MATHEMATICS PROBLEM SET 5

INSTRUCTION: Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for
each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet
provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only!

1. Find the derivative of y = 33x PAST CE BOARD

3 x+1 3 x+1
a. 3 ln3 b. 3 ln(3 x) c. 33 x ln 3 d.
3 x+2
3 ln(3 x)
2. What is the derivative of 2 cos(2+ x 3 ) with respect to x? PAST CE BOARD
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a. −6 x 2 sin( 2+ x ) b. 6 x 2 sin( 2+ x 3 ) c. 3 x 2 sin( 2+ x 3 ) d.−3 x 2 sin(2+ x3 )

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3. Find y’ in the curve y= (1 – 2 x ) at the point ( 1,-1). PAST CE BOARD
a. -6 b. 6 c. -3 d. 3

4. Determine the slope of the curve x 2+ y 2 – 6 x +10 y +5=0 at the point (1,0).
a. 1/5 b. 2/5 c. 3/5 d. 4/5

5. Find the slope of the curve r =sin 2θ at θ = π/3? CE BOARD Nov 2007
a. 4.5 b. -5.2 c. 2.33 d. -4.5

6. Find the slope of r =tan θ when θ=π / 4 CE BOARD NOV 2007

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

7. If y=4 cos x +sin 2 x , what is the slope of the curve when x=2. PAST ECE BOARD
a. -2.21 b. -3.25 c. -4.94 d. -2.21

8. Find the slope of the ellipse x 2+ 4 y 2−10 x−16 y +5=0 at the point where

y=2+ √ 8 and x=7 .

a. -0.1463 b. -0.1538 c. -0.1654 d. -0.1768

9. Find dy/dx of ( xy )x =e PAST ME BOARD

− y (1−lnxy) − y (1+lnxy)
a. b. c. 0 d. y/x
x2 x2
10. Given the curve y 2=5 x−1 at the point (1, -2) , find the equation of the tangent
line to the curve. PAST CE BOARD
a. 5x + 4y + 3 = 0 b. 3x + 4y + 5 = 0 c. 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 d. 5x + 3y + 1 = 0

11. Find the radius of curvature of the ellipse 3 x 2+ y2 =12 at the point (1,3). PAST
CE/ME BOARD
a. 3.122 b. 2.121 c. 5.112 d. 4.221

12. Find the center of curvature of problem 11.

a. ( -0.5, 1.5) b. ( -1.5, 1) c. ( -0.5, 2.5) d. ( 0.5, 1.5)

13. Find the radius of curvature at any point of the curve y + ln cos x = 0 PAST
ECE/CE BOARD
a. cos x b. sec x c. 1.211 d. 1

14. Find the slope of the curve x 2+ 4 xy + y 2 +3 x−5 y−6=0 at the point on the curve
( 1,2).
a. 16/3 b. -13/3 c. -5 d. -11/3

15. Find the radius of curvature of y2 = 4x at the point (4,4)

a. 34.12 b. 22.36 c. 11.23 d. 33.12

16. Find the slope of the curve x=6 y 3 – 2 y 2 at the point (6,3). PAST CE BOARD
a. 1/110 b. 1/150 c. 1/120 d. 1/300

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17. Find the slope of the curve 2 at the point (0,12).
y=6 ( 4+ x )
a. 2 b. 1.5 c. 2 d. 3

18. At what point does the curve x 3 – 9 x – y=0 have a slope of 18?
a. (4, 28) b. (3,0) c. (1,-8) d. (2,1)

19. Find the curvature of the curve y 2=16 x at the point (4,8). PAST CE BOARD
a. 0.0442 b. 0.0331 c. 0.1221 d. 0.0236
20. Given the ellipse 25x2 + 4y2 = 100. Find the equation of the diameter of the ellipse
which bisects chords having a slope of 1/2. (PAST CE BOARD)
a. 25x + 2y = 0 b. 50x – 3y = 0 c. 25x + 4y = 0 d. 30x – 5y = 0

