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PEG - WEEKLY EXAM - DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 2

INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by marking the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO EARASURE ALLOWED.
1. Find the slope of y = x1.5 + cos x at x = - 1 13. If f(x, y) = x2 y3+ xy4 + sin x + cos2 x + sin3 y what is f/ y?
A. 1.5j + 0.841 B. - 1.5 + pi A. (2x + y)y3 - (1 - 2sin x) B. (2x - y)y3 + (1 - 2sin x)
C. 1.5 D. 1.5j + pi cos x cos x
C. (2x + y)y3 + (1 + 2sin x) D. (2x + y)y3 + (1 - 2sin x)
2. A helicopter is rising vertically from the ground at a constant cos x cos x
speed of 4.5 m/s. When it is 75 m off the ground, a jeep
passed beneath the helicopter traveling in a straight line at a 14. The equation of normal to the curve y = sin x at (0,0).
constant speed of 80 kph. Determine how fast (m/sec) the A. x + y = 0 B. y = 0
distance between them changing after 1 second?
C. x - y = 0 D. x = 0
A. 10.04 B. 12.43
C. 11.34 D. 10.32 15. A triangle has variable sides x,y,z subject to the constraint such
that the perimeter P is fixed to 18 cm. What is the maximum
3. A poster is to contain 100 sq in. of picture surrounded by a 4 possible area for the triangle ?
inch margin at the top and bottom and a 2-inch margin on each A. 17.15 cm2 B. 14.03 cm2
side. What is the overall dimension that will minimize the total
C. 15.59 cm2 D. 18.71 cm2
area of the poster?
A. 12.35in x 23.4 in B. 7.07 x 14.14 in 16. At noon, one ship (A) was 100 km directly north of another ship
C. 10.35in x 12.34 in. D. 11.07 in x 22.14 in (B). Ship A was sailing south at 30 kph and B was sailing east
at 15 kph. After how many hours will the two ships be nearest
4. A function is given below as y2 + y + x2 - 2x = 5. What value of x each other?
maximizes y? A. 2.40 B. 2.74
A. 1 B. 10 C. 2.67 D. 2.55
C. 2 D. 3
17. Evaluate
5. If f(x) = f(x) = (3sqrt(x) - 4)2 then how much does f(x) increase as
x goes from 2 to 3 ?
A. 1.273 B. 1.723
C. 1.732 D. 1.372 A. 3 B. 0
6. What is the derivative, dy/dt of y = sin3 (wt) C. 1 D. 2
A. 4sin2 wt coswt B. sin2 wt coswt 18. The distance travelled by a bus in t seconds after the brakes
C. 2sin2 wt coswt D. 3sin2 wt coswt are applied is 1 + 2 - 2t2 meters. What is the distance travelled
by the bus before it stops?
7. What is the approximate radius of curvature of the function f(x)
at the point (x,y) = (6,24)? A. 2.5 m B. 1.5 m
f(x) = x2 + 6x - 96 C. 0.5 m D. 1 m
A. 2729 B. 2929 19. Find the derivative of the (3 - x) ) / (x2 -1)
C. 2329 D. 2529 A. (x2 + 6x + 1) / ((x2 - 1)2) B. (x2 - 6x + 1) / ((x2 - 1)2)
8. What is the slope of the graph y = - x2 at x = 3 ? C. (x2 - 4x + 1) / ((x2 - 1)2) D. (x2 - 6x - 1) / ((x2 - 1)2)
A. -6 B. -5 20. Find the radius of curvature of the function y = ln x at (1,0).
C. -4 D. -7
A. 5.43 B. 4.73
9. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y = x3 - 2x + 1 at C. 3.62 D. 2.83
the point (1, 2).
21. Find the first derivative of 3x - 2y + 4 = 2x2 + 3y - 7x using implicit
A. 1/2 B. 1 differentiation.
C. 1/3 D. 1/4
A. (- 4x + 10) / 5 B. (- 3x + 12) / 7
10. y = x (to the 3rd power) - 3x. Find the maximum value of y. C. (4x + 10) / 5 D. (- 4x + 20) / 3
A. 0 B. 2 22. The position of the acceleration of the object as a function of
C. 1 D. -1 time is described by: x = 3t3 + 2t2 - t + 3 What is the acceleration
of the object at t = 2 ?
11. Determine the equation of the line tangent to the graph y = 2x2 +
1 at the point (1, 3). A. 26 B. 41
C. 40 D. 52
A. y = 4x - 1 B. y = 2x + 1
C. y = 2x - 1 D. y = 4x + 1 23. Find the radius of curvature of the equation y = 4x3 - 2x2 + 3x - 1
at point (2, 5).
12. The altitude of a cylinder of maximum volume which can be
inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r and height h is:. A. 1808.44 B. 1790.03
C. 1573.40 D. 1693.94
A. h/4 B. 2h/3
C. h/3 D. 3h/2

