 
3
7. f ( x)  2 x
32
change in y if x changes from 4 to 4.1.
3
x
12
c. Find the actual change in y if x changes from 4 to 4.1
and compare your result with that obtained in part (b).
3
x
8. ( x)  3x
56
 7x
In Exercises 19–26, use differential to approximate the
quantity.
23
19.
2
9. f ( x)  x 
x
11. f ( x) 
3
10. f ( x ) 
x 1
2 x2  1
12. f ( x) 
x 1
x 1
x2  1
13. f ( x)  3x 2  x
22.
99.7
23.
25.
0.089
26.
3
7.8
0.00096
Hint: Let f ( x)  x 
49.5
21.
4
24.
27. Use a differential to approximate
1
x
81.6
4.02 
1
4.02
.
and compute dy with x =
4 and dx = 0.02.
15. Let f be the function defined by
y  f ( x)  x 2  1
28. Use a differential to approximate
a. Find the differential of f.
2(4.98)
(4.98) 2  1
,
Hint: study the hint for Exercises 27.
b. Use your result from part (a) to find the approximate
29. ERROR ESTIMATION The length of each edge of a cube is
change in y if x changes from 1to 1.02.
12 cm, with a possible error in measurement of 0.02cm.
c. Find the actual change in y if x changes from 1to 1.02
Use differentials to estimate the error that might occur
and compare your result with that obtained in part (b).
y  f ( x)  3x2  2x  6
17
20.
3
14. f ( x)  (2 x2  3)1 3
16. Let f be the function defined by
10
when the volume of the cube is calculated.
30. ESRIMATING
THE
AMOUNT
OF
PAINT REQUIRED A coat of
paint of thickness 0.05 cm is to be applied uniformly to
a. Find the differential of f.
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1
P( x)   x 2  7 x  30 (0  x  50)
8
the faces of a cube of edge 30 cm. Use differentials to
find the approximate amount of paint required for the job.
31. ERROR ESTIMATION A hemisphere-shaped dome of radius
where both P(x) and x are measured in thousands of
60 ft is to be coated with a layer of rust-proofer before
dollars. Use differentials to estimate the increase in
painting. Use differentials to estimate the amount of rust-
profits when advertising expenditure each quarter is
proofer needed if the coat is to be 0.01 in. thick.
increased from $24,000 to $26,000.
Hint: The volume of a hemisphere of radius r is
V  23  r 3 .
37. EFFECT OF MORTGAGE RATES ON HOUSING STARTS A study
prepared for the National Association of Realtors
32. GROWTH OF A CANCEROUS TUMOR The volume of a sph4
erical cancerous tumor is given by V (r )   r 3
3
estimates that the number of housing starts per year
over the next 5 yr will be
N (r ) 
If the radius of a tumor is estimated at 1.1 cm, with a
maximum error in measurement of 0.005 cm, determ-
7
1  0.02r 2
million units, where r (percent) is the mortgage rate.
ine the error that might occur when the volume of the
Use differentials to estimate the decrease in the number
tumor is calculated.
of housing starts when the mortgage rate is increased
33. UNCLOGGING ARTERIES Research done in the 1930s by
the French physiologist Jean Poiseuille showed that the
from 12% to 12.5%.
38. SUPPLY-PRICE The supply equation for a certain brand
resistance R of a blood vessel of length l and radius r is
of radio is given by
R  kt / r 4 , where k is a constant. Suppose a dose of
p  s( x)  0.3 x  10
the drug TPA increases r by 10%. How will this affect
where x is the quantity supplied and p is the unit price
the resistance R? Assume that l is constant.
in dollars. Use differentials to approximate the change
34. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT An economist has determined
in price when the quantity supplied is increased from
that a certain country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is
10,000 units to 10,500 units.
approximated by the function f ( x)  640 x1 5 , where
39. DEMAND-PRICE The demand function for the Sentinel
f(x) is measured in billions of dollars and x is the capital
smoke alarm is given by
outlay in billions of dollars. Use differentials to estimate
p  d ( x) 
the change in the country’s GDP if the country’s capital
expenditure changes from $243 billion to $248 billion.
30
0.02 x 2  1
where x is the quantity demanded (in units of a thousand)
35. LEARNING GURVES The length of time (in seconds) a certain
and p is the unit price in dollars. Use differentials to
individual takes to learn a list of n items is approximated by
estimate the change in the price p when the quantity
f (n)  4n n  4
demanded changes from 5000 to 5500 units/week.
Use differentials to approximate the additional time it
40. SURFACE AREA OF AN ANIMAL Animal physiologists use
takes the individual to learn the items on a list when n
is increased from 85 to 90 items.
36. EFFECT
OF
ADVERTISING
ON
the formula
S  kW 2 3
PROFITS The relationship
between Cunningham Realty’s quarterly profits, P(x),
and the amount of money x spent on advertising per
quarter is described by the function
to calculate an animal’s surface area (in square meters)
from its weight W (in kilograms), where k is a constant
that depends on the animal under consideration. Suppose
a physiologist calculates the surface area of a horse (k =
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0.1). If the horse’s weight is estimated at 300kg, with a
monthly payment P (in dollars) can be computed using
maximum error in measurement of 0.6kg, determine the
the formula
percentage error in the calculation of the horse’s
P
surface area.
41. FORECASTING PROFITS The management of Trappee and
20, 000r
r 

