BC Clue Problems

BC Calculus - Clue Card
Directions: As you solve each problem, place the problem set number in the space provided to
the right. When you solve all 29 sets of problems, the numbers which are blank represent the
solution to the mystery. If you have duplicate answers, you know which problems to check.
Suspects Set# Locations Set# Treasures Set#
1. OJ Simpson 1. Pearl Harbor 1. The Titanic
2. Peyton Manning 2. Washington Monument 2. Black Hawk Helicopter
3. Paris Hilton 3. Lincoln Memorial 3. Star Wars Light Saber
4. Jack Nicholson 4. Empire State Building 4. Holy Grail
5. Usher 5. Valley Forge 5. Ten Commandments
6. Tiger Woods 6. White House 6. Emancipation Proclamation
7. Britney Spears 7. Capitol Building 7. Mona Lisa
8. Kobe Bryant 8. Pentagon 8. Hope Diamond
9. Lance Armstrong 9. Independence Hall 9. Vista Operating system
10. Babe Ruth 10. Old Faithful 10. Weapons of Mass Destruction
11. Martha Stewart 11. Mt. St. Helens 11. Bill Gate's Bank Account #
12. Vincent Van Gogh 12. Plymouth Rock 12. The Stanley Cup
13. Pythagoras 13. Indianapolis Speedway 13. Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem
14. Michael Jordan 14. Fort Knox 14. 30 gig Ipod
15. Tom Cruise 15. Disneyworld 15. Cure for cancer
16. John Kerry 16. Grand Canyon 16. A Blackberry
17. Bill Gates 17. Neverland Ranch 17. Hydrogen base car
18. Donald Rumsfeld 18. Great Adventure 18. Rosetta Stone
19. Indiana Jones 19. Appalachian Trail 19. A Worm Hole
20. Kate Winslett 20. Cape Canaveral 20. The lost continent of Atlantis
21. Hillary Clinton 21. The Alamo 21. Dorothy's ruby slippers
22. George W. Bush 22. Fenway Park 22. Crown Jewels of London
23. Harry Potter 23. Hoover Dam 23. Ark of the Covenant
24. Tony Soprano 24. Alcatraz 24. Harry Potter's Book # 7
25. Nemo 25. Churchill Downs 25. Aladdin's Lamp
26. Arnold Schwarzenegger 26. Statue of Liberty 26. King Tut's Tomb
27. James Bond 27. Golden Gate Bridge 27. Noah's Ark
28. Benjamin Franklin 28. Area 51 28. Google Stock
29. George Foreman 29. Mount Rushmore 29. The Bermuda Triangle
30. Emeril Lagasse 30. Niagara Falls 30. The Golden Goose
BC Clue Problem Set # 1
Suspect Problem: The graph of f shown below consists of two line segments. Let g be the function defined by
x
g( x ) = " f (t ) dt . Find g(#2).
1
1
-2 -1 1
-1
Graph of f
The answer is: _____. Cross out that suspect number on your clue card and write #1 as your set.
14(19 x # e x )
Location Problem: Find lim to the nearest integer.
x "0 x
The answer is: _____. Cross out that location number on your clue card and write # 1 as your set.
Treasure Problem: Find the volume to the nearest integer if the region enclosing y = x 2 ,y = 2x is rotated
about the x-axis.
The answer is: _____. Cross out that treasure number on your clue card and write # 1 as your set.
"33 "1
Suspect Problem: The dot product of u and v is . u = x,x 2 and v = "4, . What is the value of x
2 2
if x >0 ?
The answer is: _____. Cross out that suspect number on your clue card and write # 2 as your set.
Location Problem: Find the value of c which is the conclusion of the mean value theorem for
f ( x ) = e 0.3x " x 2 on [0,30] to the nearest integer.
Treasure Problem: A liquid is going through a conical filter whose top diameter is the same as its height. It
pours into a right circular cylinder whose radius is 20 cm. How fast is the liquid in the cylinder rising in cm/min
if the liquid in the filter is 10 cm high and falling at the rate of 80 cm/min?
a
Suspect Problem: If # (x 2 " 28sin2x " e 0.5x ) dx = 5, find the smallest value of a to the nearest integer.
0
#
1
Location Problem: Find the least integer value of a for which the series $ a"2 7 converges.
n=1 x
Treasure Problem: Determine the volume to 3 decimal places when the first quadrant area bordered by
ln( x 2 )
y= , the x-axis, and x = 1.9 is rotated about the y-axis. Round to the nearest integer.
2
15
Suspect Problem: Find the radius of convergence for the power series centered at 5 of f ( x ) = .
x+3
Location Problem: Find the greatest value of c for which Rolle‘s Theorem holds for
f ( x ) = 3x 4 " 20x 3 " 6x 2 + 60x .
