Chapter 3
Calculus Early Transcendentals: Pearson New International Edition · 432 exercises
Problem 35
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x}\left(\sqrt{e^{x^{2}}}+e^{\sqrt{x^{2}}}\right) $$
6 step solution
Problem 35
Sketch the graph of the circle \(x^{2}+4 x+y^{2}+3=0\) and then find equations of the two tangent lines that pass through the origin.
6 step solution
Problem 35
A projectile is fired directly upward from the ground with an initial velocity of \(v_{0}\) feet per second. Its height in \(t\) seconds is given by \(s=v_{0} t-16 t^{2}\) feet. What must its initial velocity be for the projectile to reach a maximum height of 1 mile?
7 step solution
Problem 35
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(D_{t}\left[\sin ^{3}(\cos t)\right]\)
7 step solution
Problem 35
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{1}{4 x^{2}-3 x+9} $$
5 step solution
Problem 36
Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity says that an object's mass \(m\) is related to its velocity \(v\) by the formula $$ m=\frac{m_{0}}{\sqrt{1-v^{2} / c^{2}}}=m_{0}\left(1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}\right)^{-1 / 2} $$ Here \(m_{0}\) is the rest mass and \(c\) is the speed of light. Use differentials to determine the percent increase in mass of an object when its velocity increases from \(0.9 c\) to \(0.92 c\).
4 step solution
Problem 36
Find \(D_{x} y\). $$ y=x \operatorname{arcsec}\left(x^{2}+1\right) $$
5 step solution
Problem 36
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x}\left(e^{1 / x^{2}}+1 / e^{x^{2}}\right) $$
3 step solution
Problem 36
Find the equation of the normal line (line perpendicular to the tangent line) to the curve \(8\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)^{2}=100\left(x^{2}-y^{2}\right)\) at \((3,1)\).
5 step solution
Problem 36
An object thrown directly downward from the top of a cliff with an initial velocity of \(v_{0}\) feet per second falls \(s=v_{0} t+16 t^{2}\) feet in \(t\) seconds. If it strikes the ocean below in 3 seconds with a speed of 140 feet per second, how high is the cliff?
5 step solution
Problem 36
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(D_{u}\left[\cos ^{4}\left(\frac{u+1}{u-1}\right)\right]\)
8 step solution
Problem 36
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{4}{2 x^{3}-3 x} $$
4 step solution
Problem 37
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ f(x)=x^{2} \text { at } a=2,[0,3] $$
6 step solution
Problem 37
Call the graph of \(y=b-a \cosh (x / a)\) an inverted catenary and imagine it to be an arch sitting on the \(x\) -axis. Show that if the width of this arch along the \(x\) -axis is \(2 a\) then each of the following is true. (a) \(b=a \cosh 1 \approx 1.54308 a\). (b) The height of the arch is approximately \(0.54308 a\). (c) The height of an arch of width 48 is approximately \(13 .\)
5 step solution
Problem 37
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ \frac{d y}{d x} \text { if } e^{x y}+x y=2 \text { Hint: Use implicit differentiation. } $$
6 step solution
Problem 37
Suppose that \(x y+y^{3}=2 .\) Then implicit differentiation twice with respect to \(x\) yields in turn: (a) \(x y^{\prime}+y+3 y^{2} y^{\prime}=0\) (b) \(x y^{\prime \prime}+y^{\prime}+y^{\prime}+3 y^{2} y^{\prime \prime}+6 y\left(y^{\prime}\right)^{2}=0 .\)
3 step solution
Problem 37
An object moves along a horizontal coordinate line in such a way that its position at time \(t\) is specified by \(s=t^{3}-3 t^{2}-24 t-6 .\) Here \(s\) is measured in centimeters and in seconds. When is the object slowing down; that is, when is its speed decreasing?
4 step solution
Problem 37
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(D_{\theta}\left[\cos ^{4}\left(\sin \theta^{2}\right)\right]\)
5 step solution
Problem 38
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ g(x)=x^{2} \cos x \text { at } a=\pi / 2,[0, \pi] $$
6 step solution
Problem 38
Call the graph of \(y=b-a \cosh (x / a)\) an inverted catenary and imagine it to be an arch sitting on the \(x\) -axis. Show that if the width of this arch along the \(x\) -axis is \(2 a\) then each of the following is true. (a) \(b=a \cosh 1 \approx 1.54308 a\). (b) The height of the arch is approximately \(0.54308 a\). (c) The height of an arch of width 48 is approximately \(13 .\)
6 step solution
Problem 38
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ \frac{d y}{d x} \text { if } e^{x+y}=4+x+y $$
5 step solution
Problem 38
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(D_{x}\left[x \sin ^{2}(2 x)\right]\)
7 step solution
Problem 38
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{2 x-1}{x-1} $$
4 step solution
Problem 39
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ h(x)=\sin x \text { at } a=0,[-\pi, \pi] $$
6 step solution
Problem 39
Find the equation of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, given that it is an inverted catenary (see Problem 38 ). Assume that it stands on the \(x\) -axis, that it is symmetric with respect to the \(y\) -axis, and that it is 630 feet wide at the base and 630 feet high at the center.