1  1  
12


360
Sons forecast that they will sell 200,000 cases of their
where r is the interest rate per year.
TexaPep hot sauce next year. Their annual profit is
a. Find the differential of P.
described by
b. If the interest rate increases from the present rate of
P( x)  0.000032x  6x  100
3
7%/year to 7.2%/year between now and the time the
thousand dollars, where x is measured in thousands of
Millers decide to secure the loan, approximately how
cases. If the maximum error in the forecast is 15%,
much more will their monthly mortgage payment be?
determine the corresponding error in Trappee’s profits.
How much more will it be if the interest rate increases
42. FORECASTING COMMODITY PRICES A certain country’s government economists have determined that the demand
to 7.3%/year? To 7.4%/year? To 7.5%/year?
45. INVESTMENTS Lupé deposits a sum of $10,000 into an
equation for soybeans in that country is given by
p  f ( x) 
account that pays interest at the rate of r/year compo-
55
unded monthly. Her investment at the end of 10 yr is
2 x2  1
given by
120
r 

A  10, 000 1  
 12 
where p is expressed in dollars/bushel and x, the quantity demanded each year, is measured in billions of
bushels. The economists are forecasting a harvest of
a. Find the differential of A.
1.8 billion bushels for the year, with a maximum error
b. Approximately how much more would Lupé’s accou-
of 15% in their forecast. Determine the corresponding
nt be worth at the end of the term if her account paid
maximum error in the predicted price per bushel of
8.1%/year instead of 8%/year? 8.2%/year instead of
soybeans.
8%/year? 8.3%/year instead of 8%/year?
43. GRIME STUDIES A sociologist has found that the number
46. KEOGH ACCOUNTS Ian, who is self-employed, contribu-
of serious crimes in a certain city each year is describe-
tes $2000 a month into a Keogh account earning interest
ed by the function
at the rate of r/year compounded monthly. At the end of
N ( x) 
500(400  20 x)
12
25 yr, his account will be worth dollars.
(5  0.2 x)2
300


r 
24, 000 1    1
 12 

S
r
where x (in cents/dollar deposited) is the level of reinvestment in the area in conventional mortgages by the
city’s ten largest banks. Use differentials to estimate
a. Find the differential of S.
the change in the number of crimes if the level of
b. Approximately how much more would Ian’s account
reinvestment changes from 20￠/dollar deposited to 22
be worth at the end of 25 yr if his account earned
￠/dollar deposited.
9.1%/year instead of 9%/year? 9.2%/year instead of
44. FINANCING A HOME The Millers are planning to buy a
home in the near future and estimate that they will
need a 30-yr fixed-rate mortgage for $2400,000. Their
9%/year? 9.3%/year instead of 9%/year?
In Exercises 47 and 48, determine whether the statement is
true or false. If it is true, explain why it is true. If it is false,
give an example to show why it is false.
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47. If y  ax  b where a and b are constants, the y  dy .
of the equation with respect to x and then solve
48. If A  f ( x) , then the percentage change in A is
100 f ( x)
dx
f ( x)
the resulting equation for
dy
, The derivative of a term
dx
involving y includes
as a factor.
7. In a related-rates problem, we are given a relationship
Concept Review Questions 3
between x and
that depends on a third variable t.
dy
Knowing the values of x, y, and
at a , we want to
dt
Fill in the blanks.
1. a. If c is a constant, then
d
c 
dx
.
b. The power rule states that if n is any real number,
d n
x 
then
.
dx
find
at
.
8. Let y  f  t  and x  g  t  , If x2  y 2  4 , then
 
c. The constant multiple rule states that if c is a constant,
d
 cf  x   
then
.
dx 
d
 f  x   g  x   
d. The sum rule states that
.
dx 
d
 f  x  g  x   
2. a. The product rule states that
.
dx 
d
 f  x  g  x   
b. The quotient rule states that
.
dx 
3. a. The chain rule states that if h  x   g  f  x   , then
h  x  
dx