!
Treasure Problem: Find the average value for the function f ( x ) = e 0.7x + 5ln x on the interval [e,2e] to the
nearest integer.
Suspect Problem: A particle moves along a horizontal line with acceleration a( t) = 9t 2 + 24t + 28 . Its velocity
at t = 2 is 15 and its position at t = 4 is 342.25. Find the particle’s position at t = 1 to the nearest integer.
$ tan x + e x '
Location Problem: Find f "(# ) to the nearest integer if f ( x ) = 300& ).
% sin x + e x (
!
Treasure Problem: Using the following chart of f ( x ) , find the smallest estimate (to the nearest integer) of
8
" f ( x ) dx using a left hand Riemann sum with 8 rectangles, 8 trapezoids, and Simpson’s rule.
0
x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
f ( x) 6 7 0 -4 0 7 8 5 0
t5
Suspect Problem: A particle moves along a straight line according to the formula s(t ) = " 2t 4 + 6t 3 + 13t "1
5
from t = 0 to t = 3. . What is the velocity of the particle when its acceleration is a maximum?
Location Problem: A small t-shirt company comes out with a new design and finds that it can sell 900 shirts at
$20 a shirt. It also finds that for every 50 cents it drops the price, it can sell 75 more shirts. What price should
they sell the shirt to maximize their revenue?
!
"2
Treasure Problem: The graph of f ( x ) below consists of lines and a semicircle. Find # [" f ( x )] dx to the
9
nearest integer.
8
f ( x)
2n(1
" 2x $
&
Suspect Problem: The series ' is convergent on (a, b). Find b ( a.
# %
n= 0 19
Location Problem: If f ( x ) = x + 2 , find the area between the curves f ( x ), f ( x " 4), and the x - axis.
39
Treasure Problem: The following data represents f ( x ) . Use Simpsons’s rule to estimate " f ( x ) dx . Then add
15
the digits of your answer.
x 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36 39
f ( x) 0.7 0.9 1.9 1.1 1.8 2.0 1.3 0.8 1.9
Suspect Problem: Two numbers x and y add up to 18.3. Find the maximum product of x y to the nearest
integer.
Location Problem: A virus in China spreads through a population of 30,000. The rate of growth is proportional
to both the number of people already infected and to the number unaffected. Yesterday, 100 people were
infected and 140 are infected today. From yesterday, how many days (to the nearest day) will it take the
number of people infected to reach 27,520?
Treasure Problem: Find lim x

x "0
[ sin x 2
]
+ ( 3cos x ) + 1 .
Suspect Problem: A parametric equation is defined by x = 8e cost
t
and y = 8e t sint [0, " 3] . Find the
arc length of the graph defined by this equation to the nearest integer.
"3
65
Location Problem: Find # 2 dx to the nearest integer.
4 x " x " 20
$ (3+ h) 4 # 81 (3 + h )3 # 27 '
Treasure Problem: Find lim & # )
h"0
% 4h 3h (
Suspect Problem: If u( t) = e 2t ," cos2t , then to the nearest integer u##(0.45) =
x
#1
Location Problem: If f ( x ) = ' $ 3 e 3t "13lnt + 2%& dt, then to the nearest integer f (((1) =
1
& $ xn )
48(% # x #1+
' n=0 n! *
Treasure Problem: Find lim 2
x "0 x
Suspect Problem: Find the perimeter to the nearest integer of the first quadrant region bounded by
y = 12 " x 2, y = x, and the y - axis.
Location Problem: During the time period t >1, the acceleration of a particle traveling along a straight line is
23
given by a( t) = x ln x. What is the velocity of the particle at t = 5 rounded to the nearest integer if v (1) = ?
9
Treasure Problem: A small plane is 34 miles east of an airport runway (at the origin) and starts to descend to
3 2
the airport according to the formula h = ".00034 x + .0173x + .098x where h is the height of the plane and x is
the distance of the plane from the runway. How far from the runway (to the nearest mile) would the plane be
descending at the greatest rate?
dy
Suspect Problem: In the differential equation (1+ x 2 ) " (1+ y 2 ) = 0 , when x = 0, y = 3 . Find the value of y
dx
to the nearest integer if x = 0.529.
# e x " e "x &

ln 16,000
Location Problem: Find the value of ) % x "x ( dx to the nearest integer.
0 $e + e '
Treasure Problem: Find the volume of the solid of revolution to the nearest integer when the area enclosed by
y = x 2 ,y = 4.6sin x is revolved around the y-axis.
3
Suspect Problem: Approximate the value of the f ( x ) = at x = 0.6 using a fifth-degree Maclaurin
1" x
polynomial and round your answer to the nearest integer.
