STM112 BASIC CALCULUS

Activity 5
Name: Section:

dy
Test A. Find by implicit differentiation
dx

1. x 2+ y 2=1

dy
2 x+2 y ( )=0
dx
dy
2 y( )=−2 x
dx
dy
2y
dx −2 x
( )=
2y 2y
dy −x
( )=
dx y

2. x 3+ y 3=8 xy

dy 3 dy 3
x+ y =8 xy
dx dx
3−1 3−1 dy dy dy
3x +3 y =¿ 8 x (1) + y (8)( 1)
dx dx dx
2 2 dy dy
3 x +3 y =¿ 8 x +8 y
dx dx
dy
2 dy
3y −8 x
dx dx −3 x 2+ 8 y
=
2 dy dy 3 y 2−8 x
3y −8 x
dx dx
 2
dy 8 y −3 x
=
dx 3 y 2−8 x

Test B. Related Rates. Solve the following problems.

1. A ladder is 50 feet long and leaning against a vertical wall. The bottom of the ladder is pulled
horizontally away from the wall at 6 feet/sec. suppose we wish to determine how fast the top of
the ladder is sliding down the wall when the bottom is 30 feet from the wall.

pythagorean theorem
2 2 2
a + b =c
a = side of right triangle
b = side of right triangle
c = hypotenuse
2 2
x + y =¿
❑
d dy
2x +2 y =0
dt dt
dy
2y
dt 2 x
=
2y 2y
dy −x
=
dt y
when x = 30 ft, we have (to find the hypotenuse)

c= √ a + b
2 2

a = side of right triangle

y= √ 2500 ft−900 ft
y= √1600 ft
 y=40 ft
Therefore,
dy −30 ft 6 ft −9 ft
=( )( )=
dt 40 ft 1 sec 2 sec
Conclusion:
The top of the ladder is slipping down at a pace of 9/2 feet per second (due to the negative sign in
the result).

2. Sand is being dropped at a rate of 10 m3 /min onto a conical pile. If the height of the pile is
always twice the base radius, at what rate is the height increasing when the pile is 8 mhigh?
Given:
dv
=10,
dt
h=2 r ,
2 r=8=r =4 ,
dr
=?
dt
1
v= π r 2 h
3
1
v= π r 2(2r )
3
2 3
v= π r
3
dv 2 dr
=2 π r
dt dt

2 dr
10=2 π ( 4 )
dt
dr
10=32 π
dt
10 dr
=
32 π dt

Conclusion:
 10 2
The height is increasing at a rate of m per minute if the height of the pile is 8 meters high.
32 π