1. Car A is travelling on a straight east-west road in a westerly direction at 60 km h−1.

Car B is
travelling on a straight north-south road in a northerly direction at 70 km h−1. The roads
intersect at the point O. When Car A is x km east of O, and Car B is y km south of O, the
distance between the cars is z km.

Find the rate of change of z when Car A is 0.8 km east of O and Car B is 0.6 km south of O.

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2. Air is pumped into a spherical ball which expands at a rate of 8 cm3 per second (8 cm3 s–1). Find
the exact rate of increase of the radius of the ball when the radius is 2 cm.

Working:

Answer:

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3. The radius and height of a cylinder are both equal to x cm. The curved surface area of the
cylinder is increasing at a constant rate of 10 cm2/sec. When x = 2, find the rate of change of

(a) the radius of the cylinder;

(b) the volume of the cylinder.

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4. The following diagram shows an isosceles triangle ABC with AB = 10 cm and AC = BC. The
vertex C is moving in a direction perpendicular to (AB) with speed 2 cm per second.

A B

Calculate the rate of increase of the angle CÂB at the moment the triangle is equilateral.

Working:

Answer:

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5. An airplane is flying at a constant speed at a constant altitude of 3 km in a straight line that will
take it directly over an observer at ground level. At a given instant the observer notes that the
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angle  is  radians and is increasing at radians per second. Find the speed, in
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kilometres per hour, at which the airplane is moving towards the observer.

Airplane
x

3 km

Observer

Working:

Answer:

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6. The following diagram shows the points A and B on the circumference of a circle, centre O, and
radius 4 cm, where AÔB = . Points A and B are moving on the circumference so that  is
increasing at a constant rate.

A B

Given that the rate of change of the length of the minor arc AB is numerically equal to the rate
of change of the area of the shaded segment, find the acute value of .

Working:

Answer:

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7. The volume of a solid is given by

4 3
V= πr  πr 2 h.
3

At the time when the radius is 3 cm, the volume is 81 cm3, the radius is changing at a rate of 2
cm/min and the volume is changing at a rate of 204 cm3/min. Find the rate of change of the
height at this time.

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PART B

1. A rocket is rising vertically at a speed of 300 m s–1 when it is 800 m directly above the launch
site. Calculate the rate of change of the distance between the rocket and an observer, who is
600 m from the launch site and on the same horizontal level as the launch site.

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2. A lighthouse L is located offshore, 500 metres from the nearest point P on a long straight
shoreline. The narrow beam of light from the lighthouse rotates at a constant rate of 8π radians
per minute, producing an illuminated spot S that moves along the shoreline. You may assume
that the height of the lighthouse can be ignored and that the beam of light lies in the horizontal
plane defined by sea level.

When S is 2000 metres from P,

(a) show that the speed of S, correct to three significant figures, is 214 000 metres per
minute;
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(b) find the acceleration of S.

(3)
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3. The diagram below shows a circle with centre at the origin O and radius r > 0.

A point P(x, y), (x > 0, y > 0) is moving round the circumference of the circle.

 y
Let m = tan arcsin  .
 r

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dy dm  r 
 .
(a) Given that = 0.001r, show that 
dt  
 10 r  y
dt 2 2

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dm
(b) State the geometrical meaning of .
dt
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(Total 7 marks)

4. A helicopter H is moving vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m s–1. The helicopter is h m

directly above the point Q, which is situated on level ground. The helicopter is observed from
the point P, which is also at ground level, and PQ = 40 m.
This information is represented in the diagram below.

diagram not to scale

When h = 30,

(a) show that the rate of change of HP̂Q is 0.16 radians per second;
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(b) find the rate of change of PH.

(4)
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5. An open glass is created by rotating the curve y = x2, defined in the domain x  [0, 10],
2π radians about the y-axis. Units on the coordinate axes are defined to be in centimetres.

(a) When the glass contains water to a height h cm, find the volume V of water in terms of h.
(3)

(b) If the water in the glass evaporates at the rate of 3 cm3 per hour for each cm2 of exposed
surface area of the water, show that,

dV
 3 2πV , where t is measured in hours.
dt
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(c) If the glass is filled completely, how long will it take for all the water to evaporate?
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(Total 16 marks)