Credit+ Calculus Review of Applications of Calculus 1

Part A Graph Sketching

Sketch the graphs of the following functions

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1) f(x) = 2x5 − 5x2 + 1 2) f(x) =x(x−2)2/3 3) f(x) =
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*** Don’t find the zeroes for #1

Answers

1) 2) 3)

Part B Kinematics Problems

1. The position function of an object is given by x(t) = 2t3 + 4t2 – t, where x is measured in metres
and t in seconds, for t ≥ 0.

a) Find the velocity and acceleration as functions of time.

b) Find the velocity and acceleration after 4 seconds.

2. The position function of an object is given by x(t) = t3 – 12t2 + 45t + 3, where x is measured in
metres and t in seconds, for t ≥ 0.

a) When is the object at rest?

b) When is the object travelling in the positive direction?
c) When is the objects accelerating in the negative direction?
d) Find the velocity when the acceleration is zero.
e) Find the total distance traveled by the object in the first 8 seconds.

Answers

1a) v(t) = 6t2 + 8t – 1; a(t) = 12t + 8 b) 127 m/s; 56 m/s2

2a) at 3 s and 5 s b) 0 ≤ t < 3 and t > 5 c) 0 ≤ t < 4 d) -3 m/s e) 112 m

Part C Commerce Problems

1. A company determines that the cost C , in dollars, of producing x items

of a commodity is given by the equation
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C(x) = 1500 + /0 + /000
a) Find the marginal cost function.
b) Find the marginal cost at a production level of 100 items.
c) Find the actual cost of producing the 101st item.

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2. Sue’s Submarines has a monthly demand function given by: p(x) =
/0 000

and that the cost of making x submarines is given by: C(x) = 6000 + 0.8x

Find the marginal profit when x = 10 000

3. Jeannie’s Jeans estimates that its production costs, in dollars, of manufacturing x pairs of
jeans is:
C(x) = 82 000 + 23x + 0.001x2

and that the corresponding demand (i.e. price) function is given by: p(x) = 100 - 0.001x2

Determine the marginal profit when 50 pairs of jeans are sold.

4. The Bouchard Soup Company estimates that the cost, in dollars, of producing x cans of soup
and the corresponding revenue are:

C(x) = 48 000 + 0.28x + 0.000 01x2 R(x) = 0.68x – 0.000 01x2

In order to maximize profits, how many cans of soup must be sold?

5. The cost, in dollars, of producing x 5-kg bags of flour is given by:

C(x) = 140 000 + 0.43x + 0.000 001x2

a) What production level minimizes the average cost.

b) What is the minimum average cost.

6. Hanc’s Hamburgers has taken a survey of its customers and has found that the annual
demand for their hamburgers is given by
p(x) = 800 000 - x
200 000

and that the cost function for Hanc’s Hamburgers is C(x) = 125 000 + 0.42x

How many hamburgers will Hanc have to sell in order to maximize his profits?

Answers
1a) C’(x) = 0.1 + 0.002x b) $0.3/unit c) $0.301 2) $0.20 3) $69.40 4) 11 000 cans
5a) 374 000 bags b) $1.18/bag 6) 358 000