Calculus for the Phys./Life Sciences 1

(Sections 02 and 04)

Homework Assignment #7

Due Wednesday, November 2, START of Class


Homework should be turned in at the BEGINNING OF CLASS. All problem numbers refer to the 4th edition Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum, et al. book, the required text for the course. You should write up solutions neatly to all problems, making sure to SHOW ALL YOUR WORK. A nonempty subset will be graded. You are strongly encouraged to work on these problems with other classmates, although the solutions you turn in should be YOUR OWN WORK.

Note: Please list any students or faculty who you worked with on the assignment.

Section 3.5 (pp. 136 - 138)
Problems:   16, 18, 21, 22, 36, 44

Section 3.6 (pp. 141 - 143)
Problems:   6, 10, 16, 28, 52, 53, 57

Section 3.7 (pp. 145 - 146)
Problems:   2, 10, 13, 20, 24, 28, A

Problem A: Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivatives of f(x) = x^(ln x) and g(x) = x^(e^x).

Section 3.8 (p. 149)
Problems:   4, 6, 10, 12, 16

Section 3.9 (pp. 154 - 155)
Problems:   2, 4, 6, 10