1.07j Differentiate exponentials: e^(kx) and a^(kx)

3. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\), where $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = ( 2 x - 5 ) \mathrm { e } ^ { x } , \quad x \in \mathbb { R }$$ The curve has a minimum turning point at \(A\).

1. Use calculus to find the exact coordinates of \(A\). Given that the equation \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = k\), where \(k\) is a constant, has exactly two roots,
2. state the range of possible values of \(k\).
3. Sketch the curve with equation \(y = | \mathrm { f } ( x ) |\). Indicate clearly on your sketch the coordinates of the points at which the curve crosses or meets the axes.

4. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of part of the curve with equation \(y = 8 x - x \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x } , x \geqslant 0\) The curve meets the \(x\)-axis at the origin and cuts the \(x\)-axis at the point \(A\).

1. Find the exact \(x\) coordinate of \(A\), giving your answer in its simplest form. The curve has a maximum turning point at the point \(M\).
2. Show, by using calculus, that the \(x\) coordinate of \(M\) is a solution of $$x = \frac { 1 } { 3 } \ln \left( \frac { 8 } { 1 + 3 x } \right)$$
3. Use the iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 1 } { 3 } \ln \left( \frac { 8 } { 1 + 3 x _ { n } } \right)$$ with \(x _ { 0 } = 0.4\) to calculate the values of \(x _ { 1 } , x _ { 2 }\) and \(x _ { 3 }\), giving your answers to 3 decimal places.

8. The functions \(f\) and \(g\) are defined by $$\begin{array} { l l } \mathrm { f } : x \rightarrow 2 x + \ln 2 , & x \in \mathbb { R } , \\ \mathrm {~g} : x \rightarrow \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } , & x \in \mathbb { R } . \end{array}$$

1. Prove that the composite function gf is $$\operatorname { gf } : x \rightarrow 4 \mathrm { e } ^ { 4 x } , \quad x \in \mathbb { R }$$
2. In the space provided on page 19, sketch the curve with equation \(y = \operatorname { gf } ( x )\), and show the coordinates of the point where the curve cuts the \(y\)-axis.
3. Write down the range of gf.
4. Find the value of \(x\) for which \(\frac { \mathrm { d } } { \mathrm { d } x } [ \operatorname { gf } ( x ) ] = 3\), giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

2. A curve \(C\) has equation $$y = \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \tan x , \quad x \neq ( 2 n + 1 ) \frac { \pi } { 2 }$$

1. Show that the turning points on \(C\) occur where \(\tan x = - 1\).
2. Find an equation of the tangent to \(C\) at the point where \(x = 0\).

1. (a) Express \(6 \cos \theta + 8 \sin \theta\) in the form \(R \cos ( \theta - \alpha )\), where \(R > 0\) and \(0 < \alpha < \frac { \pi } { 2 }\).

Give the value of \(\alpha\) to 3 decimal places.
(b) $$\mathrm { p } ( \theta ) = \frac { 4 } { 12 + 6 \cos \theta + 8 \sin \theta } , \quad 0 \leqslant \theta \leqslant 2 \pi$$ Calculate

1. the maximum value of \(\mathrm { p } ( \theta )\),
2. the value of \(\theta\) at which the maximum occurs.

1. The value of Bob's car can be calculated from the formula

$$V = 17000 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.25 t } + 2000 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.5 t } + 500$$ where \(V\) is the value of the car in pounds \(( \pounds )\) and \(t\) is the age in years.

1. Find the value of the car when \(t = 0\)
2. Calculate the exact value of \(t\) when \(V = 9500\)
3. Find the rate at which the value of the car is decreasing at the instant when \(t = 8\). Give your answer in pounds per year to the nearest pound.

4. $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 3 \mathrm { e } ^ { x } - \frac { 1 } { 2 } \ln x - 2 , \quad x > 0 .$$

1. Differentiate to find \(\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )\). The curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) has a turning point at \(P\). The \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\) is \(\alpha\).
2. Show that \(\alpha = \frac { 1 } { 6 } \mathrm { e } ^ { - \alpha }\). The iterative formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 1 } { 6 } \mathrm { e } ^ { - x _ { n } } , x _ { 0 } = 1$$ is used to find an approximate value for \(\alpha\).
3. Calculate the values of \(x _ { 1 } , x _ { 2 } , x _ { 3 }\) and \(x _ { 4 }\), giving your answers to 4 decimal places.
4. By considering the change of sign of \(\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )\) in a suitable interval, prove that \(\alpha = 0.1443\) correct to 4 decimal places.

