Chapter 3: Problem 1
How do you find the derivative of the product of two functions that are differentiable at a point?
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Chapter 3: Problem 1
How do you find the derivative of the product of two functions that are differentiable at a point?
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Electrostatic force The magnitude of the electrostatic force between two point charges \(Q\) and \(q\) of the same sign is given by \(F(x)=\frac{k Q q}{x^{2}},\) where \(x\) is the distance (measured in meters) between the charges and \(k=9 \times 10^{9} \mathrm{N} \cdot \mathrm{m}^{2} / \mathrm{C}^{2}\) is a physical constant (C stands for coulomb, the unit of charge; N stands for newton, the unit of force). a. Find the instantaneous rate of change of the force with respect to the distance between the charges. b. For two identical charges with \(Q=q=1 \mathrm{C},\) what is the instantaneous rate of change of the force at a separation of \(x=0.001 \mathrm{m} ?\) c. Does the magnitude of the instantaneous rate of change of the force increase or decrease with the separation? Explain.
The following limits equal the derivative of a function \(f\) at a point a. a. Find one possible \(f\) and \(a\) b. Evaluate the limit. $$\lim _{h \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{6}+h\right)-\frac{1}{2}}{h}$$
Product Rule for the second derivative Assuming the first and second derivatives of \(f\) and \(g\) exist at \(x\), find a formula for \(\frac{d^{2}}{d x^{2}}(f(x) g(x))\)
Find the derivative of the inverse of the following functions at the specified point on the graph of the inverse function. You do not need to find \(f^{-1}\) $$f(x)=\tan x ;(1, \pi / 4)$$
A challenging second derivative Find \(\frac{d^{2} y}{d x^{2}},\) where \(\sqrt{y}+x y=1\).
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