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24. What is the maximum value of the following function on the 37. Find the largest area of a rectangle that could be inscribed in
interval x ≤ 0 ? the ellipse, 4x2 + 9y2 = 36
y = 2x3+ 12x2- 36x + 10 A. 42 B. 40
A. 250.5 B. 240.5 C. 30 D. 12
C. 220.5 D. 230.5
38. Find the approximate radius of curvature of the function y = x2 -
25. The slope of the line having the parametric equations x = t - 1 3x + 1 at the point (1, -1).
and y = 2t A. 3.423 B. 1.765
A. 4 B. 2 C. 2.42 D. 1.414
C. 3 D. 1
39. The distance a body travels is a function of time and is given
26. A closed cylindrical container has a capacity of 128π cu.m. by. x (t) = 18t + 9t2. Find its velocity at t = 2.
Determine the minimum surface area. A. 20 B. 36
A. 98π B. 92π C. 54 D. 24
C. 96π D. 100π
40. The sum of two positive numbers is 36. What are these
27. Simplify the following expression numbers if their product is to be the largest?
A. 17, 19 B. 14, 22
C. 20, 16 D. 18, 18

41. What is the slope of the graph y = - x² at the point (2, 3)?
A. 8 B. 7
C. 6 D. 9 A. -4 B. 3
C. -2 D. 1
28. Given y1 = 2x + 3 and y2= x2 + C find C such that y2 is tangent to
y1 42. Differentiate y = ex cos x2
A. 6 B. 2 A. - ex sin x2 B. ex cos x2 - 2x sin x2
C. 4 D. 10 C. - 2ex sin x D. ex (cos x2 - 2x sin x2)

29. What is dy/dx if y = (2x)x ? 43. Find the first derivative of x2 - 2xy + y2 = x using implicit
differentiation.
A. (2x)x (1 + ln(2x)) B. (2x)x (1 + 2ln(2x))
C. (2x)x (1 - ln(2x)) D. (x)x (1 + ln(2x)) A. 1 - 1/(2sqrt(x)) B. 4 - 1/(2sqrt(x))
C. 1 - x D. 1 - 1/(3sqrt(x))
30. What is the slope of the curve y = 10x2 - 3x - 1 when it crosses
the negative part of the x-axis? 44. A bicycle travels along a straight road. At t o'clock it is t2 miles
from the end of the road. Compute its instantaneous velocity at
A. -7 B. -1
3:00
C. -3 D. -5
A. 4 mi/hr B. 6 mi/hr
31. Find the shortest distance from (10,7) to the circle x² + y² - 4x - C. 7 mi/hr D. 10 mi/hr
2y - 20 = 0.
45. What is the slope of the curve y = x2 - 5x at the origin?
A. 7 B. 3
C. 10 D. 5 A. -1 B. -5
C. -3 D. -4
32. Differentiate ax2 + b to the 1/2 power.
46. Given the function f(x) = x3 - 5x + 2 find the value of the first
A. 2ax + b B. - 2ax
derivative at x = 2 f'(2).
C. ax / ((a2 + b) ^ (- 1/2)) D. ax + 2b
A. 7 B. 2
33. Find the derivative of the sqrt (3 - 2x2) C. 3x²-5 D. 8
A. (- 5x) / (sqrt(3 - 2x2)) B. (- 2x) / (sqrt(3 - 2x2))
47. Differentiate f(x) = sqrt(2x2 - 4x + 2)
C. (- 3x) / (sqrt(3 - 2x2)) D. (- 4x) / (sqrt(3 - 2x2))
A. (x + 2) / (sqrt(2x2 + 4x B. (x + 2) / (sqrt(2x2 - 4x +
34. Find the second derivative of y = sqrt(x2) + x-3 + 2)) 2))
A. 6 / x5 B. 12 / x5 C. (x - 2) / (sqrt(2x2 - 4x + D. (x - 2) / (sqrt(2x2 - 4x -
C. 8 / x5 D. 10 / x5 2)) 2))

35. What is the derivative of f(x) = (x2 - (x - 1)3)2 48. Oil spilled from a tanker spreads in a circle whose
circumference increases at 40 ft/s. Compute how fast is the
A. 2[x2 - (x - 1)3][2x - 3(x - B. [x2 - (x - 1)3][2x + 3(x - area of the spill increasing when the circumference of the circle
1)2] 1)2] is 100 pi feet?
C. 3[x2 - (x - 1)3][2x - 3(x + D. 3[x2 + (x - 1)3][2x - 3(x -
A. 2000 ft²/s B. 1200 ft²/s
1)2] 1)2]
C. 2500 ft²/s D. 1500 ft²/s
36. Compute the following
49. What is the standard form of the equation of the line tangent to
a circle centered at the origin with a radius of 5 at the point (4,
3)?
A. y = - (4/3) x - 25/3 B. y = (4/3) x + 25/3
A. 1 B. 1/2 C. y = - x + 25/3 D. y = - (4/3) x + 25/3
C. 0 D. 1/4
50. Find dv/dt if v = (u4 + 2u2 + 1) and u = 4t2
A. 20(u7/2 + u 3/2) B. 22(u7/2 + u 3/2)
C. 18(u7/2 + u 3/2) D. 16(u7/2 + u 3/2)

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