Differential Calculus

1. Evaluate: Lim (tan^3 3x) / x^3 as x approaches 0.

a. 0
b. 31
c. 27
d. Infinity

2. Find the limit: sin2x/sin3x as x approaches to 0.

a. 1/3
b. 3/4
c. 2/3

3. A snowball is being made so that its volume is increasing at the rate of 8 ft3/min. Find the
rate at which the radius is increasing when the snowball is 4 ft in diameter.

a. 0.159 ft/min
b. 0.015 ft/min
c. 0.259 ft/min
d. 0.325 ft/min

4. A stone is dropped into a still pond. Concentric circular ripples spread out, and the radius of
the disturbed region increases at the rate of 16 cm/s. At what rate does the area of the
disturbed increase when its radius is 4 cm?

a. 304.12 cm2/s
b. 503.33 cm2/s
c. 402.12 cm2/s
d. 413.13 cm2/s

5. Find the limit (x+2)/(x-3) as x approaches 3.

a. 0
b. infinity
c. indeterminate
d. 3

6. A man 1.8 m. tall is walking at the rate of 1.2 m/s away from a lamp post 6.7 m high. At what
rate is the tip of his shadow receding from the lamp post?
a. 2.16 m/s
b. 1.64 m/s
c. 1.83 m/s
d. 1.78 m/s

7. A man on a wharf is pulling a rope tied to a raft at a rate of 0.6 m/s. If the hands of the man
pulling the rope are 3.66 m above the water, how fast is the raft approaching the wharf when
there are 6.1 m of rope out?

a. -1.75 m/s
b. -0.25 m/s
c. -0.75 m/s
d. -0.54 m/s

8. Evaluate the limit: tanx / x as x approaches 0.

a. 0
b. undefined
c. 1
d. infinity

9. A man is riding his car at the rate of 30 km/hr toward the foot of a pole 10 m high. At what
rate is he approaching the top when he is 40 m from the foot of the pole?

a. -5.60 m/s
b. -6.78 m/s
c. -8.08 m/s
d. -4.86 m/s

10. A boy wishes to use 100 feet of fencing to enclose a rectangular garden. Determine the
maximum possible area of his garden.
a. 625 ft^2
b. 524 ft2
c. 345 ft2
d. 725 ft2

11. Find the area of the largest rectangle whose base is on the x axis and whose upper two
vertices lie on the curve y = 12 – x^2.

a. 24
b. 32
c. 16
d. 36

12. Find the radius of the largest right circular cylinder inscribed in a sphere of radius 5.

a. 4.08 units
b. 1.25 units
c. 5.14 units
d. 8.12 units

13. A rectangular box open at the top is to be constructed from a 12x12-inch piece of cardboard
by cutting away equal squares from the four corners and folding up the sides. Determine the
size of the cutout that maximizes the volume of the box.

a. 6 inches
b. 1.5 inches
c. 2 inches
d. 3 inches

14. Find dy / dx if y = 5^(2x + 1).

a. (5^(2x + 1))ln25
b. (5^(2x + 1))ln(2x + 1)
c. (5^(2x + 1))ln5
d. (5^(2x + 1)ln15

15. A publisher estimates that in t months after he introduces a new magazine, the circulation
will be C(t) = 150t^2+ 400t + 7000 copies. If this prediction is correct, how fast will the
circulation increase 6 months after the magazine is introduced?

a. 1200 copies/month
b. 2202 copies/month
c. 2000 copies/month
d. 2200 copies/month

16. Find the first derivative of ln(cosx).

a. cscx
b. –tanx
c. secx
d. cotx

17. An object moves along the x – axis so that its x-coordinate obeys the law x = 3t2 + 8t + 1.
Find the time when its velocity and acceleration are the same.

a. 2/3
b. 3/5
c. 3/4
d. 4/5

18. Assuming that the earth is a perfect sphere, with radius 4000 miles. The volume of ice at the
north and south poles is estimated to be 8,000,000 cubic miles. If this ice were melted and if
the resulting water were distributed uniformly over the globe, approximately what should be
the depth of the added water at any point on the earth?

a. 120 ft.
b. 320 ft.
c. 210 ft.
d. 230 ft.

