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Edexcel AS Mathematics Differentiation

Section 4: More about differentiation


Solutions to Exercise level 3 (Extension)

1. x + y = k  y = k − x Area
A = 21 xy
= 1
2 x(k − x ) y
= kx − x
1
2
1
2
2

dA 1
 = 2k − x
dx
x
d2 A
 = −1
dx 2
dA
= 0  x = 21 k , so y = 21 k
dx
d2 A
(and  0 , so x = 21 k gives a maximum)
dx 2
So the triangle is isosceles, with area = 81 k 2 .

2. (i) V =  ( 21 h ) h + 31 h d
2 2

= 41  h 3 + 31 h 2d
The required condition is d + h = 15 − h 2
 d = 15 − h − h 2
so V = 41  h + 5 h − 31 h − 31 h
3 2 3 4

= 5 h 2 + ( 41  − 31 ) h 3 − 31 h 4

dV
(ii) = 10h + 3 ( 41  − 31 ) h 2 − 43 h 3
dh
d2V
2
= 10 + 6 ( 41  − 31 ) h − 4h 2
dh
= 0  h ( 10 + 3 ( 4  − 3 ) h − 3 h ) = 0
dV 1 1 4 2

dh
 h  −2.277 or h  3.294
h cannot be negative, so h  3.294 m
 d  0.855 m, V  31.17 m 3

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Edexcel AS Maths Differentiation 4 Exercise solutions

( x + h )2 − x 2
3. (i) f ( x ) = lim
h →0 h
2 xh + h 2
= lim
h →0 h
= lim(2 x + h )
h →0
= 2x

1
− x12

(ii) f ( x ) = lim
( x +h )2
h →0 h
x − ( x + h )2
2
= lim
h →0 hx 2( x + h )2

−2 xh − h 2
= lim 2
h →0 hx ( x + h )2

−2 x − h
= lim 2
h →0 x ( x + h )2

−2 x
= 2 2 since as h → 0, x + h → x
x x
2
=−
x3

4. (i) Rate of filling is given by R = ( −t 2 + 10t ) − ( − 101 t 3 + 56 t 2 )


= 1
10 t 3 − 115 t 2 + 10t
dR
= 3
10 t 2 − 225 t + 10
dt
dR
For the maximum rate, = 0  3t 2 − 44t + 100 = 0
dt
 t  2.812 or t  11.85 (discard!)
When t  2.812, y  12.95
So the quickest rate is 12.95 litres / minute, after 2.812 minutes.

(ii) The tank stops filling when the ‘in’ and ‘out’ rates are equal.
 −t 2 + 10 x = − 101 t 3 + 56 t 2
 t 3 − 22t 2 + 100t = 0
 t (t 2 − 22t + 100 ) = 0
 t = 0 (discard!) or t  6.417 or x  15.58 (discard!)
so the tank is at its fullest after 6.417 minutes.

(iii) When t = 10 , R = 101  10 3 − 115  10 2 + 10  10 = −20


After 10 minutes, the tank is emptying, at 20 litres/minute.

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