MECORREL1 – DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

Instruction: Solve the following problem

A. 12 C. 24
2 B. 6 D. 48
1. Evaluate lim
x −16
x→ 4 x−4
A. 1 C. 8
B. 0 D. 16
1−cosx
2. Evaluate lim
x →0 x2
A. 0 C. 1/2 19. The lower edge of a picture is 3 m; the upper edge is 5 m
B. 2 D. -1/2 above the eye of an observer. At what horizontal distance
x3 −2 x +9 should he stand if the vertical angle subtended by the picture
3. Evaluate lim is to be greatest?
x→ ∞ 2 x 3−8 A. 15 m C. 8.66 m
A. 0 C. 2 B. 6.71 m D. 3.87 m
B. 1/2 D. 1/4 20. Determine the diameter of a closed cylindrical tank having a
4. Differentiate (x+1)3 – x3 with respect to x. volume of 11.3 m3 to obtain the minimum surface area.
A. 3x+3 C. 3x-3 A. 1.44 C. 2.44
B. 6x-3 D. 6x+3 B. 3.44 D. 4.44
5. Differentiate y = excosx2 21. Water is flowing into a conical vessel 15 cm deep and having
A. –exsinx2 C. ex(cosx2-2xsinx2) a radius of 3.75 cm across the top. If the rate at which water
x 2 2
B. e cosx -2xsinx D. none of the above rises is 2 cm/s, how fast is the water flowing into the conical
6. Differentiate y = sinx/(1-2cosx) vessel when the water is 4 cm deep.
A. (cosx-1)/(1-2cosx)2 C. (cosx-2)/(1-2cosx)2 A. 6.28 C. 4.57
B. cosx/(1-2cosx)2 D. none of the above B. 2.37 D. 5.73
7. if y = 4cosx + sin2x, what is the slope of the curve when x 22. A balloon leaving the ground 18 m from the observer rises 3
=2 m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation of the line of sight
A. -2.21 C. -4.94 increasing after 8 seconds?
B. -3.25 D. -2.21 A. 0.12 rad/s C. 0.08 rad/s
8. If y = 1/(t+1) and x = t/(t+1), find dy/dx B. 0.03 rad/s D. 0.06 rad/s
A. 1 C. -1 23. Two sides of a triangle are 6 m and 9 m, respectively. If the
B. t D. -t included angle is changing at the rate of 2 rad/s, at what rate
9. Find the slope of the line having parametric equations x = t-1 is the third side changing when the included angle is 60o?
and y = 2t A. 17.18 m/s C. 18.17 m/s
A. 1 C. 3 B. 11.78 m/s D. 10.18 m/s
B. 2 D. 4 24. What is the error in the computed volume of sphere whose
10. Find the second derivative of y with respect to x for measured radius is 5 cm with 0.002 cm error?
4x2+8y2=36. A. 0.628 C. 0.826
A. 9/4y3 C. 4y3 B. 0.268 D. none of the above
B. -9/4y3 D. -4y3 25. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of a cube
11. Find the slope of the curve x2+y2-6x+10y+5=0 at (1,0) that is intended to hold 8 m3 if the error of the computed
A. 1/3 C. 3/4 volume is not to exceed 0.03 m3?
B. 2/5 D. 1/5 A. 0.002 C. 0.003
12. Find the radius of curvature y + ln(cosx) = 0 B. 0.0025 D. 0.001
A. cosx C. 1.5707
B. secx D. 1
13. Find the 60th derivative of y = x60
A. 0 C. 60!
B. 50! D. none of the above
14. Given the curve y = 12-12x+x 3, determine the maximum and
minimum points
A. (-2. 28) & (2, -4) C. (-2. -28) & (-2, -4)

B. (2. -28) & (2, 4) D. (-2. 28) & (-2, 4)

15. Given the curve y = 12-12x+x3, determine the point of
inflection.
A. (0, 12) C. (2, 12)
B. (0, 2) D. (1, 12)
16. Find a point on the curve x2=2y which is nearest to a point
(4,1)
A. (2,4) C. (4,2)
B. (2,2) D. (2,3)
17. Two posts one is 10 m high and the other 15 m high stand 30
cm 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. 12m C. 18m
B. 14m D. 16m
18. Find the largest area of rectangle that could be inscribed in
the ellipse 4x2+9y2=36