U6 REVISION TEST DIFFERENTIATION AND SERIES

1. An oil pipeline under the sea is leaking oil and a circular patch of oil has formed on the surface of the sea.
At midday the radius of the patch of oil is 50 m and is increasing at a rate of 3 metres per hour.
Find the rate at which the area of the oil is increasing at midday. [4]

2. A watermelon is assumed to be spherical in shape while it is growing. Its mass, M kg, and radius, r cm , are
related by the formula M =k r 3 , where k is a constant. It is also assumed that the radius is increasing at a
constant rate of 0.1 centimetres per day. On a particular day the radius is 10 cm and the mass is 3.2 kg. Find
the value of k and the rate at which the mass is increasing on this day. [5]

3. The equation of a curve is y=3+ 4 x−x 2

a) Show that the equation of the normal to the curve at the point (3, 6) is 2 y=x +9 [4]
b) Given that the normal meets the coordinate axes at points A and B, find the coordinates of the mid-point
of AB. [2]
c) Find the coordinates of the point at which the normal meets the curve again. [4]

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4. A curve passes through the point A( 4 , 2) and has equation y¿
( x−3)2
a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point A. [5]
b) Find the equation of the normal to the curve at the point A. [2]

5. For the function f ( x )=4 x 3−15 x 2−72 x−8

a) Find f ' (x) [2]
b) Find the range of values of x for which f ( x )=4 x 3−15 x 2−72 x−8 is increasing. [3]
c) Find the range of values of x for which f ( x )=4 x 3−15 x 2−72 x−8 is decreasing. [3]

6. Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve y=x 3−12 x +5 and determine the nature of these
points. Sketch the graph of y=x 3−12 x +5 [8]

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7. A curve has equation, y=1+2 x + where k is a positive constant. Find, in terms of k, the values of x
2 x−3
for which the curve has stationary points and determine the nature of each stationary point. [8]
8. The diagram shows a window made from a rectangle with base 2r m and height h m and a semicircle of
radius r m. The perimeter of the window is 5 m and the area is A m2.

a) Express h in terms of r. [3]

2 1 2
b) Show that A=5 r−2 r − π r [3]
2
dA 2
∧d A
c) Find dr [4]
2
dr
d) Find the value for r for which there is a stationary value of A. [3]
e) Determine the magnitude and nature of this stationary value [3]

9. The second term of a geometric progression is -1458 and the fifth term is 432. Find:

a) the common ratio [3]

b) the first term [1]
c) the sum to infinity. [2]

10. An arithmetic progression has first term a and common difference d . The sum of the first 100 terms is 25
times the sum of the first 20 terms.
a) Find d in terms of a. [3]
b) Write down an expression, in terms of a, for the 50th term. [2]

11. The first three terms of a geometric progression are 3 k +14 , k +14∧k k, respectively. All the terms in the
progression are positive.
a) Find the value of k. [3]
b) Find the sum to infinity. [2]

12. If x +1 ,2 x−1∧x +5 are three consecutive terms of an AP, find the value of x. [4]

13. If 8 , x , y∧27 are four consecutive terms of a GP, find the value of x and y. [4]

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O level revision test gradient and linear programing

 1. Ali buys x rose bushes and y lavender bushes.
He buys:
• at least 5 rose bushes
• at most 8 lavender bushes
• at most 15 bushes in total
• more lavender bushes than rose bushes.
(a) (i) Write down four inequalities, in terms of x and/or y, to show this information. [4]
(ii) On the grid, show the information in part (a)(i) by drawing four straight lines. [5]
Label the region R where all four inequalities are true.
(b) Rose bushes cost $6 each and lavender bushes cost $4.50each.
What is the greatest amount of money Ali could spend? [2]

2. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

Tiago does some work during the school holidays. In one week he spends x hours cleaning cars and
y hours repairing cycles.
The time he spends repairing cycles is at least equal to the time he spends cleaning cars.
He spends no more than 12 hours working.
He spends at least 4 hours cleaning cars.
(a) Write down the three inequalities in x and/or y to show this information. [3]
(b) Draw x and y axes from 0 to 12, using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis. [2]
(c) Draw three lines to show the three inequalities. Shade the unwanted regions. [5]
(d) Tiago receives $3 each hour for cleaning cars and $1.50 each hour for repairing cycles.
(i) What is the least amount he could receive? [2]
(ii) What is the largest amount he could receive? [2]

3. Find the gradient of the line joining the following pairs of points(−4 ;−4)∧(−1 ; 5) [3]
4. Draw the graph of the line represented by 4 x−3 y=5 [3]
5. Write down the gradient of the line 4 x−7 y=7 [2]
6. Find the coordinates of the points where the line 3 x−5 y=30 croses the axes. [2]
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7. A straight line of gradient 4 passes through the point(4 ;−3) . Write down
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a) The equation of the line [2]
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b) The equation of a parallel line which passes through the point (0 ; ) [3]
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