2023 H2 Mathematics Math Study Session (22 May, Advanced)

Applications of Differentiations
1 RI Promo 9758/2022/Q11
[It is given that a right circular cone of radius r and height h has total surface area
 r 2 +  r r 2 + h2 and volume 1  r 2 h. ]
3

An ice-cream company plans to launch a new product called Tasty Cone into the market.
Each Tasty Cone is in the shape of a right circular cone with a base radius r cm and height
h cm as shown in Fig. 1.

r cm

h cm

Fig. 1

(i) The volume of each Tasty Cone is set by the company to be 100 ml and the total
surface area, S cm2, should be as small as possible to reduce the cost of packaging.
It is given that 1 ml = 1 cm3 .

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Show that S =  r 2 +  2 r 6 + 90000. [2]
r

(ii) Sketch the graph of S for r  0. Hence write down the value of r and find the
corresponding value of h which will give the smallest S, giving your answers
correct to 3 significant figures. [3]

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2023 H2 Mathematics Math Study Session (22 May, Advanced)
Applications of Differentiations
A special edition of the Tasty Cone will include a mystery flavour in the shape of a sphere
inscribed in the cone as shown in Fig. 2. The sphere has centre O and radius 2 cm. The
cross-section of the cone is shown in Fig. 3, where A is a point of contact of the sphere with
the cone.

r cm

O 2 cm
h cm A

Fig. 2 Fig. 3

4h
(iii) Show that r 2 = . [2]
h−4
(iv) Use differentiation to find the exact values of h and r which will give the smallest
volume of the cone in the special edition. [5]
2 HCI/2022/C1/H2/BT/Q10
The curve C has parametric equations

x = sec t − 1 ,
y = tan t + 2 ,
3 
for − t − .
2 2
(i) Find the Cartesian equation of C. [2]
(ii) Sketch C and state the equations of asymptotes (if any). [3]
(iii) The point P on C has parameter p. Show that the equation of the tangent at P is
x = cos p − 1 + sin p ( y − 2 ) . [4]

(iv) State the value of p for which the tangent at P is parallel to the y-axis. [1]

(v) ( )
Find the acute angle that the tangent to the curve at the point Q −3, 2 + 3 makes

with the x-axis, leaving your answer in degrees. [3]