1. A heated metal ball is dropped into a liquid. As the ball cools, its temperature, \(T ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\), \(t\) minutes after it enters the liquid, is given by

$$T = 400 \mathrm { e } ^ { - 0.05 t } + 25 , \quad t \geqslant 0$$

1. Find the temperature of the ball as it enters the liquid.
2. Find the value of \(t\) for which \(T = 300\), giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
3. Find the rate at which the temperature of the ball is decreasing at the instant when \(t = 50\). Give your answer in \({ } ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\) per minute to 3 significant figures.
4. From the equation for temperature \(T\) in terms of \(t\), given above, explain why the temperature of the ball can never fall to \(20 ^ { \circ } \mathrm { C }\).

3. A curve \(C\) has equation $$y = x ^ { 2 } \mathrm { e } ^ { x }$$

1. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\), using the product rule for differentiation.
2. Hence find the coordinates of the turning points of \(C\).
3. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } }\).
4. Determine the nature of each turning point of the curve \(C\).

1. The point \(P\) lies on the curve with equation

$$y = 4 \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x + 1 }$$ The \(y\)-coordinate of \(P\) is 8 .

1. Find, in terms of \(\ln 2\), the \(x\)-coordinate of \(P\).
2. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point \(P\) in the form \(y = a x + b\), where \(a\) and \(b\) are exact constants to be found.

6. (a) Differentiate with respect to \(x\),

1. \(\mathrm { e } ^ { 3 x } ( \sin x + 2 \cos x )\),
2. \(x ^ { 3 } \ln ( 5 x + 2 )\). Given that \(y = \frac { 3 x ^ { 2 } + 6 x - 7 } { ( x + 1 ) ^ { 2 } } , \quad x \neq - 1\),
   (b) show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { 20 } { ( x + 1 ) ^ { 3 } }\).
   (c) Hence find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } }\) and the real values of \(x\) for which \(\frac { \mathrm { d } ^ { 2 } y } { \mathrm {~d} x ^ { 2 } } = - \frac { 15 } { 4 }\).

1. Rabbits were introduced onto an island. The number of rabbits, \(P , t\) years after they were introduced is modelled by the equation

$$P = 80 \mathrm { e } ^ { \frac { 1 } { 5 } t } , \quad t \in \mathbb { R } , t \geqslant 0$$

1. Write down the number of rabbits that were introduced to the island.
2. Find the number of years it would take for the number of rabbits to first exceed 1000.
3. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } P } { \mathrm {~d} t }\).
4. Find \(P\) when \(\frac { \mathrm { d } P } { \mathrm {~d} t } = 50\).

5. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) with the equation \(y = \left( 2 x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 2 \right) \mathrm { e } ^ { - x }\).

1. Find the coordinates of the point where \(C\) crosses the \(y\)-axis.
2. Show that \(C\) crosses the \(x\)-axis at \(x = 2\) and find the \(x\)-coordinate of the other point where \(C\) crosses the \(x\)-axis.
3. Find \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\).
4. Hence find the exact coordinates of the turning points of \(C\).

5. The mass, \(m\) grams, of a leaf \(t\) days after it has been picked from a tree is given by $$m = p \mathrm { e } ^ { - k t }$$ where \(k\) and \(p\) are positive constants.
When the leaf is picked from the tree, its mass is 7.5 grams and 4 days later its mass is 2.5 grams.

1. Write down the value of \(p\).
2. Show that \(k = \frac { 1 } { 4 } \ln 3\).
3. Find the value of \(t\) when \(\frac { \mathrm { d } m } { \mathrm {~d} t } = - 0.6 \ln 3\).

