EXAM 8: DIFFERENTIAL

CALCULUS
8. Find y’ if y  xln x  x
x2  1 A. xln x C. ln x *
Lim
1. Evaluate x 1 x  3x  4
2
ln x x
A. 2/5 * C.0
B.  D. 5/2 B. x D. x
ln

9. Solve for the abscissa of the point of

2. What is the derivative of the function y  f  x   x 2e x .
inflection of the curve
y  x with respect to x?
A. 2  2 * C. 2  2
A. x C. 2x
1
B. 2 D. 3  2
B. ½ x D. 2 x *
3. Find the slope of the curve y  x  x  5 at
3

(2, -1). 10. At what value of x will the slope of the

A. 11 * C. 12
curve x  9x  y  0 be 18?
3

B. -11 D. -12 A. 2 C. 4

B. 5 D. 3 *
4. Given the function y  x  3x  4x  5 .
3 2

Determine the coordinates of the point of 11. The altitude of a cylinder of maximum
inflection. volume which can be inscribed in a right
A. (-1,-3) C. (0, 5) circular cone of radius r and height h is
_____.
B. (2, 9) D. (1, 7) * A. h/3 * C. 3h/2
5. The sum of two positive numbers is 21. If B. 2h/3 D. h/4
the product of one of the numbers by the
square of the other is to be a maximum,
what are the numbers?
A. 14 & 7 * C. 12 & 9 12. Find the second derivative of
y  x 2 at x  2.
B. 13 & 8 D. 10 & 11
A. 96 C. 0.375 *

B. -0.25 D. - 0.875
6. What is the slope of the line tangent to the
curve y  x  2x  1 at x  1.
3

A. ½ C. 1 * 13. A boy, 1.2 m tall is walking directly away

from a lamp post at the rate of 0.9 m/s. If
B. 1/3 D. ¼ the lamp is 6 m above the ground, find the
rate at which his shadow is lengthening.
A. 0.225 m/s * C. 0.284 m/s

7. Find the volume of the largest cylinder that B. 0.125 m/s D. 0.204 m/s
can be inscribed in a cone of radius 3 cm
and altitude of 9 cm.
A. 10  C. 15 
14. Find the minimum distance from the point
B. 12  * D. 20  (6, 0) to the parabola y  8x.
2

A. 5.656 * C. 4.342
B. 3.232 D. 4.522

15. Find the radius of curvature of the function

y  ln x at  1, 0  .
23. If the sum of two numbers is 4, find the
A. 2.83 * C. 5.43 minimum value of the sum of their cubes.
A. 16 * C. 18
B. 3.62 D. 4.73
B. 10 D. 32
16. Find the partial derivative of
u  xy  yz  zx with respect to x.
24. What is the slope of the graph
A. x + z C. y + z * y   x 2 at x  2?
A. 2 C. 4 *
B. x + y D. x + y + z
B. -2 D. -4
17. Find the height of a right circular cylinder
of maximum volume, which can be
25. Differentiate: y  x ln2x
2
inscribed in a sphere of radius 10-cm.
A. 14.12 cm C. 15.11 cm x  1  ln2x  x  1  2ln2x 
A. C. *
B. 12.81 cm D. 11.55 cm *
B. 1  2ln2x D. 1  2xln2x
ln x
18. Evaluate the limit x as x approaches
positive infinity.
A. 1 C. 0 * 26. What is the allowable error in measuring
the edge of the cube that is intended to
B. infinity D. -1 hold 8 cu. m., if the error of the computed
volume is not to exceed 0.03 cu. m?
19. The volume of the sphere is increasing at A. 0.002 C. 0.003
the rate of 6 cm3 / hr. At what rate is its
surface area increasing (in cm2 / hr) when B. 0.0025 * D. 0.001
the radius is 50 cm?
A. 0.24 * C. 0.40 27. Find the radius of curvature of the function
y 2  8x at  2, 4  .
B. 0.36 D. 0.46
A. 11.31 * C. 10.24
x  16
2
B. 13.21 D. 12.65
Limit
20. Evaluate: x4 x4
A. 6 C. 10 28. Find dy dx if y  cos x ?
A. csc x C. – sec x
B. 12 D. 8 *
B.– sin x * D. sec x
y  cos  1  2x 
21. Find dy dx if .
2sin  1  2x  2sin  1  2x 
A. C. *
29. A man on a wharf, 4.2 m above the level
sin2  1  2x   sin  1  2x  of the water surface is pulling a rope tied
B. D. to a boat at the rate of 0.30 m/sec. How
fast (m/sec) is the boat approaching the
x wharf when there are 7 m of rope out?
Limit A. -0.3 C. -0.375 *
22. Evaluate: x 0 1  ex
A. 0 C. -1 * B. -0.42 D. -0.325
B. 1 D. ½
30. Find the radius of curvature of the curve pushed towards the wall at the rate of 2
x 2  4y 2  12 at (4, 1). m/min. How fast is the top of the ladder
rising when its foot is 10 m from the wall?
A. 3.77 * C. 4.03 A. 0.658 * C. 0.432
B. 2.42 D. 1.63 B. 0.522 D. 0.663