dt
. If xy  1 , then
dy

dt
.
9. a. If a variable quantity x changes from x1 to x2 , then
the increment in x is Δx 
.
the increment in y is Δy 
.
b. If y  f  x  and x changes from x to x  Δx , then
10. If y  f  x  , where f is a differentiable function, then
the differential dx of x is dx 
an increment in
dy 
, where
is
, and the differential dy of y is
.
.
b. The general power rule states that if h  x    f  x  ,
then h  x  
.
n
4. If C, R, P, and C denote the total cost function, the total
revenue function, the profit function, and the average cost
function, respectively, then C  denotes the
nction, R denotes the
function,
function, and C  denotes
P' denotes the
the
fu-
function.
5. a. If f is a differentiable demand function defined by
x  f  p  , then the elasticity of demand at price p is
given by E  p  
b. The demand is
E  p   1 ; it is
.
if E  p   1 ; it is
if
if E  p   1 .
6. Suppose a function y  f  x  is defined implicitly by an
equation in x and y. To find
dy
, we differentiate
dx
Review Exercises 3
In Exercises 1–30, find the derivative of the function.
1. f  x   3x5  2 x 4  3x 2  2 x  1
2. f  x   4 x6  2 x 4  3x 2  2
3. g  x   2 x 3  3x 1  2
4. f  t   2t 2  3t 3  t 1 2
5. g  t   2t 1 2  4t 3 2  2
6. h  x   x 2 
2
x
8. g  s   2s 2 
4 2

s
s
7. f  t   t 
2 3

t t2
9. h  x   x 2 
2
x3 2
10. f  x  
x 1
2x 1
11. g  t  
t2
2t 2  1
12. h  t  
t
13. f  x  
x 1
14. f  t  
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t 1
t
2t 2  1
15. f  x  
x 1


x2 x2  1
x 1
2


17. f  x   3x 2  2
5
19. f  t   2t 2  1
16. f  x   2 x 2  x
18. h  x  

x 2

3




25. h  t   t 2  t
 
2t 2



3
3x  2
4x  3
2
a. Find the points on the graph of f at which the slope
1 x
 2x
2

1
3
2

a. Find the points on the graph of f at which the slope

of the tangent line is equal to –2.
2


34. f  x   x3  x  1

2
b. Find the equation(s) of the tangent line(s) of part(a).
49. Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of
x
28. f  x  
33. h  t  
x


y  4  x 2 at the point 1, 3 .
x3  2
2t  1
50. Find an equation of the tangent line to the graph of
y  x  x  1 at the point 1,32 .
 t  1
5
3
51. Find the third derivative of the function
1
f  x 
2x 1
what is its domain?
t
t 4
52. The demand equation for a certain product is 2x  5 p
2
35. f  x   2x2  1
 60  0 , where p is the unit price and x is the quantity
demanded of the product. Find the elasticity of demand

36. f  t   t t 2  1
2
b. Find the equation(s) of the tangent line(s) of part(a).
1
1
48. Let f  x   x3  x 2  4 x  1 .
3
2
26. f  x    2 x  1 x2  x
30. f  t  
1
26.8 .
47. Let f  x   2 x  3x  16 x  3 .
3
In Exercises 31-36, find the second derivative of the
function.
31. f  x   2 x 4  3x3  2 x 2  x  4
32. g  x   x 
3
of the tangent line is equal to –4.
24. h  x  
27. g  x   x x 2  1
29. h  x  
46. Use a differential to approximate
3 2
2
4
4.1 and compare your result with that obtained in
part (b).
21. s  t   3t 2  2t  5
22. f  x   2 x3  3x 2  1
c. Find the actual change in y if x changes from 4 to
8

