CHAPTER III. Derivative.

Slope and Rate of Change

Critical Thinking

Test I.

WORD TIME!!

Given the illustration of slopes P, M, A, and N passing through a curved line, determine
which of each slope has the value of -2, -1, and -2.

Fill in the blanks

1. Give the names of the slopes correspondingly to the order of the given values of the

slope to form the keyword needed. ___ ___ ___

2. Formed word and the type of the slopes : ___ ___ ___ are ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

___ slopes.

3. Show your solutions and graph the required slopes only. (10 PTS.)
Test II .Computation

Show your complete solutions

1. Using the Delta Method. Find the derivative of y  cos x

2. Using the Delta Method. Find the derivative of y  x  2

Test 3 : Problem solving

1. Suppose that the amount of water in a holding tank at t minutes is given

by V(t)=2t^6-13t+35.
Determine each of the following.
Is the volume of water in the tank increasing or decreasing at t=1 minute?
Is the volume of water in the tank increasing or decreasing at t=7 minutes?
Is the volume of water in the tank changing faster at t=1 or t=7 minutes?
Is the volume of water in the tank ever not changing? If so, when?

2. A man who is 6 ft. tall is walking away from a street light at the rate of 40.0
ft./min. When the man is 10 feet from the street light, his shadow is 20.0 feet long.
Determine the rate at which the length of the shadow is increasing when the man is 30 feet
from the street light

3. The radius of a cylinder is increasing at a rate of 1 meter per hour, and the height of the
cylinder is decreasing at a rate of 4 meters per hour. At a certain instant, the base radius is 5
meters and the height is 8 meters. What is the rate of change of the volume of the cylinder
at the instant?

4. A pebble dropped in a lake sends out a circular ripple whose radius increases at a
constant rate of 4 ft/sec. After 12 seconds, how rapidly is the area enclosed by the ripple
increasing?