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Section 3.1 : The Definition of the Derivative

Use the definition of the derivative to find the derivative of the following functions.

  1. \(g\left( x \right) = 10\)
  2. \(T\left( y \right) = - 8\)
  3. \(f\left( x \right) = 5x + 7\)
  4. \(Q\left( t \right) = 1 - 12t\)
  5. \(f\left( z \right) = {z^2} + 3\)
  6. \(R\left( w \right) = {w^2} - 8w + 20\)
  7. \(V\left( t \right) = 6t - {t^2}\)
  8. \(Q\left( t \right) = 2{t^2} - 8t + 10\)
  9. \(g\left( z \right) = 1 + 10z - 7{z^2}\)
  10. \(f\left( x \right) = 5x - {x^3}\)
  11. \(Y\left( t \right) = 2{t^3} + 9t + 5\)
  12. \(Z\left( x \right) = 2{x^3} - {x^2} - x\)
  13. \(\displaystyle f\left( t \right) = \frac{2}{{t - 3}}\)
  14. \(\displaystyle g\left( x \right) = \frac{{x + 2}}{{1 - x}}\)
  15. \(\displaystyle Q\left( t \right) = \frac{{{t^2}}}{{t + 2}}\)
  16. \(f\left( w \right) = \sqrt {w + 8} \)
  17. \(V\left( t \right) = \sqrt {14 + 3t} \)
  18. \(G\left( x \right) = \sqrt {2 - 5x} \)
  19. \(Q\left( t \right) = \sqrt {1 + 4t} \)
  20. \(f\left( x \right) = \sqrt {{x^2} + 1} \)
  21. \(\displaystyle W\left( t \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt t }}\)
  22. \(\displaystyle g\left( x \right) = \frac{4}{{\sqrt {1 - x} }}\)
  23. \(f\left( x \right) = x + \sqrt x \)
  24. \(\displaystyle f\left( x \right) = x + \frac{1}{x}\)