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BC Calc Chapter 4 Review Assignment (Graphing Calculator Allowed)

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1. The function ℎ is defined for 𝑥 > 0 with ℎ(1) = 2 and ℎ′ (𝑥) = sin (𝑥 + 𝑥).
a. Find all values of 𝑥 in the interval 0.12 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1 at which the graph of ℎ has a horizontal tangent line.
b. On what subintervals of (0.12,1), if any, is the graph of ℎ concave down?
c. Does the line tangent to the graph of ℎ at 𝑥 = 0.3 lie above the graph of ℎ for 0.3 < 𝑥 < 1?

2. What is the smallest value for which 𝑓(𝑥) = sin(2𝑥) + ln⁡(3𝑥) changes concavity?

1 7𝑥 3 41𝑥
3. The first derivative of a function 𝑓 is given by 𝑓 ′ (𝑥) = 4 𝑥 4 − 2 + 15𝑥 2 − 2 + 8.75.
a. What are the critical values of 𝑓 on the interval (0,9)?
b. Within the interval (0,9), what are the subintervals in which 𝑓 is decreasing?
c. Determine if the critical values in (a) correspond to relative minima, relative maxima, or neither in 𝑓.
d. Within the interval (0,9), what are the subintervals in which 𝑓 is concave up?

4. The volume of an aluminum cylindrical can, completely sealed, is to be 16𝜋⁡𝑖𝑛3 . In order to conserve
materials, what must the height of the can be?

5. If 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 − 7 and 𝑥 > 0, what is the minimum value of the product 𝑥𝑦?

6. If the acceleration of a particle at time 𝑡, 𝑡 > 0, is 𝑎(𝑡) = 5𝑡 3 + 𝜋, what is the position at time 𝑡 = 2,
given that 𝑣(1) = 5 and 𝑠(3) = 50?

ln(3𝑡 2 )
7. A particle moves on the 𝑥-axis in such a way that its velocity at time 𝑡, 𝑡 > 0, is given by 𝑣 = .
𝑡
a. When is the particle at rest?
b. At what time is the velocity at a maximum? A minimum?

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