21. A car starting 12:00 Noon travels west at a speed of 30 kph. Another car starting
from the same point at 2:00 PM travels north at 45 kph. Find how fast are the two cars
separating at 4:00 PM? PAST CE BOARD
a. 57 kph b. 51 kph c. 81 kph d. 44 kph

22. Determine the diameter of a closed cylindrical tank having a volume of 11.3 cm3 to
obtain a minimum surface area. PAST CE BOARD
a. 2.561 b. 2.112 c. 2.432 d. 3.122

23. A closed cylindrical tank has a capacity of 576.53 m3. Find the minimum surface area
2.
of the tank in m PAST CE BOARD
a. 378.2 b. 331.2 b. 383.4 d. 312.12

24. With only 381.7 m2 of materials, closed cylindrical tank of maximum volume is to be
made. What should be the height of the tank in m?
a. 9 b. 10 c. 11 d. 12

25. A rectangular box with a square base and open at the top is to have a capacity of
16823 cm3. Find the height of the box that requires minimum amount of material in cm.
a. 13.24 b. 16.14 c. 21.23 d. 11.22

26. A revolving searchlight in a lighthouse 2 km offshore is following a car traveling

slowly along the shore. When the car is 1 km from the point on the shore that is closest
to the lighthouse, the searchlight is turning at the rate of 0.25 rev/hr. How fast in kph
is the car traveling at this moment? PAST CE BOARD
a. 2.98 b. 3.93 c. 4.11 d. 6.12

27. A rectangle is inscribed in an a ellipse

x2 y 2 .What is the maximum possible area
+ =1
9 4
of the rectangle?
a. 10 b. 13 c. 12 d. 36

28. What is the nearest distance from the external point (4,2) to the curve y 2=8 x .
PAST CE BOARD
a. 3.12 b. 2.34 c. 2.83 d. 4.11

29. The sum of 2 numbers is K. The product of one by the cube of the other is to be a
maximum. What is one of the number. PAST CE BOARD
a. K/4 b. K/2 c. 2K/3 d. K/8

30. The sides of the triangle ABC are AB = 7 cm, BC =5 cm and CA = 9 cm. Determine the
width of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in it such that the longer side of
the rectangle is on the 9 cm side of the rectangle. PAST CE BOARD.
a. 2.12 m b. 1.94 m c. 1.22 m d. 1.44 m

31. A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a right circular cone of radius 6 cm. Find
the radius of the cylinder if its volume is maximum. PAST CE BOARD
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2.5

32. Find the maximum volume if the altitude of the cone is 12 cm.
a. 201.06 cm3 b. 211.23 cm3 c. 251.23 cm3 d. 134.22 cm3

33. Find the radius of the cylinder if its lateral area is a minimum.
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 3.5

34. The length of the sides of the triangle are 4.25 cm, 9.61 cm and 8.62 cm. A rectangle
is inscribed in it such that the longer side is on the 9.61 cm side of the triangle. What
is the length of the rectangle if its area is maximum?
a. 4.52 b. 4.81 c. 5.22 d. 5.01

35. A cable is to be run from a power plant on one side of the river 900 km wide to a
factory on the other side 3 km upstream. The cost of running the cable overland is $4 per
meter while the cost underwater is $ 5 per meter. Find the value of x for the most
economical cost. PAST CE BOARD
a. 1400 m b. 1800 m c. 1200 m d. 1500 m

36. Water is flowing into a frustum of a cone at a rate of 100 liters per minute. The
upper radius of the frustum of the cone is 1.5 m while the lower radius is 1 meter with a
height of 2 m. If the water rises in the tank at the rate of 0.04916 cm/s, find the depth
of water. PAST CE BOARD
a. 13.5 cm b. 15.5 cm c. 12.23 cm d. 12.07 cm