31. The sum of two positive numbers is 36. 38. At noon, one ship (A) was 100 km directly
What are these numbers if their product is north of another ship (B). Ship A was
to be the largest? sailing south at 30 kph and B was sailing
east at 15 kph. After how many hours will
A. 20, 16 C. 18, 18 * the two ships be nearest each other?
B. 14, 22 D. 17, 19
A. 2.40 C. 2.65
B. 2.74 D. 2.67 *
tan x  sin x
Limit
32. Evaluate: x 0 sin3 x 39. A helicopter is rising vertically from the
A. 0 C. 1/3 ground at a constant speed of 4.5 m/s.
When it is 75 m off the ground, a jeep
B. ½ * D. ¼ passed beneath the helicopter traveling in
a straight line at a constant speed of 80
33. If the distance x from the point of kph. Determine how fast (m/sec) the
departure at time t is defined by the distance between them changing after 1
equation x  16t  5000t  5000 , what
2
second?
is the initial velocity?

A. 3000 C. 0 A. 12.43 C. 10.04

B. 5000 * D. 2000 B. 10.32 * D. 11.34

40. A closed cylindrical container has a

34. What is the derivative of lncos x ?
capacity of 128  cu. m. Determine the
A. sec x C. – tan x *
minimum surface area.
B. – sec x D. tan x A. 96  * C. 100 

35. A 128-m2 rectangular field is to be fenced B. 92  D. 98 

off along a straight river. If no fencing is
needed along the riverbank, determine the 41. Water running out a conical funnel at the
most economical length of the fence? rate of 1 cu. in per second. If the radius of
the base of the funnel is 4 in and the
A. 32 m * C. 40 m altitude is 8 in., find the rate at which the
water level is dropping when it is 2 in from
B. 36 m D. 38 m the top.
A. -1/9  in/s * C. -3/2  in/s
y  cos  2x  3  .
36. Find the dy dx if B. 2/3  in/s D. -4/9  in/s

2sin  2x  3   sin  2x  3  42. The sum of two positive numbers is 50.

A. * C.
What are the numbers if their product is to
be the largest possible.
2sin  2x  3  sin  2x  3 
B. D.
A. 24 & 26 C. 25 & 25 *
B. 28 & 22 D. 20 & 30
37. One end of 32 m ladder is resting on a
horizontal plane leans on a vertical wall. 43. Find the minimum amount of tin sheet that
Assume the foot of the ladder to be can be made into a closed cylinder having
a volume of 108 cu. inches in square a car approaching at a speed of 4 m/s is
inches. 12 m up the street. Find the rate of the
LRT train and the car separating one
second later.
A. 125.50 * C. 129.50
B. 127.50 D. 123.50
44. A poster is to contain 300 (cm square) of A. 3.64 m/s * C. 4.24 m/s
printed matter with margins of 10 cm at B. 3.94 m/s D. 4.46 m/s
the top and bottom and 5 cm at each side.
Find the overall dimensions if the total
area of the poster is minimum. 49. Evaluate the limit of
1  sec 2 x
as x approaches 0.
A. 27.76 cm, 47.8 cm Cosx  1
B. 20.45 cm, 35.6 cm
C.22.24 cm, 44.5 cm *
D.25.55 cm, 46.7 cm A. –1 C. – 3
B. –2* D. – 4

45. Water is pouring into a swimming pool.

After t hours, there are t + √t gallons 50. Evaluate: x 


lim x5  7x 4  2x  5 
in the pool. At what rate is the water
pouring into the pool when t = 9 hours?
A. 1 C. 0

A. 7/6 gph * C. 6/5 gph

B. 2 D. infinity *
B. 8/7 gph D. 5/4 gph

46. A balloon is released from the ground 100

meters from an observer. The balloon
rises directly upward at the rate of 4
meters per second. How fast is the
balloon receding from the observer 10
seconds later?

A. 1.68 m/sec C. 1.55 m/sec

B. 1.36 m/sec D. 1.49 m/sec *

47. Two railroad tracks are perpendicular to

each other. At 12:00 P.M. there is a train
at each track approaching the crossing at
50 kph, one being 100 km and the other
150 km away from the crossing. How fast
in kph is the distance between the two
trains changing at 4:00 P.M.?

A. 67.08 * C. 69.08
B. 68.08 D. 70.08

48. An LRT train 6 m above the ground

crosses a street at 9 m/s at the instant that