Monday, 7 December 2020 2:54 PM

1. If x = 2sinθ, y = 1 – 4cosθ, then dy/dx is equal to

2. For what value of x will the curve y = x3 – 3x2 + 4 be concave upward?

3. Find the value of x from which y = x3 – 3x2 has a minimum value.

4. Find the value of x for which y = x5 – 5x3 – 20x – 2 will have a maximum point.
a. -1 b. -2 c. 1 d. 2

5. Find the point of inflection of y = 4 + 3x – x3.

6. Find the slope of y = 1 – x3 at the point where y = 9.

7. Find the radius of curvature of y = x3 at the point (1, 1).

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 7. Find the radius of curvature of y = x3 at the point (1, 1).
a. 3.25 b. 4.26 c. 5.27 d. 6.28

8. Find the radius of curvature of the ellipse 4x 2 + 5y2 = 20 at (0, 2).

9. If f(x) = tanx – x and g(x) = x3, evaluate the limit of f(x)/g(x) as x approaches zero.
a. 0 b. ∞
c. 3 d. 1/3

10. Evaluate

a. 0 b. ∞ c. ½ d. 1

11. Evaluate

a. ∞ b. 1 c. e d. 1/e

12. If an error of 1 percent is made in measuring the edge of a cube, what is the approximate percentage error in the
compute volume?
a. 3% b. 2% c. 4% d. 5%

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 13. Find the relative error in the computed area of an equilateral triangle due to an error of 3 percent in measuring the edge
of the triangle.
a. 0.05 b. 0.06 c. 0.07 d. 0.08

14. How fast does the diagonal of a cube increase if each edge of the cube increases at a constant rate of 5 cm/s?
a. 6.7 cm/s b. 7.7 cm/s c. 8.7 cm/s d. 9.7 cm/s

15. If z = xy2, and x changes from 1 to 1.01, and y changes from 2 to 1.98, find the approximate change in z.
a. -0.0202 b. -0.0303 c. -0.0404 d. -0.0505

16. If u = tan-1(x/y), find the approximate change in u as x changes from 10 to 10.02 and y changes from 4 to 4.01. (Ans. D)

17. A ball is thrown vertically upward from a roof 112 ft above the ground. The height s of the ball above the roof is given by
the equation
s = 96t – 16t2
where s is measured in ft and the time t in sec. Calculate its velocity when it strikes the ground.
a. -130 fps b. -128 fps c. -126 fps d. -124 fps

18. Find the approximate surface area of a sphere of radius 5.02 cm.
a. 317 sq cm b. 315 sq cm c. 313 sq cm d. 311 sq cm

19. A garden is in the form of an ellipse with semi major axis 4 and semi minor axis 3. If the axes are increased by 0.18
units each, find the approximate increase in the area.

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 19. A garden is in the form of an ellipse with semi major axis 4 and semi minor axis 3. If the axes are increased by 0.18
units each, find the approximate increase in the area.
a. 3.92 b. 3.94 c. 3.96 d. 3.98

20. Find two numbers whose sum is 8 if the product of one number and the cube of the other is a maximum.
a. 3 and 5 b. 4 and 4 c. 2 and 6 d. 1 and 7

21. The sum of the two numbers is K. Find the minimum value of the sum of their cubes.
a. k3 b. k3/2 c. k3/3 d. k3/4

22. A closed right circular cylinder has a surface area of 100 cm2. What should be its radius in order to provide the
largest possible volume?
a. 3.320 cm b. 2.330 cm c. 3.203 cm d. 2.303 cm

23. A rectangular box with a square base and open top is to have a capacity of 16823 cu. Cm. Find the height of the
box that requires minimum amount of material required.
a. 16.14 cm. b. 14.12 cm. c. 12.13 cm. d. 10.36 cm.