37. Water is flowing in a conical cistern at the rate of 8 m3/min. If the height of the
inverted cone is 12 m and the radius of its circular opening is 6 m. How fast is the water
rising when the water is 4 m in depth. PAST ECE/ME BOARD.
a. 0.36 m/min b. 0.64 m/min c. 0.44 m/min d. 0.56 m/min

38. A man is walking at the rate of 4 m/s across a bridge 30 m above a river. A boat
traveling 12 m/s at right angle to the roadway of the bridge pass directly beneath her.
How fast is the distance between the boat and the woman increasing 5 sec later.
a. 13.45 m/s b. 11.43 m/s c. 12.11 m/s d. 14. 22 m/s

39. The sides of a triangle are 6 m and 9 m respectively. If the included angle is
changing at the rate of 2 rad/s, at what rate is the 3rd side changing when the included
angle is 600?
a. 11.78 m/s b. 12.33 m/s c. 10.23 m/s d. 8.91 m/s

40. A ballon leaving the ground 18 m from the observer rises 3 m/s. How fast is the angle
of elevation of the line of sight increasing after 8 seconds.
a. 0.06 rad/s b. 0.05 rad/s c. 0.07 rad/s d. 0.08 rad/s

41. Find the minimum volume of a rignt circular cylinder that can be inscribed in a sphere
of radius 100 cm.
a. 2418399.152cm3 b. 2438399.152cm3 c. 3418399.152cm3 d. 7418399.152cm3

42. Find the area of the largest rectangle with sides parallel to the coordinate axes
which can be inscribed in the area bounded by the two parabolas y=26 – x 2 and y=x 2 +2.
a. 32 b. 64 c. 128 d. 72

43. Find the area of the largest isosceles triangle that can be inscribed in a circle of
radius 6 inches.
a. 51.32 b. 46.76 c. 32.21 d. 41.22

44. A statue 3 m high is standing on a base 4 m high. If an observer’s 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 maximum. PAST ECE BOARD
a. 3.71 m b. 4.33 m c. 2.11 m d. 1.81 m

45. Water is running in a hemispherical bowl having a radius of 10 cm at a constant rate

of 3 cm3.min. When the water is x cm deep, the water level is rising at the rate of
0.0149 cm/min. What is the value of x? PAST CE BOARD.
a. 3 b. 2 c. 4 d. 5

46. Find the minimum length of a ladder that will reach a building and rest on a wall 1.5
m high which is 1.2 m from a building.
a. 3.4 m b. 3.8 m c. 4.1 m d. 4.4 m
47. An object is projected vertically upward. If the distance traveled by an object is
expressed as h=100 t – 16.1 t 2 . What is the velocity of the object after 2 seconds?
a. 33.2 m/s b. 35.6 m/s c. 33.2 m/s d. 32.8 m/s

48. Find acute angle of intersection of the parabolas y=x 2−2 x−3 and

y=−x2 +6 x−3 . PAST CE BOARD

a. 36.030 b. 41.210 c. 44.120 d. 11.80

49. Find the acute angle of intersection between y = sin x and y = cos x at the first
point of intersection in the 1st quadrant.
a. 67.120 b. 39.340 c. 70.530 d. 41.220

50. The cost of fuel in a locomotive is proportional to the square of the speed and is $25
per hour for a speed of 25 miles per hour. Other cost amount to $100 per hr regardless of
the speed. What is the speed which will make the cost per mile a minimum? a. 40 mph
b. 30 mph c. 50 mph d. 76 mph

51. A ferris wheel has a radius of 10 m. Its center is 12 m above the ground. When the
passenger is 17 m above the ground, he is moving at the rate of 1.81 m/s. What is the
speed of rotation of the wheel in rpm? CE BOARD Nov 2005
a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. 2

52. Two posts one is 10 m high and the other 15 m high stand 30 m apart. They are to be
stayed by transmission wires attached to a single stake at ground level, the wires running
to the top of the posts. Where should the stake be placed to use the least amount of wire.
a. 15 m b. 11 m c. 12 m d. 14 m

