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LT21KS/TP/M APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES

Section 1 - Only one correct option type (4, –1)

1. 
Point A lies on the curve y  e  x and has the coordinate x,e  x
2
2

 where x >0. Point B has the coordinates

(x, 0). If O is the origin then the maximum area of the triangle AOB is

1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2e 4e e 8e

2. A jet of an enemy is flying along the curve y  x 2  2 . A soldier is placed at the point (3,2). The nearest
distance between soldier and plane

1) 5 2) 2 3) 5 4) 4

 and  are the roots of x   a  2  x   a  1  0. then the minimum value of  2  2 is

2
3.

1) 5 2) 7 3) 4 4) 6

4. In which of the following functions Rolle’s theorem is applicable?

 sin x
 x,0  x  1 ,   x  0
1) f (x)   on  0,1 2) f (x)   x on  ,0
0, x  1 0, x0


 3
 x  2x  5x  6 if x  1on  2,3
2
3) f (x)  x  x  6 on  2,3
2
4) f (x)  
x 1  x 1
 6 if x  1

5. Let C be the curve y = x3 (where x takes all real values). The tangent at A meets the curve again at B. If the
gradient at B is K times the gradient at A, then K is equal to

1
1) 4 2) 2 3) –2 4)
4

6. If the function f (x)  x 4  bx 2  8x  1 has a horizontal tangent and a point of inflection for the same value
of x then the value of b is equal to
1) –1 2) 1 3) 6 4) –6
7. Water runs into an inverted conical tent at the rate of 20 cubic feet per minute and leaks out at the rate of
5 cubic feet per minute. The height of the water is three times the radius of the water’s surface. The radius
of the water surface is increasing when the radius is 5 feet, is :

1 1 1
1) ft. / min 2) ft. / min 3) ft. / min 4) None of these
5 10 15
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 x 3/5 if x  1
8. Let f (x)   then the number of critical points on the graph of the function is :
 (x  2) if x  1
3

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

h(x)  f (x)  f  x    f  x   which of the following is true

2 3
9.

A) h(x) increases when f(x) increases B) h(x) increases when f(x) decreases

C) h(x) decreases when f(x) increases D) h(x) neither decreases nor increases

10. A point is moving along the curve y3  27x . The interval in which the abscissa changes at slower rate than
ordinate, is :

1) (-3, 3) 2)  ,   3) (-1, 1) 4)  ,  3   3,  

11. Suppose that water is emptied from a spherical tank of radius 10 cm. If the depth of the water in the tank
si 4cm and is decreasing at the rate of 2 cm/sec, then the radius of the top surface of water is decreasing at
the rate of :

2 3
1) 1 2) 3) 4) 2
3 2

12.  is a positive root of the equation a n x n  a n 1x n 1  ..........  a1x  0 where a1  0, n  2. Then the
equation na n x   n  1 a n 1x  ........a1  0 has a root
n 1 n 2

1) positive and   2) positive and  

3) positive and equal to  4) negative and

ln x
13. Range of the function f (x)  is :
x

 2  1
1)   , e  2)  ,e 2  3)  ,  4)  , 
 e  e 
14. If the normal at the point “t1” on the curve xy = c meets the curve again at “t2”, then
2

1) t13t2 = 1 2) t13t2 = –1 3) t1t23 = –1 4) t1t23 = 1

15. The global maximum value of f  x   log10  4x3 12x 2  11x  3 in the domain  2, 3
3
A) log10 B) 1  log10
3
C) 1 D) 1  log10
3

16. A circular disc of radius 3cm is being heated. Due to expansion, its radius increases at the rate of 0.05cm/s.
The rate, at which its area is increasing when its radius is 3.2cm, is
1) 0.320  cm2/s 2) 0.160cm 2 / s 3) 0.260cm 2 / s 4) 1.2cm 2 / s
17. The ratio of the altitude of the cone of greatest volume which can be inscribed in a given sphere to the
diameter of the sphere is:
1) 3/4 2) 1/4 3) 1/3 4) 2/3

18. The equation of the tangent to the curve x = cos, y = sin at   is
4
1) x + y +2 = 0 2) 2x + 2y - 1 = 0 3) 2x + 2y + 1 = 0 4) x + y -2 = 0
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19. If f (x) = x5 - 5 x4 + 5 x3 - 10 has a local maximum and local minimum at p and q respectively then (p, q) =
1) (0, 1) 2) (1, 0) 3) (1, 3) 4) (3, 1)
20. A lane runs at right angles out of a road a metres wide. Find how many metres wide the lane should be if it
is just possible to carry a pole b metres long (b > a) from the road into the lane keeping it horizontal.

