Yet Another Calculus Text, 2007a
Yet Another Calculus Text, 2007a
Yet Another Calculus Text, 2007a
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34 CHAPTER 1. DERIVATIVES<br />
Note that if we want to evaluate dy<br />
dx<br />
when, for example, x = 2, we may either<br />
evaluate the final form, that is,<br />
dy<br />
dx∣ =(24x + 12)| x=2<br />
= 48 + 12 = 60,<br />
x=2<br />
or, noting that u =5whenx = 2, the intermediate form, that is,<br />
dy<br />
dx∣ =12u| u=5<br />
=60.<br />
x=2<br />
In other words,<br />
Exercise 1.7.11.<br />
dy<br />
dx∣ = dy<br />
du<br />
x=2<br />
du∣ u=5<br />
dx∣ .<br />
x=2<br />
If y = u 3 + 5 and u = x 2 − 1, find dy<br />
∣ .<br />
x=1<br />
dx<br />
Example 1.7.14. If h(x) = √ x 2 +1, then h(x) =f(g(x)) where f(x) = √ x<br />
and g(x) =x 2 +1. Since<br />
it follows that<br />
f ′ (x) = 1<br />
2 √ x and g′ (x) =2x,<br />
h ′ (x) =f ′ (g(x))g ′ (x) =<br />
1<br />
2 √ x 2 +1· 2x = x<br />
√<br />
x2 +1 .<br />
Exercise 1.7.12. Find the derivative of f(x) = √ 4x +6.<br />
Exercise 1.7.13. Find the derivative of y =(x 2 +5) 10 .<br />
Example 1.7.15. As we saw in Example 1.2.5, ifM is the mass, in grams, of<br />
a spherical balloon being filled with water and r is the radius of the balloon, in<br />
centimeters, then<br />
M = 4 3 πr3 grams<br />
and<br />
dM<br />
dr =4πr2 grams/centimeter,<br />
a result which we may verify easily now using the power rule. Suppose water<br />
is being pumped into the balloon so that the radius of the balloon is increasing<br />
at the rate of 0.1 centimeters per second when the balloon has a radius of 10<br />
centimeters. Since M is a function of time t, as well as a function of the radius