1. (a) Express \(2 \cos 3 x - 3 \sin 3 x\) in the form \(R \cos ( 3 x + \alpha )\), where \(R\) and \(\alpha\) are constants, \(R > 0\) and \(0 < \alpha < \frac { \pi } { 2 }\). Give your answers to 3 significant figures.

$$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \cos 3 x$$ (b) Show that \(\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x )\) can be written in the form $$\mathrm { f } ^ { \prime } ( x ) = R \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \cos ( 3 x + \alpha )$$ where \(R\) and \(\alpha\) are the constants found in part (a).
(c) Hence, or otherwise, find the smallest positive value of \(x\) for which the curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\) has a turning point.

3. \begin{figure}[h] \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of the curve \(C\) which has equation $$y = \mathrm { e } ^ { x \sqrt { 3 } } \sin 3 x , \quad - \frac { \pi } { 3 } \leqslant x \leqslant \frac { \pi } { 3 }$$

1. Find the \(x\) coordinate of the turning point \(P\) on \(C\), for which \(x > 0\) Give your answer as a multiple of \(\pi\).
2. Find an equation of the normal to \(C\) at the point where \(x = 0\)

4. $$\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 25 x ^ { 2 } \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } - 16 , \quad x \in \mathbb { R }$$

1. Using calculus, find the exact coordinates of the turning points on the curve with equation \(y = \mathrm { f } ( x )\).
2. Show that the equation \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 0\) can be written as \(x = \pm \frac { 4 } { 5 } \mathrm { e } ^ { - x }\) The equation \(\mathrm { f } ( x ) = 0\) has a root \(\alpha\), where \(\alpha = 0.5\) to 1 decimal place.
3. Starting with \(x _ { 0 } = 0.5\), use the iteration formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \frac { 4 } { 5 } \mathrm { e } ^ { - x _ { n } }$$ to calculate the values of \(x _ { 1 } , x _ { 2 }\) and \(x _ { 3 }\), giving your answers to 3 decimal places.
4. Give an accurate estimate for \(\alpha\) to 2 decimal places, and justify your answer.

2. A curve \(C\) has equation \(y = \mathrm { e } ^ { 4 x } + x ^ { 4 } + 8 x + 5\)

1. Show that the \(x\) coordinate of any turning point of \(C\) satisfies the equation $$x ^ { 3 } = - 2 - \mathrm { e } ^ { 4 x }$$
2. On the axes given on page 5, sketch, on a single diagram, the curves with equations
   1. \(y = x ^ { 3 }\),
   2. \(y = - 2 - e ^ { 4 x }\) On your diagram give the coordinates of the points where each curve crosses the \(y\)-axis and state the equation of any asymptotes.
3. Explain how your diagram illustrates that the equation \(x ^ { 3 } = - 2 - e ^ { 4 x }\) has only one root. The iteration formula $$x _ { n + 1 } = \left( - 2 - \mathrm { e } ^ { 4 x _ { n } } \right) ^ { \frac { 1 } { 3 } } , \quad x _ { 0 } = - 1$$ can be used to find an approximate value for this root.
4. Calculate the values of \(x _ { 1 }\) and \(x _ { 2 }\), giving your answers to 5 decimal places.
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8. A rare species of primrose is being studied. The population, \(P\), of primroses at time \(t\) years after the study started is modelled by the equation $$P = \frac { 800 \mathrm { e } ^ { 0.1 t } } { 1 + 3 \mathrm { e } ^ { 0.1 t } } , \quad t \geqslant 0 , \quad t \in \mathbb { R }$$

1. Calculate the number of primroses at the start of the study.
2. Find the exact value of \(t\) when \(P = 250\), giving your answer in the form \(a \ln ( b )\) where \(a\) and \(b\) are integers.
3. Find the exact value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } P } { \mathrm {~d} t }\) when \(t = 10\). Give your answer in its simplest form.
4. Explain why the population of primroses can never be 270

7. (i) Given that \(y = \tan x + 2 \cos x\), find the exact value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\) at \(x = \frac { \pi } { 4 }\).
(ii) Given that \(x = \tan \frac { 1 } { 2 } y\), prove that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x } = \frac { 2 } { 1 + x ^ { 2 } }\).
(iii) Given that \(y = \mathrm { e } ^ { - x } \sin 2 x\), show that \(\frac { \mathrm { d } y } { \mathrm {~d} x }\) can be expressed in the form \(R \mathrm { e } ^ { - x } \cos ( 2 x + \alpha )\). Find, to 3 significant figures, the values of \(R\) and \(\alpha\), where \(0 < \alpha < \frac { \pi } { 2 }\).

