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1. The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 2 cm/s. Find the rate at
which area increases when the side is 10 cm. (10√3 cm2/s)
2. The total cost P(x) in rupees associated with a product is given by P(x)=0.4x2+2x-10.
Find the marginal cost if the no. of units produced is 5. (Rs.6)
3. The side of a square is increasing at the rate of 0.2 cm/sec. Find the rate of increase of
the perimeter of the square. (0.8cm/sec)
4. The radius of the circle is increasing at the rate of 0.7 cm/sec. What is the rate of
increase of its circumference? (4.4 cm/sec)
5. The total revenue in Rupees received from the sale of x units of a product is given by,
R(x) = 13x 2+26x+15. Find the marginal revenue when x=7 (Rs.208)
6. The volume of metal in a hollow sphere is constant. If the inner radius is increasing at
the rate of 1 cm/sec, find the rate of increase of the outer radius when the radii are
4cm and 8cm respectively. (14 cm/sec )
7. A kite 120 m high and 130 m of string is out. If the kite is moving away horizontally at
the rate of 52 m/sec, find the rate at which the string is being paid out. (20m/sec )
8. A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves move in circles at a speed of 4 cm/sec. At
the instant when the radius of the circular wave is 10 cm, how fast is the enclosed area
increasing? (80πcm 2/sec)
9. If the radius of a soap bubble is increasing at the rate of 1/2 cm/sec. At what rate its
volume is increasing when the radius is 1 cm. (2π cm 3 /sec)
10.A man 2 maters high, walks at a uniform speed of 6 meters per minute away from a
lamp post, 5 meters high. Find the rate at which the length of his shadow increase.
(4m/min)
11.Water is dripping out from a conical funnel at a uniform rate of 4 cm 3 /sec through a
tiny hole at the vertex in the bottom. When the slant height of the water is 3cm, find
the rate of decrease of the slant height of the water - cone. Given that the vertical
angle of the funnel is 120 0. (-32 / 27 π cm /sec)
12.Water is running into a conical vessel, 15cm deep and 5 cm in radius, at the rate of 0.1
cm 3 /sec. When the water is 6 cm deep, find at what rate is (i) the water level rising?
(ii) The water-surface area increasing? (iii) The wetted surface of the vessel increasing?
1 1 √10
( cm /sec, cm 2 /sec, cm 2 /sec)
40 30 30
13.Find an angle θ, which increases twice as fast as its sine. ( π/3)
14.Find the rate of change of the total surface area of a cylinder of radius r and height h
with respect to radius when height is equal to the radius of the base of cylinder. (6πr)
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15.The total revenue in ₹ received from the sale of x units of an article is given by R(x) =
3x² + 36x + 5. The marginal revenue when x = 15 is (in ₹ ) (126)
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16.A particle moves along the curve 6y = x + 2. Find the points on the curve at which the
y-coordinate is changing 8 times as fast as the x – coordinate. 4,11), (-4,-31/3)
17.If the area of the circle increases that a uniform rate then prove that the perimeter
varies inversely as the radius.
18.A kite is moving horizontally at a height of 151.5 m. If the speed of the kite is 10 m/sec,
how fast is the string being let out; when the kite is 250 m away from the boy who is
flying the kite? The height of the boy is 1.5 m ( 8m/s)
19.Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12c.c/sec. The falling sand forms a cone on
the ground in such a way that the height of the cone is always one-sixth of the radius of
the base. How fast is the height of the sand cone increasing when height is 4 cm?
(1/48 π cm/sec)
20.The area of an expanding rectangle is increasing at the rate of 48 cm2/sec. The length
of the rectangle is always equal to the square of the breadth. At what rate is the length
increasing at the instant when the breadth is 4.5 cm? (7.11 cm/sec)
21.A solid is formed by a cylinder of radius r and height h together with two hemisphere of
radius r attached at each end. It the volume of the solid is constant but radius r is
increasing at the rate of 1/ 2π meter/ min. How fast h (height) must be changing when r
and h are 10 meters. (- 3/π metres/ min)
22. Water is passed into an inverted cone of base radius 5 cm and depth 10 cm at the rate
of 3/2 c.c/sec. Find the rate at which the level of water is rising when depth is 4 cm.
(3/8π cm/sec)
23.Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon at the rate of 900 cm 3/sec. How fast is the
surface area, radius of the balloon shrinking when the radius of the balloon is 30cm?
(60 sq.cm/sec, 1/4π cm/sec)
24.A man 160 cm tall walks away from a source of light situated at the top of the pole 6m
high at the rate of 1.1 m/sec. How fast is the length of the shadow increasing when he
is 1m away from the pole. (0.4 cm/sec.)
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25.For the given curve: y = 5x – 2x , when x increases at the rate of 2 units/sec, then how
fast is the slope of curve changes when x = 3? (-72 units per second)