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SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY 1S Calculus I - Professor Paul May Answers to Workshop Problems 3 1. These are to practice the Function of a Function Rule Chain Rule . The important thing is the differentiation, not necessarily the simplification afterwards. a 2 3x + 1 .3 6 3x + 1 b ? 2x4  5 -? 8x3 c x.3 2x + 3 2.2 + 2x + 3 3 6x 2x + 3 2 + 2x + 3 3 d x2.? x-2 -?.1 + 2x x-2 ? e x+2 .1 - x+1 .1 / x+2 2 1 / x+2 2 f g h 5exp x2 + 1 .2x 10x exp x2 + 1 i -5 ln 3x + 1 -2 . 2. a 2ex b 2x  ex c  5e5x d 5/x e 2/x f  1/x 3. a ex - 2 with the value -1 at x 0. b 2x + 2ex with the value 18.78 at x 2. c ex x3 +3x2 -2 with the value 5.437 at x 1. 4. The stationary values of N v are given by making this expression equal to zero, which can be done if any of the 4 terms in the product equal zero: i If 2A 0, but this is a meaningless solution since A is chosen to be non-zero for real molecules. ii If v 0, so there is a t.p. at the origin or the gradient is flat there , but this is obviously not the one we want. iii If exp -Bv2 0, which gives us a t.p. at v ∞, another meaningless solution. iv If [1 -Bv2] 0, which leads to which is the soln we require. Examination of the distribution function itself shows that it is a product of a function v2 which rises with increasing v, and a function exp -Bv2 which falls with increasing v, both being positive functions. This stationary point must therefore be a maximum. Substitution of the given values of the parameters then leads to a most probable speed of v? ?422?m?s-1. 2