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 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2019

6 Given the curve ( ) intersects the y-axis at point P. Find the gradient of the
curve at the point P.

21 The normal to the curve at point P is parallel to the straight line . Find
the equation of the normal to the curve at point P.

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2019

17 Given equations and . Find the value of u and of v when f is minimum.

21 A mould made of high quality steel is manufactured by a factory. Each of this mould is fixed
to have a height of h cm and a radius of r cm.
Oil is poured into the mould with a constant rate to ensure that it works perfectly. The volume
of oil in the mould after t seconds is ( ) cm3, where x cm is the depth of oil.

The volume of oil reaches 200  cm after 10 seconds. Find the rate of change of depth
3

when the depth is 9 cm.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2019

15 Diagram 15 shows a part of the curve and a straight line .

Diagram 15

It is given that the straight line is parallel to the tangent of the curve at point Z. Find the value
of w.

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 PERLIS PAPER 2 2019

6 A copper wire with its length of 100 cm is bent to form a circle. When the wire is heated, its
-1
length increases with a rate of 0.05 cm s .
(a) Find the change of rate for the circle’s radius.
(b) Hence, calculate the radius of the circle after 3 seconds.

 PULAU PINANG PAPER 1 2019

13 Diagram 13 shows a rectangle EFGH inscribed in a circle.

Diagram 13

Given EF = 6 cm and FG = x cm. Find

(a) the area of the shaded region, A, in terms of x and .
(b) the value of x, when the shaded area is minimum.

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 1 2019

19 Diagram 19 shows a stone is dropped into a quiet lake.

Diagram 19

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The waves move in circles where the radius increases at a speed of 3 cm per second. At the
2 -1
instant, when the radius of the circular wave is 9 cm, how fast, in cm s is the enclosed area
increasing?
[Area of circle, A = r ]
2

( )( )
20 If , find .

 SELANGOR SET 1 PAPER 2 2019

11 Diagram 11 shows a solid consisting of a hemisphere on top of an enclosed cylinder with

radius of r cm and height h cm.

Diagram 11

[Volume of sphere = , surface area of a sphere = ]

2 3
(a) Express the total surface area, A cm , of the solid and the volume, V cm , in terms of
h and r.
2
(b) If the total surface area of the solid is 20 cm , express h in terms of r and hence,

show that .
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(c) If the radius of the solid is increasing at the rate of 0.4 cms , calculate the rate of
3 -1
change of volume in cm s , when the radius is 1.5 cm.

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 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 1 2019

19 Diagram 19 shows the air bubble in the form of a sphere is released from a balloon at the rate
3 -1
of 16 cm s .

Diagram 19

-1
Find the rate of change of the radius, in cms , of the balloon when the volume of the balloon
3
is cm .

[Volume of sphere = ]

20 Given , find the value of .

 SELANGOR SET 2 PAPER 2 2019

11 Diagram 11 shows a cylindrical tank inside a hemispherical container. The radius of the
hemisphere is x cm. The edge of the top cover of the cylinder is in contact with the inner wall
of the hemisphere. The height of the cylinder is h cm. There is a gap of 5 cm between
cylinder and the hemisphere at the base and a gap of 2 cm between the top of the cylinder
and the highest point of the hemisphere.

Diagram 11

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[Volume of sphere = , volume of cylinder = ]

3
(a) Express the volume of cylinder, V cm , in terms of x.
(b) Find the values of x when V is maximum. Hence, find the maximum value of V.
(c) If x increases from 6 cm to 6.01 cm, find the small change in V.

 TERENGGANU PAPER 1 2019

15 The curve passes through the point A (2,h). Find the equation of the
normal to the curve at point A.

16 Izuddin has a rectangular piece of zinc with a perimeter of 32 cm. He wants to use that piece
of zinc to build an open cylinder at both ends.
Find the length and the width, in cm, of the piece of zinc that makes the volume of the cylinder
maximum.

 TERENGGANU PAPER 2 2019

3 -1
5 Danial pours water into a cylindrical glass with a constant rate of 50 cm s until the glass is
full. Given the radius of the glass is 5 cm.

(a) Find the rate of change of the water level.

3
(b) If the volume of the glass is 500 cm , calculate the height of the glass.
(c) If the water is pour into another glass with diameter ( ) cm, find the small
change of volume in terms of p.