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24. Find the maximum capacity of a conical vessel whose slant height is 9 cm.
a. 293.84 cm3 b. 283.94 cm3 c. 284.93 cm3 d. 294.83 cm3

25. A rectangular field is fenced off, an existing wall being used as one side. If the area of the field is 7, 200 sq ft, find
the least amount of fencing needed.
a. 250 ft b. 240 ft c. 230 ft d. 220 ft

26. A right triangle has a hypotenuse of length 13 and one leg of length 5. Find the area of the largest rectangle that
can be inscribed in the triangle if it has one side along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
a. 15 b. 16 c. 17 d. 18

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 27. A picture 7ft. high is hung on a wall with the lower edge 9ft. above the level of the observer’s eye. How far from the
wall should the observer stand in order to obtain the most favorable view?
a. 10 ft b. 11 ft c. 12 ft d. 13 ft

28. A manufacturer estimates that he can sell 1, 000 units of a certain product per week if he sets the price per unit at
P3.00 and that this sale will rise by 100 units with each P0.10 decrease in price. Find his maximum revenue.
a. P3, 000 b. P4, 000 c. P5, 000 d. P6, 000

29. A school sponsored trip will cost each student 15 pesos if not more than 150 students make the trip, however the
cost per student will reduced by 5 centavos for each student in excess of 150. How many students should make the
trip in order for the school to receive the largest group income?
a. 225 b. 250 c. 200 d. 195

30. A manufacturer produces a wooden toy at P2 a piece and sells it at P5 each. At this price, consumers have
been buying 4000 toys every month. There is a plan to increase the selling price but for each peso increase, it
is estimated that 400 fewer toys will be sold each month. At what unit price should the manufacturers sell the
toys to maximize profit?
a. P3.5 b. P8.5 c. P4.5 d. P9.5

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 is estimated that 400 fewer toys will be sold each month. At what unit price should the manufacturers sell the
toys to maximize profit?
a. P3.5 b. P8.5 c. P4.5 d. P9.5

31. An open box is made by cutting squares of side x inches from four corners of a sheet of cardboard that is 24
inches by 32 inches and then folding up the sides. What should x be to maximize the volume of the box?
a. 16.3 in b. 15.2 in c. 13.8 in d. 14.1 in

32. Two corridors 6 m and 4 m wide respectively, intersect at right angles. Find the length of the longest ladder that
will go horizontally around the corner.
a. 13 m b. 14 m c. 15 m d. 16 m

33. An airplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1km, passes directly over an observer. If the constant speed of the
plane is 240kph, how fast is its distance from the observer increasing 30 seconds later?
a. 214.66 kph b. 256.34 kph c. 324.57 kph d. 137.78 kph

34. The side of an equilateral triangle is increasing at the rate of 0.50 cm/s. Find the rate at which its altitude is
increasing.
a. 0.334 cm/s b. 0.443 cm/s c. 0.433 cm/s d. 0.343 cm/s

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35. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 6 cm3/min. How fast is the surface area increasing when the
length of each edge is 12 cm?
a. 3 cm2/min b. 4 cm2/min c. 2 cm2/min d. 5 cm2/min

36. The side of an equilateral triangle increases at the rate of 2 cm/hr. At what rate is the area of the triangle changing
at the instant when the side is 4 cm?
a. b. c. d.

37. Water flows into a cylindrical tank at the rate of 20 m3/s. How fast is the water surface rising in the tank if the
radius of the tank is 2 m?
a. 5/pi b. 6/pi c. 3/pi d. 4/pi

38. The volume of a pyramid is increasing at the rate of 30 cm3/s and the area of the base is increasing at the rate of
5 cm2/s. How fast is the altitude increasing at the instant when the area of the base is 100 cm2 and the altitude is
8 cm?
a. 0.50 cm/s b. 0.40 cm/s c. 0.60 cm/s d. 0.70 cm/s

39. Sand is poured at the rate of 10 ft3/min so as to form a conical pile whose altitude is always equal to the radius of
its base. At what rate is the area of the increasing when its radius is 5 ft?
a. 3 ft2/min b. 4 ft2/min c. 5 ft2/min d. 6 ft2/min

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 39. Sand is poured at the rate of 10 ft3/min so as to form a conical pile whose altitude is always equal to the radius of
its base. At what rate is the area of the increasing when its radius is 5 ft?
a. 3 ft2/min b. 4 ft2/min c. 5 ft2/min d. 6 ft2/min

40. Water is running into a right circular cone with vertical angle to 60 degrees (at the bottom) at the rate of 2
cubic feet per second, and at the same time water is leaking out at a rate which is 4.8 times the square root
of its depth. How high will the water rise?
a. 0.1637 ft b. 0.1367 ft c. 0.1673 ft d. 0.1736 ft

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