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IB Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation HL · AHL 2: Further Derivatives · AHL 2.3

The chain rule Problem set A Answers

Skills

    1. (a) \(20 \left(4 x + 1\right)^{4}\)
    2. (b) \(\left(12 x^{2} - 8\right) \left(x^{3} - 2 x\right)^{3}\)
    1. (a) \(\frac{4 x}{3 \sqrt[3]{x^{2} + 5}}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{6 x - 1}{2\sqrt{3 x^{2} - x}}\)
    1. (a) \(5 \cos{\left(5 x \right)}\)
    2. (b) \(- 3 \sin{\left(3 x - 2 \right)}\)
    1. (a) \(5 e^{5 x}\)
    2. (b) \(\left(2 x - 4\right) e^{x^{2} - 4 x}\)
    1. (a) \(\frac{1}{x}\)
    2. (b) \(\frac{2 x}{x^{2} + 4}\)
    1. (a) \(- 4 \sin{\left(2 x \right)} \cos{\left(2 x \right)}\)
    2. (b) \(3 e^{\sin{\left(3 x \right)}} \cos{\left(3 x \right)}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{1}{2 x \sqrt{\ln{\left(5 x \right)}}}\)
    1. (a) \(- 4 e^{- 4 x}\)
    2. (b) \(- \frac{\sin{\left(x \right)}}{2 \sqrt{\cos{\left(x \right)}}}\)
    3. (c) \(\frac{\cos{\left(\sqrt{x} \right)}}{2 \sqrt{x}}\)

In context

  1. 26

  2. -2.12 °C per minute (the drink is cooling)

  3. 0.54 m per hour (rising)

  4. \(y=\frac{3}{5}x+\frac{16}{5}\)

  5. (1.83, 0.405)

Stretch

  1. \(y=\frac{1}{4}x+1.14\)

  2. \(y=1.23x-1.57\)

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