19. Find the point of inflection of the curve x3 – 3x2 – x + 7.

a. 2, 3
b. 2, 6
c. 1, 5
d. 1, 4

20. Find two numbers whose sum is 36 if the product of one by the square of the other is a
maximum.

a. 12, 23
b. 25, 11
c. 16, 20
d. 12, 24

21. Divide 60 into 3 parts so that the product of the three parts will be the maximum. Find the
product.

a. 6,000
b. 8,000
c. 4,000
d. 12,000
 22. A particle moves along a path whose parametric equations are x = t^3 and y = 2t^2. What is
the acceleration of that particle when t = 5 seconds?

a. 30.26 m/s2
b. 18.56 m/s2
c. 21.62 m/s2
d. 23.37 m/s2

23. Two posts, one 8 ft. high and the other 12 ft. high, stand 15 ft. apart from each other. They
are to be stayed by wires attached to a single stake at ground level, the wires running to the
tops of the posts. How far from the shorter post should the stake be placed to use the least
amount of wire?

a. 6 ft.
b. 5 ft.
c. 9 ft.
d. 8 ft.

24. Determine the curvature of the curve y2=16x at the point (4, 8).

a. -0.0442
b. -0.1043
c. -0.0544
d. -0.0254

25. A runner and his coach are standing together on a circular track of radius 100 meters. When
the coach gives a signal, the runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. How
fast is the distance between the runners has run ¼ of the way around the track?

a. 5.04 m/s
b. 6.78 m/s
c. 5.67 m/s
d. 7.07 m/s

26. A telephone company has to run a line from a point A on one side of a river to another point
B that is on the other side, 30 km down from the point opposite A. the river is uniformly 10
km wide. The company can run the line along the shoreline to a point C then run the line
under the river to b. the cost of laying the line along the shore is P5000 per km, and the cost
of laying it under water is P12, 000 per km. Where the point C should be located to minimize
the cost?

a. 5.167 km
b. 6.435 km
c. 4.583 km
d. 3.567 km

27. The height of a projectile thrown vertically at any given time is define by the equation h(t) = -
16t^2 + 256t. What is the maximum height reach by the projectile?

a. 1567 ft
b. 1920 ft
c. 1247 ft
d. 1024 ft

28. The density of the rod is the rate of change of its mass with respect to its given length. A
certain rod has length of 9 feet and a total mass of 24 slugs. If the mass of a section of the rod
of length x from its left end is proportional to the square root of this length, calculate the
density of the rod 4 ft from its left end.

a. 1 slug/ft
b. 2 slugs/ft
c. 3 slugs/ft
d. 4 slugs/ft

29. It costs 0.05 x^2 + 6x + 100 dollars to produce x pounds of soap. Because of quantity
discounts, each pound sells for 12 – 0.15x dollars. Calculate the marginal profit when 10
pounds of soap is produced.

a. $ 9
b. $ 2
c. $ 12
d. $ 7

30. Find the maximum area of a rectangle circumscribed about a fixed rectangle of length 8 and
width 4

a. 67
b. 38
c. 72
d. 81

31. A trough filled with liquid is 2 m long and has a cross section of an
isosceles trapezoid 30 cm wide of 50 cm. If the through leaks water at the rate of 2000 cm^3/min,
how fast is the water level decreasing when the water is 20 cm deep.
a. 13/25
b. 1/46
c. 5/21
d. 11/14

32. The price p of beans, in dollars per basket, and the daily supply x, in thousands of basket, are
related by the equation px + 6x + 7p = 5950. If the supply is decreasing at the rate of 2000
baskets per day, what is the rate of change of daily basket price of beans when 100,000
baskets are available?

