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Instructions: Submit the first 36 questions, that is, questions 1-36. Students should show
the solutions in A4 paper size. The solutions MUST be in the order as listed, that is, Q1, Q2,
Q3,...,Q36. Plan ahead, do exercises every week, do NOT wait until the last minute!
1. A paper cup has the shape of a cone with height 10 cm and radius 3 cm (at the top). If
water is poured into the cup at a rate of 2 cm3 /s, how fast is the water level rising when the
water is 5 cm deep?
2. A boat is pulled into a dock by a rope attached to the bow of the boat and passing through
a pulley on the dock that is 1 m higher than the bow of the boat. If the rope is pulled in at a
rate of 1 m/s, how fast is the boat approaching the dock when it is 8 m from the dock?
x2 y2
+ =1
72.5 71.5
where x and y are in thousands of kilometres. If dx/dt = 12900 km/h for x = 3200 km and
y > 0, find dy/dt.
4. A 6-ft man walks away from a 15-ft lamppost at a speed of 3 ft/s. Find the rate at which
his shadow is increasing in length.
5. Between 0o C and 30o C, the volume V (in cubic centimeters) of 1 kg of water at a temperature
is given approximately by the formula
6. Suppose that the demand equation for a monopolist is p = 100 − 0.01x and the cost function
is C(x) = 50x + 10, 000.
(a) Find the marginal cost.
(b) Find the value of x that maximizes the profit and determine the corresponding price and
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10. A model used for the yield of an agricultural crop as a function of the nitrogen level in the
soil (measured in appropriate units) is
kN
Y =
1 + N2
where k is a positive constant. What nitrogen level gives the best yield?
12. (a) Given f (x) = x (x2 − 1) (x2 − 3), prove that the equation f 0 (x) = 0 has four distinct
real roots.
Hint: Use the Rolle’s Theorem.
(b) Use the Mean Value Theorem to prove the inequality |sin a − sin b| 6 |a − b| for all a and b.
(c) Show that x > sin x, ∀x > 0.
Hint: Let f (x) = x − sin x. Can use MVT for f (x) and f (0), x > 0. [Or, alternatively, can
show that f 0 (x) > 0 and f (0) = 0.]
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1 x
lim 1 + x
= e.
x→∞
Application: Suppose an amount of $1 is invested in the bank, with continuous compounding
of interest at interest rate 100% (r = 1), find the the amount after 1 year.
3x
(b) Find lim 1 + x4 , (c) lim+ x ln x, (d) lim+ xx .
x→∞ x→0 x→0
15. Use Newton’s method to find the root of the equation x5 − x4 + 3x2 − 3x − 2 = 0 in the
interval [1,2] correct to six decimal places.
16. A farmer wants to fence an area of 2 million square feet in a rectangular field and then
divide it into three equal parts with two fences parallel to one of the sides of the rectangle
(see the below figure). Find the dimensions of the rectangular field to minimize the cost of the
fence?
17. Cowboy Clint wants to build a dirt road from his ranch to the highway so that he can
drive to the city in the shortest amount of time. The perpendicular distance from the ranch to
the highway is 4 miles, and the city is located 9 miles down the highway. Where should Clint
join the dirt road to the highway if the speed limit is 20 mph on the dirt road and 55 mph on
the highway?
Hint: Minimize the total number of hours for the trip, which is
√
16 + x2 9 − x
T (x) = +
20 55
Answer: x = √16 ≈ 1.56 (miles).
105
18. A cone-shaped paper drinking cup is to be made to hold 27 cm3 of water. Find the height
and radius of the cup that will use the smallest amount of paper.
19. A particle is moving with the given data. Find the position of the particle.
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(a) v (t) = 2t − 1+t 2 , s (0) = 1.
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20. A company estimates that the marginal cost (in dollars per item) of producing x items is
1.92 − 0.002x. If the cost of producing one item is $562, find the cost of producing 100 items.
21. A car is traveling at 100 km/h when the driver sees an accident 80 m ahead and slams on
the brakes. What constant deceleration is required to stop the car in time to avoid a pileup?
