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Differential Calculus

This document contains 25 problems related to differential calculus concepts like limits, derivatives, tangents, normals, maxima and minima, rectilinear motion, and related rates. The problems cover evaluating limits, finding derivatives, equations of tangents and normals to curves, finding critical points, radii of curvature, maximizing and minimizing expressions, velocities and accelerations during rectilinear motion, and rates of change in related rates problems.

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Differential Calculus

This document contains 25 problems related to differential calculus concepts like limits, derivatives, tangents, normals, maxima and minima, rectilinear motion, and related rates. The problems cover evaluating limits, finding derivatives, equations of tangents and normals to curves, finding critical points, radii of curvature, maximizing and minimizing expressions, velocities and accelerations during rectilinear motion, and rates of change in related rates problems.

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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

LIMITS

PROBLEM NO.1
Evaluate the limit in each of the following:
(a)
(b)
(c)

(d)

PROBLEM NO. 1
(e)
(f)
(g)

(h)
(i)

DERIVATIVES

PROBLEM NO. 2
What is the first derivative of the expression (xy) x
= e?

PROBLEM NO. 3
Find dy/dx, given y = (u2-1) / (u2+1) and u =
(x2+2)1/3.

PROBLEM NO. 4
A point moves along the curve y = x3-3x+5 so that
x=1/2 t1/2 + 3, where t is time. At what rate of y
when t = 4?

PROBLEM NO. 5
Find the value of y at the point (1,-1) of the curve
x2y + 3y 4 = 0.

TANGENTS AND NORMAL

PROBLEM NO. 5
Find the equations of the tangent and normal to y
= x3 2x2+ 4 at (2, 4).

PROBLEM NO. 6
Find the equations of the tangents with slope -2/9
to the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2 = 40.

PROBLEM NO. 7
Find the acute angles of intersection of the curves
(1) y2=4x and (2) 2x2=12-5y.

PROBLEM NO. 8
A cable of a certain suspension bridge is attached
to supporting pillars 250 ft apart. If it hangs in
the form of a parabola with the lowest point 50 ft
below the point of suspension, find the angle
between the cable and the pillar.

PROBLEM NO. 9
Locate the points of inflection of the curve y = f(x)
= x 2 ex .

PROBLEM NO. 10
If the curve 2 + 12x x3, find the critical points.

PROBLEM NO. 11
Find the radius of curvature of a parabola y2 4x
= 0 at point (4,4).

PROBLEM NO. 12
Find the radius of curvature of at any point in the
curve y + ln cos x = 0.

MAXIMA AND MINIMA

PROBLEM NO. 13
Divide the number 120 into two parts such that
the product P of one part and the square of the
other is maximum.

PROBLEM NO. 14
A sheet of paper for a poster is to be 18 ft2 in area.
The margins at the top and bottom are to be 9 in.
wide, and at the side 6 in. What would be the
dimensions of the sheet to maximize the printed
area?

PROBLEM NO. 15
At 9AM ship B is 65 mi due east of another ship
A. Ship B is then sailing due west at 10 mi/h, and
A is sailing due south at 15 mi/h. If they continue
on their respective courses, when will they be
nearest one another, and how near?

PROBLEM NO. 16
Find the dimensions of the right circular cone of
minimum volume V that can be circumscribed
about a sphere of radius 8 in.

PROBLEM NO. 17
A wall of a building is to be braced by a beam
which must pass over a parallel wall 10 ft high
and 8 ft from the building. Find the length L of
the shortest beam that can be used.

RECTILINEAR AND

PROBLEM NO. 18
A body moves along a straight line according to
the law s = 1/2t3 2t. Determine its velocity and
acceleration at the end of 2 seconds.

PROBLEM NO. 19
A stone, projected vertically upward with initial
velocity 112 ft/sec, moves according to s = 112t
-16t2, where s is the distance from the starting
point. Compute (a) the velocity and acceleration
when t = 3 and when t = 4, and (b) the greatest
height reached. (c) When will its height be 96 ft?

PROBLEM NO. 20
A particle rotates counterclockwise from rest
according to = t3/50 t, where is in radians
and t in seconds. Calculate the angular
displacement, angular velocity and the angular
acceleration at the end of 10 seconds.

RELATED RATES

PROBLEM NO. 21
Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the
rate of 2 ft3/min. How fast is the surface area
shrinking when the radius is 12 ft?

PROBLEM NO. 22
Water is running out of a conical funnel at the
rate of 1 in3/sec. If the radius of the base of the
funnel is 4 in and the altitude is 8 in, find the rate
at which the water level is dropping when it is 2
in from the top?

PROBLEM NO. 23
A statue 3 m high is standing on a base of 4 m
high. If an observers eye is 1.5 m above the
ground, how far should he stand from the base in
order that the angle subtended by the statue is a
maximum.

PROBLEM NO. 24
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?

PROBLEM NO. 25
A standard cell has an emf E of 1.2 V. If the
resistance R of the circuit is increasing at the
rate of 0.03 ohm/sec, at what rate is the current
I changing at the instant when the resistance is
6 ohms?

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