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123456Derivative of trigonometric functions

Solutions to the exercises

Exercise 1
a

f ' ( x ) = 6 cos ( 2 x )

b

g ' ( x ) = 4 3 π sin ( 2 π 30 ( x - 5 ) )

c

H ' ( t ) = 880 π sin ( 440 π t ) cos ( 440 π t )

d

y ' ( x ) = 1 2 ( 16 + sin 2 ( x ) ) - 1 2 2 sin ( x ) cos ( x ) = sin ( x ) cos ( x ) 16 + sin 2 ( x )

e

A ' ( r ) = -1 ( sin ( 2 r ) ) -2 cos ( 2 r ) 2 = -2 cos ( 2 r ) sin 2 ( 2 r )

f

W ' ( p ) = 2 cos ( p ) cos ( 2 p ) + 2 sin ( p ) - sin ( 2 p ) 2 = 2 cos ( p ) cos ( 2 p ) - 4 sin ( p ) sin ( 2 p )

Exercise 2
a

Well, what would algebraically mean in this case?
working with the period ( π ), the horizontal translation ( 0 ), the amplitude ( 3 ) and the equilibrium ( y = 1 ) of a standard sinuoid gives max. f ( 0 ) = f ( π ) = f ( 2 π ) = 4 and min. f ( 1 2 π ) = f ( 1 1 2 π ) = - 2 . But you can also use differentiation. Check if you get the same answer if you do that.

b

f ( x ) = 2,5 gives cos ( 2 x ) = 0,5 and so x = 1 6 π + k π x = - 1 6 π + k π .
On the given domain f ( x ) < 2,5 when 1 6 π < x < 5 6 π 1 1 6 π < x < 1 5 6 π .

c

f ' ( x ) = -6 sin ( 2 x ) .
The slopes are f ' ( 1 6 π ) = f ' ( 1 1 6 π ) = -3 3 en f ' ( 5 6 π ) = f ' ( 1 5 6 π ) = 3 3 .

Exercise 3
a

H ( 0 ) 1,06 m.

b

H ' ( t ) = - 4 π 12,25 sin ( 2 π 12,25 ( t - 3 ) ) = 0 when t = 3 t = 9,125 t = 15,25 t = 21,375 .
High water occurs at 3:00 am and at 3.15 pm.
You can also reason with the period and the horizontal translation.

c

H ' ( 4 ) -0,50 m/hour. It is the rate at which the water level (in this case) drops.

d

When H ' is maximal of minimal, so when the graph of H goes through the equlibrium level.
That is when t = 6,0625 t = 12,1875 t = 18,3125 .
You find the approximate times of 6:04 am, 12:11 pm and 6:19 pm.

Exercise 4
a

f ' ( x ) = 0,5 + cos ( x ) = 0 gives cos ( x ) = -0,5 and so x = 2 3 π x = 1 2 3 π .
Using the graph you find: min. f ( 1 2 3 π ) = 5 6 π - 1 2 3 and max. f ( 2 3 π ) = 1 3 π + 1 2 3 .

b

f ' ( 0 ) = 1,5 , the equation for the tangent to the graph at O is y = 1,5 x .

c

The smallest slope is found at x = π and f ' ( π ) = -0,5 .

Exercise 5

f ' ( x ) = 2 x cos ( x 2 ) = 0 when x = 0 x 2 = 0,5 π + k π , so when x = 0 x = ± 0,5 π + k π .
Now check the values of k and see if the corresponding x -values lie between 2 π 6,28 and 3 π 9,42 .
They do for k = 13 , 14 , ... , 27 . There are 15 extrema on this interval.

Exercise 6
a

V ( t ) = 325 sin ( 100 π t )

b

P ( t ) = c ( V ( t ) ) 2 = c 105625 sin 2 ( 100 π t ) = sin 2 ( 100 π t ) when c = 1 ( 105625 ) .

c

P ' ( t ) = 2 sin ( 100 π t ) cos ( 100 π t ) = 0 gives 100 π t = k 0,5 π and so t = k 0,005 .
You find max. f ( 0,005 + k 0,01 ) = 1 and min. f ( k 0,01 ) = 0 .

d

For instance P ( t ) = 0,5 - 0,5 cos ( 100 π t ) .

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