a. 2.35
b. 1.05
c. 3.15
d. 4.95

33. A flying kite is 100 m above the ground, moving in a horizontal direction at a rate of 10 m/s.
How fast is the angle between the string and the horizontal changing when there is 300 m of
string out?

a. 1/90 rad/sec
b. 1/30 rad/sec
c. 1/65 rad/sec
d. 1/72 rad/sec

34. Evaluate the limit (1n x ) / x as x approaches positive infinity.

A. 1
B. 0
C. e
D. infinity

35. Determine the slope of the curve x^2 + y^2 – 6x – 4y – 21 = 0 at (0, 7).
A. 3/5
B. -2/5
C. -3/5
D. 2/5

36. Determine the radius of curvature at (4, 4) of the curve y^2 – 4x = 0.

A. 24.4
B. 25.4
C. 23.4
D. 22.4
37. The chords of the ellipse 64x^2 + 25y^2 = 1600 having equal slopes of 1/5 are bisected by its
diameter. Determine the equation of the diameter of the ellipse.
A. 5x – 64y = 0
B. 64x – 5y = 0
C. 5x + 64y = 0
D. 64x + 5y = 0

38. The number of newspaper copies distributed is given by C = 50t^2 – 200 t + 10000, where t is in
years. Find the minimum number of copies distributed from 1995 to 2002.
A. 9850
B. 9800
C. 10200
D. 7500

39. A boatman is at A, which is 4.5 km from the nearest point B on a straight shore BM. He wishes
to reach, in minimum time, a point C situated on the shore 9 km from B. How far from C should he
land if he can row at the rate of 6 Kph and walk at the rate of 7.5 Kph?

A. 1 km
B. 3 km
C. 5 km
D. 8 km

40.
The shortest distance from the point (5, 10) to the curve x2 = 12y is:
A. 4.331
B. 3.474
C. 5.127
D. 6.445

41. A statue 3 m high is standing on a base of 4 m high. If an observer’s eye is 1.5 m above the
ground, how far should he stand from the base in order that the angle subtended by the statue is a
maximum?
A. 3.41 m
B. 3.51 m
C. 3.71 m
D. 4.41 m
42.
An open top rectangular tank with square bases is to have a volume of 10 cubic meters. The material
for its bottom cost P 150.00 per square meter, and that for the sides is P 60.00 per square meter. The
most economical height is:
A. 2 meters
B. 2.5 meters
C. 3 meters
D. 3.5 meters

43. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the rate of 6 cm^3/hr. At what rate is its surface area
increasing (in cm^2/hr) when the radius is 50 cm?
a) 0.54
b) 0.44
c) 0.34
d) 0.24

44. A box is to be constructed from a piece of zinc 20 in square by cutting equal squares from each
corner and turning up zinc to form the side. What is the volume of the box that can so constructed?
a) 599.95 in^3
b) 592.59 in^3
c) 579.50 in^3
d) 622.49 in^3

45. Find the point in the parabola y^2 = 4x at which rate change of the ordinate and abscissa are
equal.
a) (1, 2)
b) (-1, 4)
c) (2, 1)
d) (4, 4)

46. Water is flowing into a conical vessel 15 cm deep and having a radius of 3.75 cm across the top.
If the rate at which the water rises is 2 cm/sec, how fast is the water flowing into the conical vessel
when the water is 4 cm deep?
a) 6.28 m^3/s
b) 2.37 m^3/s
c) 4.57 m^3/s
d) 5.73 m^3/s

47. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 6 cm3/min. How fast is the surface 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
48. 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

49. A printed page must contain 60sq.m. of printed material. There are to be margins of 5cm. on
either side and the margins of 3cm. on top and bottom. How long should the printed lines be in order
to minimize the amount of paper used?
a. 10
b. 18
c. 12
d. 15

50. A trapezoidal gutter is to be made from a strip of metal 22m wide by bending up the sides. If the
base is 14m, what width across the top gives the greatest carrying capacity?
a. 16
b. 22
c. 10
d. 27