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1. Show that \(l _ { 1 }\) and \(l _ { 2 }\) meet and find the position vector of their point of intersection \(A\).
2. Find the acute angle between \(l _ { 1 }\) and \(l _ { 2 }\), giving your answer in degrees to one decimal place. A circle with centre \(A\) and radius 35 cuts the line \(l _ { 1 }\) at the points \(P\) and \(Q\). Given that the \(x\) coordinate of \(P\) is greater than the \(x\) coordinate of \(Q\),
3. find the coordinates of \(P\) and the coordinates of \(Q\). 6. Use integration by parts to show that $$\int \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \cos 3 x \mathrm {~d} x = p \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \sin 3 x + q \mathrm { e } ^ { 2 x } \cos 3 x + k$$ where \(p\) and \(q\) are rational numbers to be found and \(k\) is an arbitrary constant.\\ (6)\\ 7. Water is flowing into a large container and is leaking from a hole at the base of the container. At time \(t\) seconds after the water starts to flow, the volume, \(V \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\), of water in the container is modelled by the differential equation $$\frac { \mathrm { d } V } { \mathrm {~d} t } = 300 - k V$$ where \(k\) is a constant.
4. Solve the differential equation to show that, according to the model, $$V = \frac { 300 } { k } + A \mathrm { e } ^ { - k t }$$ where \(A\) is a constant.\\ (5) Given that the container is initially empty and that when \(t = 10\), the volume of water is increasing at a rate of \(200 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 } \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\)
5. find the exact value of \(k\).
6. Hence find, according to the model, the time taken for the volume of water in the container to reach 6 litres. Give your answer to the nearest second.\\ 8. Use proof by contradiction to prove that, for all positive real numbers \(x\) and \(y\), $$\frac { 9 x } { y } + \frac { y } { x } \geqslant 6$$ 9. \begin{figure}[h]
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   \end{figure} Figure 1 shows a sketch of a closed curve with parametric equations $$x = 5 \cos \theta \quad y = 3 \sin \theta - \sin 2 \theta \quad 0 \leqslant \theta < 2 \pi$$ The region enclosed by the curve is rotated through \(\pi\) radians about the \(x\)-axis to form a solid of revolution.
7. Show that the volume, \(V\), of the solid of revolution is given by $$V = 5 \pi \int _ { \alpha } ^ { \beta } \sin ^ { 3 } \theta ( 3 - 2 \cos \theta ) ^ { 2 } \mathrm {~d} \theta$$ where \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are constants to be found.
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2. The current, \(I\) amps, in an electric circuit at time \(t\) seconds is given by $$I = 16 - 16 ( 0.5 ) ^ { t } , \quad t \geqslant 0$$ Use differentiation to find the value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } I } { \mathrm {~d} t }\) when \(t = 3\).
Give your answer in the form \(\ln a\), where \(a\) is a constant.

1. The number of bacteria, \(N\), present in a liquid culture at time \(t\) hours after the start of a scientific study is modelled by the equation

$$N = 5000 ( 1.04 ) ^ { t } , \quad t \geqslant 0$$ where \(N\) is a continuous function of \(t\).

1. Find the number of bacteria present at the start of the scientific study.
2. Find the percentage increase in the number of bacteria present from \(t = 0\) to \(t = 2\) Given that \(N = 15000\) when \(t = T\),
3. find the value of \(\frac { \mathrm { d } N } { \mathrm {~d} t }\) when \(t = T\), giving your answer to 3 significant figures.

8. The hyperbola \(H\) has cartesian equation \(x y = 16\) The parabola \(P\) has parametric equations \(x = 8 t ^ { 2 } , y = 16 t\).

1. Find, using algebra, the coordinates of the point \(A\) where \(H\) meets \(P\). Another point \(B ( 8,2 )\) lies on the hyperbola \(H\).
2. Find the equation of the normal to \(H\) at the point (8, 2), giving your answer in the form \(y = m x + c\), where \(m\) and \(c\) are constants.
3. Find the coordinates of the points where this normal at \(B\) meets the parabola \(P\).