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201-SN2-RE is the Differential Calculus course for Marianopolis Science. Its course description connects limits and continuity with the definition, calculation and applications of derivatives. Bring your current section outline to choose the topics and assessment preparation that apply to you.
If your outline says 201-AS2-MS, use the separate Arts & Sciences guide linked below. Keep the full course code in your request.
Topics to work on
Limits, continuity and derivatives from the definition
Differentiation methods, indeterminate forms and L’Hôpital’s rule
Choose only topics listed for your assessment. The course description supports this subject, but does not establish your section’s exam date or chapter cutoff.
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A useful starting point
Review inequalities, function composition and the fact that a real logarithm requires a positive input. Try the example after learning the logarithm derivative and chain rule.
Steps worth checking
Preserving the original function’s domain after differentiating
Keeping the inner derivative in the chain rule
Where did your derivative go wrong?
Check the domain before differentiating. Use the logarithm example if an algebraically valid derivative seems to work at an input the original function does not allow.
Turn an area rate into a radius rate. Use this existing question if the derivative rules are familiar but the changing quantities or units are unclear.
Use these as topic practice for Science 201-SN2-RE. Your current section outline determines which topics to review.
A 25-minute differential calculus check
Find a limit using a conjugate, use a derivative to locate a maximum, and connect an area rate to a radius rate. Try each question before opening its solution.
Before you start: Allow 18 minutes to try the three questions, then 7 minutes to check and retry one missed step.
1. A limit without a function value
Find x→0limx9+x−3. Explain why substituting zero initially does not give the limit.
Show the explained solution
At x=0, the original quotient is undefined and direct substitution gives the indeterminate form 0/0. This does not tell us the limit.
For nearby x=0, multiply by the conjugate and cancel the factor x: x9+x−3=9+x+31.
The expression on the right is continuous at zero, so its limit is 1/(3+3)=1/6. Cancelling for nonzero inputs helps compute the limit; it does not define the original quotient at zero.
On 0≤x≤3, let f(x)=xe−x. Find where it increases and decreases, and find its absolute maximum.
Show the explained solution
The product rule and chain rule give f′(x)=e−x−xe−x=e−x(1−x). The factor e−x is always positive.
Therefore f′>0 for 0<x<1 and f′<0 for 1<x<3. The function increases up to x=1, then decreases.
Check the interior critical point and both endpoints: f(0)=0, f(1)=1/e, and f(3)=3/e3. The absolute maximum is 1/e at x=1. A zero derivative was a candidate; the sign change and endpoint check establish the result.
Redo the conjugate step, stating which input is excluded. Then try one limit from your assigned review without looking at an example.
If the derivative was right but the conclusion was wrong
Draw a sign line for the derivative and list all endpoint and critical-point candidates before choosing an extremum.
If units or changing quantities caused trouble
Name the time-dependent quantities and their units. Differentiate their relation before inserting instantaneous measurements.
For help with 201-SN2-RE, start with a limit, derivative or related-rate question, or a concept you want explained. Your tutor can help you choose the first step or review an attempt with you. Your assessment topic list, if you have it, can help focus the examples.
Let x be a real variable and g(x)=ln(5−x2), where ln is the natural logarithm. Find the real domain of g, calculate g′(x) and state where that derivative applies.
Show a hint
First solve 5−x2>0. Then treat 5−x2 as the inner function and ln as the outer function.
Show the reasoning
1. Find the allowed inputs
The logarithm needs a strictly positive argument: 5−x2>0. This gives x2<5, or −5<x<5. The domain is (−5,5); the endpoints are excluded because their argument would be zero.
2. Use the chain rule
Write u(x)=5−x2, so u′(x)=−2x. The logarithm rule gives g′(x)=u(x)u′(x)=5−x2−2x. The numerator is the inner derivative; leaving it out would miss how the logarithm’s input changes.
3. Keep the original domain
The polynomial 5−x2 is differentiable everywhere, and the logarithm is differentiable when its argument is positive. Thus g′ exists on exactly (−5,5). The rational expression can be evaluated at some inputs outside this interval, but those values are not derivatives of the original real function.
A quick check
Substituting x=3 into the rational expression −2x/(5−x2) gives 3/2. Can you report g′(3)=3/2? Explain before opening the answer.
Check your answer
No. The original input would give g(3)=ln(−4), which is not defined as a real number. Since 3 is outside the domain of g, its real derivative at 3 does not exist. A usable algebraic expression does not extend the original function’s domain.
If the inequality was difficult, review domains before more derivatives. If the domain was right but the numerator was missing, use the derivative-rule check to practise identifying the inner function.
What to work through with a tutor
Bring a question, even if you do not know how to start. A tutor can help compare one-sided limits, test continuity, or separate the inner and outer functions before you differentiate.
For graphing, optimization or an approximation, your tutor can help connect the formula to the question: define the allowed inputs, choose the method and explain what the result means. If you have started a solution, your tutor can use it to identify the next skill to practise.
Prepare from your own course outline
Start with the topic list and instructions from your current section. Sort missed questions into domain or algebra errors, rule-selection errors and interpretation errors. Redo one from each relevant group, explaining why the method applies. Include L’Hôpital’s rule or approximations when they are part of your assigned review.
Add domain breaks and asymptotes to derivative-based graphing. Topic fit is supported by the January 2026 description, without a current-term or assessment claim.
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