5 step solution
Problem 39
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x}\left(6^{2 x}\right) $$
5 step solution
Problem 39
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(\frac{d}{d x}\\{\sin [\cos (\sin 2 x)]\\}\)
7 step solution
Problem 39
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{2 x^{2}-1}{3 x+5} $$
6 step solution
Problem 40
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ F(x)=3 x+4 \text { at } a=3,[0,6] $$
6 step solution
Problem 40
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x}\left(3^{2 x^{2}-3 x}\right) $$
5 step solution
Problem 40
Use implicit differentiation twice to find \(y^{\prime \prime}\) at \((3,4)\) if \(x^{2}+y^{2}=25\)
5 step solution
Problem 40
Apply the Chain Rule more than once to find the indicated derivative. \(\frac{d}{d t}\left\\{\cos ^{2}[\cos (\cos t)]\right\\}\)
6 step solution
Problem 40
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{5 x-4}{3 x^{2}+1} $$
6 step solution
Problem 40
The graph of a function \(y=f(x)\) is given. Use this graph to sketch the graph of \(y=f^{\prime}(x)\).
5 step solution
Problem 41
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ f(x)=\sqrt{1-x^{2}} \text { at } a=0,[-1,1] $$
4 step solution
Problem 41
The structural steel work of a new office building is finished. Across the street, 60 feet from the ground floor of the freight elevator shaft in the building, a spectator is standing and watching the freight elevator ascend at a constant rate of 15 feet per second. How fast is the angle of elevation of the spectator's line of sight to the elevator increasing 6 seconds after his line of sight passes the horizontal?
8 step solution
Problem 41
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x} \log _{3} e^{x} $$
4 step solution
Problem 41
Show that the normal line to \(x^{3}+y^{3}=3 x y\) at \(\left(\frac{3}{2}, \frac{3}{2}\right)\) passes through the origin.
6 step solution
Problem 41
Let \(f(x)=x[\sin x-\cos (x / 2)]\). (a) Draw the graphs of \(f(x), f^{\prime}(x), f^{\prime \prime}(x)\), and \(f^{\prime \prime \prime}(x)\) on \([0,6]\) using the same axes. (b) Evaluate \(f^{\prime \prime \prime}(2.13)\).
4 step solution
Problem 42
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ g(x)=\sin ^{-1} x \text { at } a=0,[-1,1] $$
5 step solution
Problem 42
An airplane is flying at a constant altitude of 2 miles and a constant speed of 600 miles per hour on a straight course that will take it directly over an observer on the ground. How fast is the angle of elevation of the observer's line of sight increasing when the distance from her to the plane is 3 miles? Give your result in radians per minute.
7 step solution
Problem 42
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{x} \log _{10}\left(x^{3}+9\right) $$
5 step solution
Problem 42
Show that the hyperbolas \(x y=1\) and \(x^{2}-y^{2}=1\) intersect at right angles.
4 step solution
Problem 42
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{5 x^{2}+2 x-6}{3 x-1} $$
7 step solution
Problem 43
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ h(x)=x \sec x \text { at } a=0,(-\pi / 2, \pi / 2) $$
5 step solution
Problem 43
A revolving beacon light is located on an island and is 2 miles away from the nearest point \(P\) of the straight shoreline of the mainland. The beacon throws a spot of light that moves along the shoreline as the beacon revolves. If the speed of the spot of light on the shoreline is \(5 \pi\) miles per minute when the spot is 1 mile from \(P\), how fast is the beacon revolving?
5 step solution
Problem 43
$$ \underline{\phantom{xxx}} , \text { find the indicated derivative. } $$ $$ D_{z}\left[3^{z} \ln (z+5)\right] $$
5 step solution
Problem 43
Show that the graphs of \(2 x^{2}+y^{2}=6\) and \(y^{2}=4 x\) intersect at right angles.
4 step solution
Problem 43
Find \(D_{x} y\) using the rules of this section. $$ y=\frac{x^{2}-2 x+5}{x^{2}+2 x-3} $$
5 step solution
Problem 44
Find the linear approximation to the given functions at the specified points. Plot the function and its linear approximation over the indicated interval. $$ G(x)=x+\sin 2 x, \text { at } a=\pi / 2,[0, \pi] $$
6 step solution