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 KEDAH MODUL 1 PAPER 1 2018

11 Given ( ) , find the first derivative of f(x).

12 A conical container of radius 8 cm and height 16 cm is filled with water. At the same time,
water seems to leak away from the vertex of the cone. If the level of the water decreases
from 4 cm to 3.9 cm, find the approximate change in volume of the water in the cone.

[Given volume of cone, ]

 KELANTAN PAPER 1 2018

13 Given that point (6,10) lies on the curve , where a and b are constants and
the gradient function is 5.
Find
a) the value of a and the value of b,
b) the value of x at the turning point of the curve.

3
24 Diagram 9 shows a water tank. The volume, in m , of water in the tank is given by ,
where h is the height of water in the tank.

Diagram 9

3 -1
When the tap is turned on, water flows out from the tank at a rate of 0.3 m s . Find the rate

of decrease of the water level when the level of water in the tank is meter.

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 KELANTAN PAPER 2 2018

4 a) Find the value of

(i) ( )

(ii) ( )

(iii) ( ).

b) Given . Find for ( ) ( ), if .

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2018

3 Diagram 2 shows the curve y = (1 – x)(x + p) and the tangent to the curve, PQ touches the
curve at point A.

Diagram 2

Given that the equation of tangent PQ is y = 5 – x. Express p in terms of k.

24 Diagram 8 shows a picture of an aquarium.

Diagram 8

For a STEM project in school, Zahirah needs to create an aquarium with an open top and has
2
a square-shaped base. The total surface area of the aquarium is 4096 cm . Find the
dimensions of the aquarium which has the maximum volume.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2018

3 Diagram 2 shows a hemispherical shaped bowl with a radius of 15 cm.

Diagram 2

2
a) Show that the surface area of the water in the bowl, A cm , is ( ).
b) Given h cm is the height of the water in the container. Water is poured into the bowl
3 -1
and the height of water increases at a rate of 0.1 cm s . Find the rate of change of
3 -1
the surface area, in cm s , at the instant when the height is 4 cm.
c) Find the small change in A, in terms of p, when the value of h changes from 12 to
12 + p.

 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 1 2018

18 Given that ( ) ( )
. Find the value of k and of n, where k and n are constants.

 JUJ PAHANG SET 2 PAPER 2 2018

10 Diagram 10 shows a round bottom flask of radius 12 cm. Water is poured into the flask such
-1
that the height of the water level from its base, h cm, increases at the rate of 0.2 cm s .

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Diagram 10

2
a) Show that the area of the surface, A cm , is given by ( ).
b) Find
(i) the approximate increase in the area of the water surface if the height
increases from 4 cm to 4.05 cm.
(ii) the rate of increase of the area of the water surface at h = 2.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2018

16 A tank has a rectangular base of length 2x m. Its width is half of the length of its base. The
2
height of the tank is equal to its width. Given that the total surface area of the tank is 9.5 m .
Find the small change of volume of the tank when x increases by 0.02 m. Give your answer
to 4 significant figures.

 PERLIS PAPER 2 2018

6 Given the equation of a curve .

a) Differentiate the function above by using the first principle.
b) Find the coordinates of the turning point of the curve.
c) Hence, determine whether the turning point is a maximum or a minimum.

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 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 1 2018

1 Given ( ) , find the limit value of ( ) when ( ) .

 SELANGOR SET A PAPER 2 2018

6 Diagram 6 shows part of the curve . The curve passes through the point P (2,6).

Diagram 6

a) Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at point P.

b) Given the tangent to the curve at point Q is parallel to the tangent at P, find the
coordinates of Q.
c) The tangent at P meets the normal of Q at the point A. The tangent at Q meets the
normal of P at the point B. State the shape of the figure APBQ.

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 1 2018

13 Given that and . Find the largest possible value of V.

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2 -1
14 The surface area of a spherical ball bearing in Diagram 14 increases at a rate of 4.2 cm s
when heated.

Diagram 14

Find
a) the rate of change of the radius of the ball bearing when its radius is 3 cm,
b) the corresponding rate of change of the volume of the ball bearing.
[ ]

 SELANGOR SET B PAPER 2 2018

9 Diagram 9 shows part of the curve . The point P is on the x-axis and the point Q is on
the curve. PQ is parallel to the y-axis and the length is p unit.

