Average/Instantaneous Rate of Change
Tangent Lines
The Derivative
Differentiability and Continuity
10

What is the average rate of change on the interval [0,2]? 


-5/2

10

Write the equation of a tangent line at the point (2,1) with a slope of 6. 

y-1=6(x-2)

10

Find f'(3) given that 

f'(x)=(-6x+4)/x^2

-14/9

10

List the 3 different graphical features that would cause a function to be non-differentiable.

Discontinuous, vertical tangent, corner/cusp

20

What is the average rate of change of the function below from x=2 to x=4? 

f(x)=3x^2-6x+7

12

20

Write an equation of a tangent line of the function below at x=4, given the instantaneous rate of change.  

f(x)=sqrt(2x+1)

IROC=1/sqrt(2x+1)

y-3=1/3(x-4)

20

Find f'(1) and explain the meaning given that 

f'(x)=12/x+6x-2

f'(1)=16

At x=1 the slope of the tangent line is 16. 

OR

At x=1 the instantaneous rate of change is 16.

20

Identify the values of x for which the function below is non-differentiable. 


x=-3, -2, 2, 4

30

Find the average rate of change over the interval from [-3,0] given the graph below. 


4/3

30

Write the equation of the line tangent to f(x) at x=0 given that f(0)=2 and the graph of f'(x) below. 


y-2=3(x-0)

or

y=3x+2

30

f(x) represents how many feet you have walked in x minutes. Explain what f'(4)=320 means. 

At 4 minutes, you are walking at a rate of 320 feet per minute. 

30

Identify the values of x where the function below is continuous, but not differentiable. 


x=-3, 0

40

Find the instantaneous rate of change of the function below at x=1. 

f(x)=3x

3

40

Write the equation of a tangent line to f(x) at the point f(2)=-7, given the derivative of f(x) is 

f'(x)=sqrt((3x^2+2x-1)/(x^3+7)

y+7=1(x-2)

40

Find the derivative of the function using the definition of the derivative. 

f(x)=3x^2+8x-2

f'(x)=6x+8

40

Sketch a graph that has 3 places where it is non-differentiable. 

Show me your graphs :)

50

Find the instantaneous rate of change of the function below at x=2. 

f(x)=2x^2-4x+6

4

50

Write the equation of a tangent line to the function below at x=1.  

f(x)=x^2+4

y-5=2(x-1)

50

Find the derivative of the function using the definition of the derivative. 

f(x)=1/(x+3)

f'(x)=(-1)/(x+3)^2

50

Name one of the 19 basic functions that would be not differentiable at x=0. 

sqrt(x), x^(1/3), x^(2/3), |x|, 1/x, 1/x^2, ln(x), [x], csc(x), cot(x)