DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

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DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
21. r = tan Θ at Θ = π/4.
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following a. -2 c. 3
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box b. 2 d. -3
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 2 only.
Situation 2: For the following curves, find the angle between the
radius vector and tangent to the curve at the points
DERIVATIVE OF FUNCTIONS indicated.

1. Determine the first derivative of 2 cos (2 + x3). 22. r = a sec 2Θ at Θ = π/8

a. -3x2 sin (2 + x3) c. 6x2 sin (2 + x3) a. 71.57° c. 26.57°
b. -6x2 sin (2 + x3) d. 3x2 sin (2 + x3) b. 63.43° d. 18.43°

2. Find y’ if y = arcsin x. 23. r = a sin Θ/2 at Θ = π/2

a. √(1 – x2) c. 1/(1 + x2) a. 26.57° c. 18.43°
b. 1/√(1 – x2) d. (1 + x2)/√(1 – x2) b. 63.43° d. 71.57°

3. Compute y’ if y = In x. 24. r = Θ2 at Θ = π
a. 1/x c. 1/(ln (x2)) a. 57.52° c. 46.32°
b. ln (x2) d. x ln (x) b. 43.68° d. 32.48°

4. Solve y’ if y = 33x.
a. 33x ln(3) c. 3x+1 ln(3) TANGENT AND NORMAL LINES
b. 3x ln(3) d. 33x + 1 ln(3)
25. Compute the equation of the line tangent to the curve x2 + y2 =
5. Calculate y’ if y = sinh x. 41 at (5, 4).
a. csch x c. sech x a. 5x – 4y – 41 = 0 c. 5x + 4y + 41 = 0
b. cosh x d. tanh x b. 5x + 4y – 41 = 0 d. 5x – 4y – 41 = 0

6. Determine the first derivative of y = 5x4 – 3x2 +2 at x = 1. 26. An ellipse has the equation 16x2 + 25y2 = 400 is given. Solve the
a. 4 c. 21 equation of the tangent to the curve at (4, 2.40).
b. 14 d. 15 a. 16x – 15y – 28 = 0
b. 16x + 15y – 100 = 0
7. Find the first derivative of 5xx at x = 2. c. 75x + 80y – 492 = 0
a. 5.00 c. 33.86 d. 75x – 80y – 108 = 0
b. 4.21 d. 1.14
27. What is the equation of the normal to the curve x^2 + y^2 = 25 at
8. Compute the second derivative of y = x2. (4, 3)?
a. 2x c. 4 a. 3x + 4y = 24 c. 4x + 3y = 25
b. 2 d. x2 b. 3x – 4y = 0 d. 4x – 3y = 7

9. Solve the second derivative of y = x-2 at x = 2. 28. Calculate the equation of the line normal to the curve y = x^4 and
a. - 0.500 c. 0.500 parallel to the line 2x + y = 3.
b. - 0.375 d. 0.375 a. 32x + 16y + 15 = 0 c. 32x + 16y -17 = 0
b. 32x + 16y + 17 = 0 d. 32x + 16y – 15 =
10. Calculate the second derivative of y = ex (x + 1)3 (xx) at x = 1. 0
a. 271.88 c. 515.96
b. 421.97 d. 114.18
Situation 3: Given the equation y = x2 and the point (3, 9).

LIMIT OF A FUNCTION 29. Determine the length of sub-tangent.

a. 3/2 c. 54
2
11. Determine the limit of (x-4)/(x -x-12) as x approaches 4. b. 1/2 d. 14
a. 0 c. 1/7
b. 1/4 d. ∞ 30. Find the length of the sub-normal.
a. 3/2 c. 54
(2𝑥+1)3 b. 1/2 d. 14
12. Find the limit of as x approaches infinity.
𝑥3
a. 2 c. 1 31. Compute the tangent length.
b. 6 d. 8 a. 9.12 c. 14.18
b. 54.75 d. 21.97
tan 2𝑥−2 sin 𝑥
13. Compute the limit of as x approaches 0. 32. Solve the normal length.
𝑥3
a. 3 c. Infinity a. 9.12 c. 11.29
b. 0 d. Undefined b. 54.75 d. 15.96

1−cos 𝑥
14. Find the limit of as x approaches zero.
𝑥2 ASYMPTOTES
a. 0.25 c. 0.75
b. 0.50 d. 1.00 33. The function f(x) = (3x2 – 6x – 9)/(x2 – x – 2) will have a vertical
asymptote at
15. Calculate the limit of sin (1/x) as x approaches 0. a. x = -2 c. x=2
a. -0.3500 c. -0.3058 b. x = -1 d. x=1
b. -0.9848 d. No limit
34. The function y = (3x2 – 6x – 9)/(x2 – x – 2) will have a horizontal
asymptote at
SLOPE OF FUNCTIONS a. y=1 c. y=3
b. y=2 d. y=0
16. At what point along the curve x3 – 9x – y = 0 will the slope be 18?
a. (1, -8) c. (3, 0) 35. Calculate the horizontal asymptote of y = (9x – 3)/(5x2 – 3x + 2).
b. (2, -10) d. (0, 0) a. y=0 c. y=2
b. y=1 d. y=3
17. Determine the slope of the curve y = 2 In x at x = 1.
a. 1 c. 3 36. Determine the slant asymptote of the function y = (3x2 – 6x –
b. 2 d. 4 9)/(x – 2).
a. y = 3x c. y = 3x – 6
18. Find the slope of the curve y = e^4x at x = 0. b. y = 2x d. y = 6x – 6
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
CURVATURE

Situation 1: For the following curves, find the slope at the points 37. Find the curvature of the curve y2 = 16x at (4, 8).
indicated. a. -0.066 c. -0.055
b. -0.033 d. -0.044
19. r2 = cos2Θ at Θ = π/6.
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3 Situation 4: Given the curve y2 – 4x = 0.