Diagram 9

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a) Given that R is the point (2,0).

Express the area, A, of the triangle PQR in terms of p and hence show that

b) The point P moves along the x-axis and the point Q moves along the curve in such a
way that remains PQ parallel to the y-axis and p increases at the rate of 0.2 units per
second.

Use the given expression for to find

(i) the rate at which A is increasing at the instant when p = 6 units,

(ii) an expression for the approximate value of A when p = (6 + k) units, where k
is small.

 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 1 2018

1 Diagram 1 shows a reciprocal graph ( ) and two straight lines AB and CD. Point P lies
on the graph.

Diagram 1

State the straight line that satisfies the following conditions :

a)

b) tangent to the curve at point P,

c) normal to the curve at point P.

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2 Pak Man bought 540 m of steel wire to fence his land into three parts of equal rectangles as
2
shown in Diagram 2. Given the area of the three parts is A m .

Diagram 2

a) Express
(i) y in terms of x.
(ii) A in terms of x.
b) Hence, find the value of x when the area of A is maximum.

 TERENGGANU MPP3 PAPER 2 2018

5 A straight line is the tangent to the curve at point P.

Find
a) the coordinates of P,
b) another point at the curve that makes the tangent is parallel to the straight line
.

 YIK PAPER 1 2018

6 Air is pumped into a spherical balloon. The surface area of the balloon increases at the rate
2 -1
of 8 cm s .
3
Find the rate of change of the radius of the balloon at the instant when its volume is 36 cm .
[ Surface area of sphere = 4 ]
[ Volume of sphere = ]

17 The equation of a curve is given as .

Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point where the curve intersects the
y-axis.

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 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 1 2017

6 Diagram 6 shows a cone with a radius of y cm and a slant height of 3y cm.

Diagram 6

Calculate the approximate change in the total surface area of the cone when its radius
decreases from 14 cm to 13.88 cm.
[ Total surface area of cone = ]

 NEGERI SEMBILAN PAPER 2 2017

6 (a) Diagram 6 shows a piece of rectangular shape metal ABCD. Sides AB and DC are
joined to form an open cylinder with height t cm. Given that the perimeter of ABCD is
3
40 cm and the volume of the cylinder is V cm .

Diagram 6

( )
(i) Show that .

(ii) Find the value of s and the value of t when the volume of the cylinder is
maximum.

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(b) A cylinder with radius 5 cm, contains water at the height of 8 cm. The water is poured
into a cuboid at a constant rate. After t seconds, the height of water level in the
3
cuboid is h cm and its volume, V cm , is given by .
It is given that all the water is filled into the cuboid in 4 seconds, find the rate of
change of the height of water in the cuboid.

 PAHANG PAPER 1 2017

7 Diagram 7 shows a circular ripple spread across a pool.

Diagram 7

2 -1
Given that the area of the ripple is increasing at a rate of 12 m s . Find the rate of change
2
of radius of the ripple at the instant when the area of the ripple is 4 m .

 PAHANG PAPER 2 2017

5 A closed box in the shape of a cuboid has a height, h cm and width x cm. The length of the
3
box is twice its width. Given the volume of the box is 72 cm .
2
a) Show that the total of surface area, L cm , of the box is given by .

b) Hence, find the minimum value of the surface area of the box.

 PERLIS PAPER 1 2017

16 The radius of a spherical container decrease from 8 cm to 7.86 cm. Find the small change in
the volume, in  cm .
3

[ Volume of sphere = ]

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 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 1 2016

12 A curve with gradient function has two turning points at (1,0) and (-3,32). Find
the value of b and of c.

 TERENGGANU BK7 PAPER 2 2016

6 Ainna had the opportunity to fly in hot air balloon during school holidays at Putrajaya festival.
The balloon is released h m from the surface of the ground.

-1
Given that the balloon rises at the rate of m s , where t is the time in seconds after the

balloon is released from the surface of the ground. At the same time, the volume of the
3 3 -1
balloon, V m , decreases at the rate of m s .

Find

(a)
3 3
(b) If the volume of the balloon decreases from m to m . Find the small
change in its height.

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