CECC 481 – CE Comprehensive Course 1

Prepared by: Engr. Michael Lyndon M. Chua

PROBLEM SET 3 – Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus

1. The interior of a satellite TV antenna turning the two sides up so that they are
is a dish having the shape of a (finite) perpendicular to the sheet. How many
paraboloid that has a diameter 12m and 2m centimeters should be turned up to give
deep. Find the distance from the center the gutter its greatest capacity?
of the dish to the focus.
A. 3 C. 5
A. 5.8m C. 3m B. 4 D. 6
B. 4.5m D. 6m
8. A circular pool of water is expanding
2. The length of the base of a rectangular at the rate of 16π in^2/s. At what rate
box without a top is to be twice the is the radius expanding when the radius
width. Find the width that gives the of 4 inches? (In in/min).
smallest surface area if its volume is to
be 1.78 m^3. A. 120 C. 60
B. 2 D. 0.033
A. 1.10m C. 1.12m
B. 1.11m D. 1.13m 9. A particle position in the xy-plane at
any given time t is given by the equations
3. The height s above the ground of a ball x = 2t^2 + 3 and y = t^4. Find the x
dropped from the vista of Mines View park component of the particle’s velocity at t
is given by s = 4.9t^2 + 192; where s is = 5.
measured in meters and t in seconds. Find
the instantaneous velocity of the falling A. 10 C. 20
ball at t = 3 sec. B. 15 D. 30

A. -24.9 m/s C. 24.9 m/s 10. A straight line has an equation of 5x

B. -29.4 m/s D. 29.4 m/s + 4y + 3 = 0. Determine its new equation
if the origin is translated to point
4. A 25ft long water trough has ends in (1,2).
the form of isosceles triangles whose
equal sides are 5ft long. Determine the A. 4x + 5y = 11
dimension across the top of the triangle B. 4x – 5y = -9
end so that the volume of the trough is a C. 5x – 4y = -6
maximum. D. 5x + 4y = 10

A. 8.1 ft C. 7.5 ft 11. Find the line perpendicular to x + 3y

B. 6.5 ft D. 7.1 ft = 0 and passing through the point (3,2).

5. The equation of a circle is x^2 + y^2 A. 3x + y = 11

+ 2ky = 0. What is the value of k when the B. 3x – y = 7
length of the tangent from (5,4) to the C. x – 3y = -3
circle is 1? D. x + 3y = 9

A. -3 C. -4 12. The cross-section of a semi-

B. -2 D. -5 elliptical trough has a top diameter of
18 inches and height of 12 inches.
6. Find a polar equation that has the same Determine the width of water surface of
graph as the circle x^2 + y^2 = 4y. the trough if the depth of water is 8
inches.
A. r = 4 cos 𝜃
B. 4(sin 𝜃 + cos𝜃) A. 15.98 in C. 15.28 in
C. r = 4 sin 𝜃 + cos 𝜃 B. 14.35 in D. 16.97 in
D. r = 4 sin 𝜃

7. A long rectangular sheet of metal 12cm

wide is to be made into a rain gutter by

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 CECC 481 – CE Comprehensive Course 1
Prepared by: Engr. Michael Lyndon M. Chua

PROBLEM SET 3 – Analytic Geometry and Differential Calculus

13. Find the Cartesian equation of the 19. A ladder, denoted as z, 10m long rests
curve represented by the parametric on a wall, with its tip 8m above ground,
equation x = 4t + 3 and y = 16t^2 – 9. denoted as y. The ladder is slowly moving
down, with the tip at the base moving 2
A. y = x^2 + 4x m/s. If the tip at the base is 6m away
B. y = x^2 – 6x from the wall, denoted as x, find dz/dt.
C. y = x^2 – 4x
D. y = x^2 + 6x A. 0 C. 2
B. 1 D. 3
14. A circle has its center at (3, -27)
and is tangent to 3x + 4y – 26 = 0. Find 20. Find the acceleration of a particle
the point of tangency. whose velocity graph is a horizontal line
passing through y = 25.
A. (18, -7)
B. (-6, 3) A. 25 C. 100
C. (6, -7) B. 50 D. 0
D. (18, 6)

15. What is the slope of the curve y = x^3

+ 6x – 4 at (0, -4)?

A. 6.25 C. 6.93
B. 4 D. 5.78

16. The number of public wireless internet

(WIFI) access points (in thousands) is
projected to grow from 2015 to 2020
according to the equation 2y – 66x = 84,
where x is the number of years after 2015.
Find the slope of the linear equation.

A. 66 C. 42
B. 43 D. 33

17. Find dy/dx if x = 2 arccos 2t and y =

4 arcsin 2t.

A. 1 C. -1
B. 2 D. -2

18. An inverted conical container has a

diameter of 120cm and a depth of 45cm. If
water is flowing out of the vertex of the
container at a rate of 250𝜋 cm^3/s, how
fast is the depth of the water dropping
when the height is 15 cm?

A. -7/8 C. -3/8
B. -3/4 D. -5/8

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