20. r = sin2 Θ at Θ = π/3. 38. Find the radius of curvature at (4, 4).
a. -5.20 c. -2.83 a. 23.06 units c. 22.36 units
b. 2.83 d. 5.20 b. 24.15 units d. 25.72 units
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b. 84.87 cm2 d. 49 cm2
39. Calculate the center of curvature at x.
a. 14.00 c. -16.00
b. 24.00 d. -29.00 TIME RATES

40. Solve the center of curvature at y. 55. At 3:00 PM, boat A left the port in the direction N 45° E at 26
a. 14.00 c. -16.00 knots. At 3:30 PM, boat B left the same port in the direction S 30°
b. 24.00 d. -29.00 E at 32 knots. How fast are the two boats separating at 4:00 PM?
a. 42.10 knots c. 51.10 knots
b. 44.61 knots d. 14.18 knots
POINTS OF INFLECTION
56. Water flows into a conical vessel 15 m deep and 7.50 m
Situation 5: A curve having an equation y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d diameter across the top. When the water is 4 m deep, the water
has a critical point at the origin and a point of is rising at a rate of 2 m/s. How fast is the water flowing into the
inflection at (2, 4). conical vessel?
a. 5.82 m^3/s c. 6.82 m^3/s
41. Compute the value of a. b. 6.28 m^3/s d. 5.28 m^3/s
a. 1/4 c. -1/4
b. 0 d. 3/2 57. A lighthouse is 2 km off a straight shore. A searchlight on the
lighthouse focuses to a car traveling slowly along the shore.
42. Determine the value of b. When the car is 1 km from a point nearest to the lighthouse, the
a. -1/4 c. 1/4 searchlight rotates at 0.25 rev/hr. Find the speed of the car.
b. 3/2 d. 0 a. 2.84 kph c. 2.40 kph
b. 2.56 kph d. 3.93 kph
43. Find the value of c.
a. 0 c. -1/4 58. A Ferris wheel with a radius of 10 m has its center 12 m above
b. 3/2 d. 1/4 the ground. When a passenger is 17 m above the ground, he is
moving at a vertical rate of 1.81 m/s. Find the angular velocity of
the Ferris wheel.
VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION a. 2.00 rpm c. 1.50 rpm
b. 2.75 rpm d. 2.50 rpm
44. The motion of a particle is described by the equation D = 20t +
5/(t+1). Where D is in meters and t in seconds. At what speed is
it moving after 4 seconds?
a. 18.90 m/s c. 19.80 m/s
b. 17.60 m/s d. 16.70 m/s

45. The motion of a body moving vertically upward at expressed as h

= 100t –16.1t2, where h is the height in feet and t is the time in
seconds. What is the velocity of the body after 2 seconds?
a. 35.60 ft/s c. 36.50 ft/s
b. 32.80 ft/s d. 28.20 ft/s

Situation 6: A particle moves along a path whose parametric

equations are x = t3 and y = 2t2 where x and y are in
meters and t in seconds.

46. Calculate the velocity of the particle when t = 2 s.

a. 15.62 m/s c. 16.80 m/s
b. 20.00 m/s d. 14.42 m/s

47. Determine the acceleration when t = 2 s.

a. 12.65 m/s2 c. 3.33 m/s2
b. 12.20 m/s2 d. 1.14 m/s2

MAXIMA AND MINIMA

48. The number of newspaper copies produced from 1995 to 2002 is

given by C = 50t2 – 200t + 10,000, where t is the number of years
after 1995. Find the minimum copies of newspapers produced.
a. 10,000 c. 9,800
b. 9,850 d. 10,250

49. Find the shortest distance from the point (6, 0) to the curve x2 –
y2 = 4.
a. 3.74 units c. 4.37 units
b. 3.47 units d. 4.73 units

50. Two cities A and B are 8 km and 12 km, respectively, north of a

river which runs due east. City B being 15 km east of A. A
pumping station is to be constructed (along the river) to supply
water for the two cities. Where should the station be located so
that the amount of pipe is a minimum?
a. 3 km east of A c. 6 km east of A
b. 9 km east of A d. 12 km east of A

51. A man ‘A’ sets out from a certain point and traveled the rate of 6
kph. After ‘A’ had gone two hours ‘B’ set out to overtake ‘A’ and
went 4 km the first hour, 5 km the second hour, 6 km the third
hour and so on. How many hours after ‘B’ left were they
together.
a. 6 hours c. 8 hours
b. 7 hours d. 9 hours

52. A cylindrical steam boiler is to have a volume of 1, 340 ft 3. The

cost of the metal sheets to make the boiler should be minimum.
What should be its base diameter?
a. 7.08 ft c. 7.53 ft
b. 11.95 ft d. 14.18 ft

53. A norman window is in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a

semi-circle. What is the ratio of the width of the rectangle to the
total height so that it will yield a window admitting the most light
for a given perimeter?
a. 1 c. 1/2
b. 2 d. 1/3

54. Find the maximum possible area of a triangle if two of its sides
measure 14 cm.
a. 98.00 cm2 c. 196 cm2