54. Find the minimum length of the line segment intercepted between the positive
coordinate axes is a minimum that passes through (3,4) PAST CE BOARD
a. 9.56 b. 9.87 c. 10.12 d. 11.21

55. What is the minimum vertical distance between the parabolas x= y 2 and y=1+ x 2 a.
0.671 b. 0.5275 c. 0.5333 d. 0.5771

56. A gutter with trapezoidal cross section is to be made from a long strip of metal 22
cm wide by bending up the edges. If the base is to be 14 cm wide, What is the greatest
carrying volume?
a. 58.1 cu cm b. 58.3 cu cm c. 59.1 cu cm d. 60.1 cu cm

57. A circular cone was carved out of a sphere of radius 10 cm. What is the least amount
of material wasted.
a. 2947.7 cm3 b. 3411.4 cm3 c. 4422.1 cm3 d. 2666.1 cm3

58. Water is flowing in a conical reservoir 40 ft deep and 16 feet across the top at the
rate of 2 ft3/min. Find how fast the surface is rising when the water is 4 ft deep.
a. 0.85 ft/min b. 0.95 ft/min c. 0.83 ft/min d. 0.66 ft/min

59. The circle x 2+ y 2=36 is revolved about the line y = 4. What is the volume generated?
PAST CE BOARD
a. 9812.33 b. 8122.23 c. 9948.56 d. 1221.23

60. The area bounded by the curve y 2=12 x and the line x = 3 is revolved about the line
x =3. What is the volume generated? PAST CE BOARD
a. 191.23 b. 123.45 c. 180.96 d. 143.33

61. What is the area bounded by the curves y 2=4 x and x 2=4 y ? PAST CE BOARD
a. 5.33 b. 4.33 c. 8.22 d. 9.11

2 y
62. Evaluate ∫∫ ( 3 x 2 +9 y 2 ) dxdy PAST CE BOARD
0 0
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 50
63. Find the area enclosed by the curve x 2+ 8 y+ 16=0 , the x axis, the y axis and the
line x – 4 = 0. PAST CE BOARD
a. 10.67 b. 11.22 c. 13.22 d. 14.11

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64. The area bounded by the curve 2 the line y = 6 and the x axis is to be
y=2 x
revolved about the line y = 6. Determine the centroid of the volume generated. PAST CE
BOARD
a. 1.5 b. 1.6 c. 1.7 d. 1.8

65. Find the length of the arc of the circle x 2+ y 2=64 , bounded by x = -1 and x=
-3 in the 2nd quadrant. PAST CE BOARD
a. 2.07 b. 3.01 c. 1.98 d. 1.88

66. The base of the solid is a region R. Each cross section of the solid perpendicular to
the x axis is an equilateral triangle. What is the volume of the solid?
a. 0.891 b. 0.198 c. 0.223 d. 0.441

67. What is the area bounded by the curve y=6 cos x from the x axis to x=π /6 to

x=2 π .
a. 22 b. 21 c. 31 d. 19

68. Find the surface area generated by rotating the 1st quadrant portion of the curve
x 2=16 – 8 y about the y axis. PAST CE BOARD
a. 67.11 b. 61.27 c. 71.23 d. 81.33

69. X years from now, one investment plan will be generating a profit at the rate of

50+ x 2 thousand pesos per year, while a second plan will be generating at the rate of
(200+5 x) thounsand pesos per year. Find the total net excess profit if you invest in
the 2nd plan instead of the second plan up to the time the two plans yield equal profit.
PAST CE BOARD
a. P 1687.50 b. P 1211.23 c. P 1451.61 d. P 1811.33

70. A hemispherical tank of radius 6 m is filled with water to a depth of 4 m Find

the work done in pumping the water to the top of the tank.
a. 7889.67 kN m b. 7122.23 kN m c. 8111.33 kN m d. 8911.33 kN m