20. g  t   3 1  2t 3
1

23. h  x    x  
x


3
and determine whether the demand is elastic or inelastic,
at the indicated prices.
In Exercises 37-42,find dy/dx by implicit differentiation.
37. 6 x2  3 y 2  9
38. 2 x3  3xy  4
39. y3  3x2  3 y
40. x2  2 x2 y 2  y 2  10
a. p  3
b. p  6
c. p  9
53. The demand equation for a certain product is
25
x
1
p
41. x2  4xy  y 2  12
42. 3x2 y  4xy  x  2 y  6
where p is the unit price and x is the quantity demanded
1
43. Find the differential of f  x   x  2 .
x
1
44. Find the differential of f  x  
.
x3  1
2
for the product . Compute the elasticity of demand and
determine the range of prices corresponding to inelastic,
unitary, and elastic demand.
45. Let f be the function defined by f  x   2 x  4 .
2
54. The demand equation for a certain product is x  100
 0.01 p 2 .
a. Find the differential of f .
b. Use your result from part (a) to find the approximate
change in y  f  x  if x changes from 4 to 4.1.
a. Is the demand elastic, unitary, or inelastic when p = 40?
b. If the price is $40,will raising the price slightly cause
the revenue to increase or decrease?
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55. The demand equation for a certain product is
59. MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY Suppose the life expectancy of
p  9 3 1000  x
a male at birth in a certain country is described by the
function
a. Is the demand elastic, unitary, or inelastic when p = 60?
f  t   46.9 1  1.09t 
b. If the price is $60,will raising the price slightly cause
the revenue to increase or decrease?
 0  t  150
0.1
where t is measured in years, with t = 0 corresponding
56. ADULT OBESITY In the United States, the percent of adults
to the beginning of 1900. How long can a male born at
(age 20-74)classified as obese held steady through the
the beginning of 2000 in that country expect to live?
1960s and 1970s at around 14% but began to rise rapidly
What is the rate of change of the life expectancy of a
during the 1980s and 1990s. This rise in adult obesity
male born in that country at the beginning of 2000?
coincided with the period when an increasing number of
60. COST OF PRODUCING DVDs The total weekly cost in dollars
Americans began eating more sugar and fats. The
incurred by Herald Media Corp. in producing x DVDs is
function
given by the total cost function
p  t   0.01484t 2  0.446t  15
 0  t  22
gives the percent of obese adults from 1978
C  x   2500  2.2 x
t  0
a. What is the marginal cost when x = 1000 and 2000?
through the year2000  t  22  .
b. Find the average cost function C and the marginal
a. What percent of adults were obese in 1978? In 2000?
average cost function C  .
b. How fast was the percent of obese adults increasing
in 1980  t  2 ? In1998  t  20  ?
c. Using the results from part (b), show that the average
cost incurred by Herald in pressing a DVD approaches
Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
57. CABLE TV SUBSCRIBERS The number of subscribers to
$2.20/disc when the level of production is high enough.
61. DEMAND FOR CORDLESS PHONES The marketing department
CNC Cable Television in the town of Randolph is
of Telecon has determined that the demand for their cor-
approximated by the function
N  x   1000 1  2 x 
12
 0  x  8000
dless phones obeys the relationship
1  x  30
p  0.02x  600
 0  x  30,000
where N  x  denotes the number of subscribers to the
where p denotes the phone’s unit price (in dollars) and
service in the xth week. Find the rate of increase in the
x denotes the quantity demanded.
number of subscribers at the end of the 12th week.
a. Find the revenue function R.
ge continues to soar, the airtime costs have dropped.
b. Find the marginal revenue function R .
c. Compute R(10, 000) and interpret your result.
The average price per minute of use (in cents) is
62. DEMAND FOR PHOTOCOPYING MACHINES The weekly dem-
58. COST OF WTRELESS PHONE CALLS As cellular phone usa-
projected to be
f  t   31.88 1  t 
and for the LectroCopy photocopying machine is given
0.45
 0  t  6
by the demand equation
p  2000  0.04x
 0  x  50,000
where t is measured in years and t = 0 corresponds to
the beginning of 1998. Compute f   t  . How fast was
where p denotes the wholesale unit price in dollars and
the average price/minute of use changing at the begin-
x denotes the quantity demanded. The weekly total cost
ning of 2000? What was the average price/minute of
function for manufacturing these copiers is given by
C  x   0.000002 x3  0.02 x 2  1000 x  120 ,000
use at the beginning of 2000?
Source: Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
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where C(x) denotes the total cost incurred in producing
x units.
a. Find the revenue function R, the profit function P,
and the average cost function C .
b. Find the marginal cost function C  , the marginal revenue function R , the marginal profit function P ,
and the marginal average cost function C ' .
c. Compute C (3000) , R(3000) , and P(3000) .
d. Compute C (5000) and C' (8000) and interpret
your results.
CHAPTER 3 Before Moving on…
1. Find the derivative of f  x   2 x3  3x1 3  5 x 2 3 .
2. Differentiate g  x   x 2 x2  1 .
3. Find
2x  1
dy
if y  2
.
dx
x  x 1
4. Find the first three derivatives of f  x  
5. Find
1
x 1
.
dy
given that xy 2  x2 y  x3  4 .
dx
6. Let y  x x 2  5 .
a. Find the differential of y.
b. If x changes from x  2 to x  2.01 , what is the
approximate change in y?
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