       
1 2 3 1
2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2
1) b 3  a 3
2) b 3  a 3
3) b 3  a 3
4) b 2  a 3

Section 2 - Numerical type (4,0)

[The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL VALUE. Each question carries +4 marks for
correct answer and 0 mark for wrong answer. For each question, enter the correct numerical
value (in decimal notation, truncated/rounded-off to the second decimal place; e.g. 6.25, 7.00, -
.30, 30.27, -127.30, 0.60)]

21. The curve y  x 3  x 2  x has two horizontal tangents. The distance between these two horizontal lines is

 p2 1 q 3
x sin  x tan x
22. Let f  x    x , x  0 is differentiable at x = 0, then minimum value of [p+q] equals
 0 ,x  0
(where [.] represents greatest integer function)

23. If the range of values of ‘a’ for which f(x) =log a(4ax–x2) is strictly increasing x   3 2 , 2  is  p,q    r,   ,
then the value of (2p+4q+r) equals
24. y  f (x), where f satisfies the relation f (x  y)  2f (x)  xf (y)  y f (x) x, y, R and f/(0) = 0, then f(6)
is equal to

/  7 
1 x
x 2 x3
25. If the function f (x)  4e 2
1 x   and g(x) = f–1(x), then the reciprocal of g   is
2 3  6 
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LT21KS/TP/M APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES - KEY

1. 4

2. 1

 x  3
2
s  x 4 is Mini  s2 is min i

d  s2 
s   x  3  x   2  x  3  4x3  0  x  1
2 2 4

dx

d 2 (s 2 )
 2  12x 2  14 at x  1 ; s 2 is min i at x  1  s is min i ;
dx 2

1  3
2
Mini 5   14  5

     a  2      a  1 ;  2   2        2   a  2   2  a  1
2 2
3. 1

 2   2  f  a    a  2   2  a  1 ; f (a)  2  a  2   2  0 at a  1
2

f (a)  2  0  Mini at a  1 ; Mini f (a)  f (1)  1  2   2 1  1  5

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8. 3

h1 (x)  f (x)  2f (x) f (x)  3  f  x   f 1 (x)

2
9. 1

h 1 (x)  f (x)  3  f  x    2f  x   1 ; h 1 (x)  f (x)  3k 2  2k  1 where k  f (x)

2

 

f  k   3k 2  2k  1 is quadratic a  0 b 2  4ac  0 

 f  k   0  k ; h1 (x)  f 1 (x)   ive number 

h1 (x)  0 when f (x)  0 ; h(x) s  when f (x) s 

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12. 2 f     0 also f  0   0 ;  and 0 are roots of f (x).  By Rolle’s Theorem f (x) has at

least one root between 0 and  . Second equation is f   x 

13. 3

dy dy  y dy 1
14. 2 We have xy = c2  x dx  y.1  0  dx   x ; dx   ct .c / t    t 2
  1 1
1

 c
Since, this normal passes through  ct 2 , t  , therefore,  t13t2 = –1 (as t1 – t2  0)
 2 

15. 2 logaf(x) is Maximum when f(x) is Maximum if a > 1

Hence Given f(x) is Maximum when g(x)  4x 3  12x 2  11x  3 is maximum

1
g1 (x)  12x 3  24x  11  roots are 1 
12

Given Domain is  2 3   g(x)  0 in Domain  g(x)s  in Domain  2 3

 Maxi g(x)  g(3)  30 ; Maxi f (x) is log10 30  1  log10

3

dA dr
16. 1 A  r 2 or dt  2r dt (by chain rule)

dr
approximate rate of increase of radius = dr = dt
t = 0.05 cm/s
Approximate rate of increase in area is given by
dA  dr 
dA = dt  t   2r  dt t  (r = 3.2cm) = 2(3.2)(0.05) = 0.320cm2/s
 
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dy  FG   IJ FG 1 , 1 IJ ;
point of contact = cos 4 ,sin 4 
18. 4
dx
  cot   1 at  
4 H K H 2 2K
1 FG
 1 x 
1 IJ
 The tangent is, y-
2 H 2 K
19. 3 f1 (x) = 5x2 (x - 1) (x - 3) = 0 => x = 0 1, 3; p and q may have values 0 or 1 or 3
f11 (x) = 10 x (2x2 - 6x + 3); f11 (0) = 0, f11 (1) < 0, f11 (3) > 0
and f111 (0) = 30  0 ; f(x)has max at x = 1 and mini. at x = 3
and neither a maximum nor a minimum at x = 0; (p , q) = (1, 3)
20. 3 Let AB be the pole and AB = b m
Let the inclination of the pole with the lane be  when the pole is about to clear and the width
of the lane = m .
Then AB = BC + AC
  cos ec  a sec 
 b   cos ec  a sec 
  bsin   a tan 
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21. 1.185

1
 h  tanh 
q 3
f  0  h   f  0 h p  2 sin
22. 6 f /
 0   lim

h 0 h
 lim 
h 0
h
h
1
  tanh  . If exist only when p>3 and q  3, p + q  6 [p+q]min=6
q 3
Lt h p 3 sin
h  0 h
4a  2x  x  2a   0
f /
x   0, f /
x 
23. 5
 4ax  x 2  log a x  x  4a  log a

x  2a
Case I. a  1,    x  x  4a   0

x   0, 2a  so always 

x  2a
Case 2 : a   0,1 x  x  4a   0

3 1
x   2a, 4a  ; 2a   a  3 and 4a  2  a 
2 4 2
1 3
So a   ,   1,  
 2 4
f (x  h)  f  x  0 
24. 9 f ' (x)  lim
h 0 h

2f (x)  xf (h)  h f (x)  2f (x)  xf (0)  0 f  x 

 lim
h 0 h
as f (0)  0
 f (h)  f (0) 
 lim    f (x)  f  0   f (x)
'
h 0
 h  0 
 f (x)  f (x)  f  0  0
'

f ' x
 dx   dx  2 f (x)  x  c
f x

x2
 f (x)   f (0)  0 
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