71. A tank is filled with water has the form of a paraboloid of revolution whose axis is
vertical. If the depth of the tank is 12 ft and the diameter of the top is 8 ft, find the
work done in pumping the water to the top of the tank.
a. 37.54 tons m b. 43.12 tons m c. 51.22 tons m d. 71.22 tons m

72. Find the area between the curves y=2x and the chord joining the points (0,1)
and (2,4).
a. 0.91 b.0.67 c. 0.45 d. 0.56

73. Find the area bounded by the curve y=4 sin x and the lines x=π /3 and x=π
and the x axis.
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12

74. A variable square whose plane is perpendicular to the x axis has one vertex on the x
axis and the opposite vertex on the curve xy = 4. Find the volume of solid generated as
the square moves from x = 1 to x = 4.
a. 6 b. 12 c. 18 d. 20

75. A solid has an elliptical base with major axis of 18 inches and a minor axis of 12
inches. Find the volume of solid if every section perpendicular to the major axis is an
equilateral triangle.
a. 767.23 b. 748.24 c. 812.33 d. 612.34

76. Find the volume of the 1st octant , bounded by the surface x = 1 and x 2= y +2 z .
CE BOARD May 2004
a. 0.03 b. 0.04 c. 0.05 d. 0.06
77. The axes of two right circular cylinders of radius 4 cm intersect at right angles.
Find the volume common to the cylinders.
a. 1013/3 b. 1024/3 c. 2314/3 d. 7182/3

78. The solution of the D.E. y ’=x e 3 x y(0) = 0 is

3x b. y= ( 3 x−1 ) e 3 x – 1
a. y= (3 x +1 ) e – 1 c. y= (3 x +1 ) e3 x – 2 d.

y= (3 x−1 ) e 3 x +1
79. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of curves y 2=cx
a. y 2 +2 x 2=c ’ b. y 2 + x 2=c ’ c. y 2−2 x 2=c ’ d. y 2 +4 x 2=c ’
80. Radium decompose at the rate proportional to the amount present. If the half life is
1600 years, find the percentage remaining after at the end of 200 years.
a. 95.5% b. 91.7% c. 81.2% d. 79.1%

81. The rate at which the body cools is proportional to the difference in temperature
between the body and the surrounding atmosphere. If body in air at 20 cools from 100C
to 70 C in 3 minutes. What is the temperature after 5 minutes?
a. 56.55 deg C b. 59.33 deg C c. 67.33 deg C d. 66.22 deg C

82. From problem 81, When will the temperature be 65C?

a. 3.33 min b. 3.67 min c. 3.45 min d. 3.91 min

83. The population of a community is known to increase at the rate proportional to the
number of people present at any time t. If the population has doubled in 5 years, how long
will it take to triple?
a. 6.73 years b. 7.92 years c. 6.94 years d. 8.13 years

84. A tank contains 50 gal of water. Brine containing 2 pounds per gal flows into the
tank at the rate of 2 gal/min and the mixture kept uniform by stirring runs out at the
same rate. How long will it take before the quantity of salt in the tank is 50 lbs.
a. 12.34 min b. 17.33 min c. 11.34 min d. 41.22 min

85. A tank is initially filled with 100 gal of salt containing 1 lb of salt per gallon.
Fresh brine containing 2 lb of salt per gallon runs into the tank at the rate of 5 gal per
minute and the mixture assumed to be kept uniform by stirring, runs out at the same rate.
When will the amount of the tank be 150 lb?
a. 12.33 min b. 11.44 min c. 13.86 min d. 12.22 min

86. 1. A diameter of a sphere can be measured with a maximum error of 0.2 cm. Find the
corresponding error in the volume of a sphere whose diameter is 90 cm.
a. 2545 cc. b. 2454 cc. c. 2455 cc. d. 2554 cc.

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