Differential Calculus CE600

Situation: a. 0.02 c. 0.08

A curve has an equation of y2=12x. b. 0.05 d. 0.12
1. Find the center of curvature of the curve at point
(3,6). Situation 10:
a. (15,6) c. (-15,6) Sand falls onto a conical pile at the rate of
b. (6,15) d. (-6,15) 10ft3/min. The radius of the base of the pile is
2. Find the center of curvature of the curve at point always equal to one-half of its altitude. How fast is
(3,6). the altitude of the pile increasing when it is 5ft
a. 17.69 c. 16.97 deep?
b. 0.0565 d. 0.0589 a. 8/5π ft/min c.
3. Find the center of curvature of the curve at point b. d.
(3,6).
a. 17.69 c. 17.96 Situation 11:
b. 0.0589 d. 0.0565 A spherical balloon is inflated with gas at the rate
of 100 ft3 per min. Assuming that the gas pressure
Situation: remains constant, how fast is the radius of the
Two railroad tracks are perpendicular to each other. balloon increasing at the instant when the radius
At 12:00 pm there is a train at each track is 3ft?
approaching the crossing at 50 kph, one being 100 a. 25/9π ft/min c.
km and the other 150 km away from the crossing. b. d.
4. How fast in kph is the distance between the two
trains changing at 4:00 pm? Situation 12:
a. 67.08 c. 69.08 A boat is pulled in to a dock by means of a rope
b. 68.08 d. 70.08 with one end attached to the bow of the boat, the
other end passing through a ring attached to the
Situation: dock at a point 4 ft higher than the bow of the
A car drives east from point A at 30 kph. Another boat. If the rope is pulled in at the rate of 2ft/sec,
car B starting from B at the same time drives S 30° how fast is the boat approaching the dock when 10
W toward A at 60 kph. B is 30 km away from A. ft of the rope are out?
5. How fast in kph is the distance between the two a. 10/√21 ft/sec c.
cars changing after one hour? b. d.
a. 76.94kph c. 75.94kph
b. 78.94kph d. 77.94kph Situation 13:
A balloon is 200 ft off the ground and rising
Situation: vertically at the constant rate of 15 ft/sec. An
A customer is using a straw to drink iced tea from a automobile passes beneath it traveling along a
right circular glass at the rate of 6 cubic cm per straight road at the constant rate of 45
minute. If the height of the glass is 12 cm and the mph(66ft/sec). How fast is the distance between
diameter is 6 cm, them changing one second later?
6. how fast is the level of the iced tea decreasing at a. 33.71 ft/sec c.
a constant rate in cm per min? b. d.
a. 0.212 c. 0.318
b. 1.570 d. 0.747 Situation 14
Water is withdrawn from a conical reservoir 8 ft in
Situation: diameter and 10 ft dee (vertex down) at the constant
A stone is thrown into still water and causes rate of 5 ft3/min. How fast is the water level falling
concentric circular ripples. The radius of the ripples when the depth of water in the reservoir is 6 ft?
increases at the rate of 12 inches/sec. a. 125/144π ft/min c.
7. At what rate does the area of the ripples increases b. d.
(in sq inch per sec) when its radius is 3 inches?
a. 402.55 c. 226.19 Situation 15:
b. 275.60 d. 390.50 A man 6ft tall walks at the rate of 5ft/sec toward a
street light that is 16ft above the ground. At what
Situation: rate is the length of his shadow increasing or
A fisherman on a wharf 1.2 meters above the level decreasing when he is 10 ft from the base of the
of still water is pulling a rope tied to a boat at the light? At, what rate is the tip of his shadow moving?
rate of 2 meters per minute. a. -3ft/sec, 8ft/sec c.
8. How fast is the boat approaching the wharf when b. d.
there are two meters of rope out?
a. 2.5m/min c. 2.0m/min Situation 16:
b. 1.25m/min d. 3.0m/min When air expands adiabatically, the pressure p and
volume V satisfy the relationship pV1.4=C where C is
Situation: a constant. At a certain instant the pressure is 50psi
Water flows into a tank having the form of a frustum absolute and the volume is 32 in3 and is decreasing
of a right circular cone. The tank is 4 m tall with at the rate of 4 in3/sec. How rapidly is the pressure
upper radius of 1.5 m and the lower radius of 1 m. changing at this instant?
When the water in the tank is 1.2 m deep, the a. +8.75 psi per sec c.
surface rises at the rate of 0.012 m/s. b. d.
9. Calculate the discharge of water flowing into the
tank in m3/s.

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Differential Calculus CE600
Situation 17: Situation 25:
A light is at the top of a pole 50ft high. A ball is A variable line through the point (1,2) intersects
dropped from the same height from a point 30ft the x-axis at A(a,0) and the y-axis at B(0,b). Find
away from the light. How fast is the shadow of the the area of the triangle AOB of least area if both a
ball moving along the ground 0.5 sec later? (assume and b are positive.
the ball falls a distance s=16t2 ft in t seconds.) a. 4 c.
a. -1500 ft/sec c. b. d.
b. d.

Situation 18:
A boy flies a kite at a height of 300ft, the wind
carrying the kite horizontally away from the boy at
a rate of 25ft/sec. How fast must the boy pay out
the string when the kite is 500 ft away from him?
a. 21.43 ft/sec c.
b. d.

Situation 19:
A spherical iron ball 8 in. in diameter is coated with
a layer of ice of uniform thickness. If the ice melts
at the rate of 10 in3 per minute, how fast is the
thickness of the ice decreasing when it is 2 in. thick?
How fast is the outer surface area of ice decreasing?
a. -5/12π in/min, c.
-10/3 in2/min
b. d.

Situation 20:
Two ships A and B are sailing away from the point
O along routes such that the angle AOB is 120 deg.
How fast is the distance between them changing if
at a certain instant, OA=8mi, OB=6mi, ship A is
sailing at the rate of 20 mi/hr, and ship B at the
rate of 30mi/hr.
a. 42.74 mi/hr c.
b. d.

Situation 21:
Find the area of the largest rectangle with lower
base on the x-axis and upper vertices on the curve
y=12-x2.
a. 32 sq.units c.
b. d.

Situation 22:
An open rectangular box is to be made from a piece
of cardboard 8 in. wide and 15 in. long by cutting a
square from each corner and bending up the sides.
Find the dimensions of the box of largest volume.
a. 14/3 x 35/3 c.
b. d.

Situation 23:
One side of an open field is bounded by a straight
river. How would you put a fence around the other
three sides of a rectangular plot in order to enclose
as great an area as possible with a given length of
fence?
a. 0.5P c.
b. d.

Situation 24:
A box with square base and open top is to hold 32
in3. Find the dimensions that require the least
amount of material. Neglect the thickness of the
material and waste in construction.
a. 4”x4”x2” c.
b. d.

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