Hint: Let a(t) = −c km/h2 be the constant acceleration (c > 0). One can solve for the system
of equations v(t) = 0 and s(t) = 80 × 10−3 km, where v(t) and s(t) can be found from a(t),
v(0) = 100 km/h. Answer: a(t) = −62500 km/h2 or −4.82 m/s2 .
22. Express
n
X
lim x5i + x2i cos xi ,
n→∞
i=1
π
where xi = i∆x, ∆x = , as an integral on the interval [0, π].
n
23. Find the derivatives
! !
x4 Rx
d d et
R
(a) dx cos (t2 ) dt (b) dx t
dt
√
0 x
25. Find the average value of the function on the given interval.
a. f (x) = 4x√ − x2 , [0, 4]
2
b. f (x) = x 1 + x3 , [0, 2].
c. f (x) = cos4 x sin x, [0, π]
2
d. f (x) = xe−x , [0, 5].
e. |x2 − 4|, [0, 3].
27. Alabama Instruments Company has set up a production line to manufacture a new calcu-
lator. The rate of production of these calculators after t weeks is
dx 100
= 5000 1 − (calculators/week).
dt (t + 10)2
(Notice that production approaches 5000 per week as time goes on, but the initial production
is lower because of the workers’ unfamiliarity with the new techniques.) Find the number of
calculators produced from the beginning of the third week to the end of the fourth week.
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29. Evaluate
R1 5
√
e√ x cos(ln x)
√ x+2 dx √ cos x dx,
R R R R
(a) x (x2 + 1) dx, (b) x2 +4x
(c) x
dx (d) 1+sin x
(e) x
dx
0
Hint: Substitution
30. Evaluate
R x−9
R3 dx
R4 x3 −2x2 −4
1/2
R √
(a) (x+5)(x−2) dx, (b) x2 −1
, (c) x3 −2x2
dx, (d) x2 1 − x2 dx.
2 3 0
x3 −2x2 −4 1
Hint: (c) x3 −2x2
=1+ x
+ x22 − 1
x−2
.
R1
31. Estimate cos (x2 ) dx using (a) the Trapezoidal Rule and (b) the Midpoint Rule, each with
0
n = 4.
Hint: (a) T4 ≈ 0.895759, (b) M4 ≈ 0.908907.
32. A radar gun was used to record the speed of a runner during the first 5 seconds of a race
(see the table). Use the Trapezoidal Rule to estimate the distance the runner covered during
those 5 seconds.
33. The table (supplied by San Diego Gas and Electric) gives the power consumption P in
megawatts in San Diego County from midnight to 6:00 AM on December 8, 1999. Use Simp-
son’s Rule to estimate the energy used during that time period. (Use the fact that power is the
derivative of energy.)
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36. A radioactive substance decays exponentially: The mass at time is m (t) = m (0) ekt , where
m(0) is the initial mass and k is a negative constant. The mean life of an atom in the substance
is
Z∞
M = −k tekt dt
0
For the radioactive carbon isotope, 14 C (Carbon-14), used in radiocarbon dating, the value of
k is −0.000121. Find the mean life of a 14 C atom.
Answers (a) 32 3
, (b) e − 1e + 10
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38. Sketch the region enclosed by the given curves. Then find the area of the region enclosed
by the curves:
(a) y = x + 1, y = 9 − x2 , x = −1, x = 2
(b) y = x, y = x2
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(c) y = x√ , y = x12 , x = 2
(d) y = x, y = x2 , x = 9
(e) x = 2y 2 , x = 4 + y 2
(f) x = 1 − y 2 , x = y 2 − 1
39
Answers (a) 2
, (b) 16 , (c) ln 2 − 21 , (d) 59
12
, (e) 32
3
, (f) 83 .
39. Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by the given curves
about the specified line. Sketch the region, the solid, and a typical disk or washer.
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(b) V = π2 , (c) V = 64
15
π, (d) V = π6 , (e) V = 29
30
π
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