1
32x
Location Problem: Find " 1+ 16x 4 dx to the nearest integer.
0. 5
Treasure Problem: If R is the region bounded by the x-axis, the line x = 24, and y = x , to the nearest integer
find the value of k such that the line x = k divides R into two equal areas.
Suspect Problem: Evaluate to the nearest integer the area of the surface of revolution (lateral surface area)
formed by revolving the graph of y = x 3 on the interval [0, 1.32] about the x-axis.
Location Problem: A mountain climber is about to haul up a 15 yard length of hanging rope. How much work
will it take to the nearest kg-yards if each yard of rope weighs 0.19 kg.
b
&
Treasure Problem: Find lim ( 5 +
b"#'
% x 2e $x dx )*.
0
dy
Suspect Problem: Using the polar equation r = sin" , find at " = .758 to the nearest integer.
dx
Location Problem: If f ( x ) = x 2 on [0, 5], find the difference between using a right hand Riemann sum and a
left hand Riemann sum with 5 intervals.
Treasure Problem: The area enclosed by y = 40 " x, y = 0, and x = 0 is rotated about the x-axis. Find the value
of b to the nearest integer such that the line x = b divides the volume of revolution into two equal volumes.
The answer is: _____. Cross out that treasure number on your clue card and write # 15 as your se
Suspect Problem: Find the total area enclosed by the polar curve r = 1.6sin3" to the nearest integer.
53x + e x #1
Location Problem: Find lim
x "0 sin2x +tan x
3
2
Treasure Problem: Find the length of the curve y = x from x = 0 to x = 3 to the nearest integer.
Suspect Problem: Find the x-value where the graph of f ( x ) = ( x "10)e1 0" x changes concavity.
Location Problem: Find the area of the surface of revolution to the nearest integer formed by revolving the
graph of f ( x ) = x on the interval [1, 3] about the x-axis.
Treasure Problem: The number of bacteria in a colony is given by 20000ln( t 2 + 400) where t is measured in
days. On what day is the change of growth at a maximum?
Suspect Problem: Find the volume of the solid whose base is bounded by the lines y = x, y = 4.4 " x and
x = 0 with cross sections taken perpendicular to the x-axis as equilateral triangles. Answer to the nearest
integer.
x3 1
Location Problem: To the nearest integer, find the length of the curve f ( x ) = + from x = 3.4 to x = 6.
12 x
Treasure Problem: At what value of x does f ( x ) = "10x 6 + 72x 5 "165x 4 + 120x 3 "10e 2 have a relative
minimum.
!
" 1
Suspect Problem: If f ( x ) = & # x 2 ln x + 9 $% dx and f (1) = 0, find f (3.16) to the nearest integer.
Location Problem: Find the equation of the tangent line to xy = x " 2y at x = 4. Use this tangent line to
estimate to the nearest integer the value of y at x = 5.
1
Treasure Problem: If u( t) = i + j, v( t) = t 4 i "18ln tj, find Dt [u( t) # v(t )] at t = 3.
t
"
Suspect Problem: Find # (21sin x + 7cos x ) dx to the nearest integer where " is the first positive value where
0
the polar curve r = 2sin" has a vertical tangent.
Location Problem: A telephone wire is to be laid from a telephone company to a farm 4 miles across a field at
a cost of $2,000 per mile along the road and $4,000 per mile across the field. The distance along the road is 7
miles as shown. What is the least expensive cost to lay the wire to the nearest thousand dollars?
Farm
4
miles
Telephone
Company
x Road
! 7 miles
d 2y
Treasure Problem: If x = t and y = 11t "1 , find at t = 1.
dx 2
Suspect Problem: A new resort city had 5.6 million people visit in its first year. About 60% of those people
visit again the following year, and of that amount, 60% return the following year, and so on. If the process
continues indefinitely, how many millions of people will eventually visit the city?
1
18
Location Problem: Find $ dx .
0 " 4 # x2
Treasure Problem: A force of 7 pounds compresses a 15 inch spring a total of 4 inches. How much work (to
the nearest inch-pound) is done in compressing the spring another 3 inches?
Suspect Problem: Below is a graph of f "( x ) = 0.02x sin( x # 1) on the interval [0,9$]. Find the largest x-value
for which f ( x ) has a relative maximum on this interval..
f "( x )
Location Problem: Two bikers meet on roads that meet at a 120o angle. Gary bikes away from the intersection
at 6 mph while Bob pedals away at 10 mph on the other road. How fast is the distance between them changing
in mph 30 minutes later?
Bob
60 o
!
r
g
Gary
#
2
Treasure Problem: Find $
n=1 4n 2 " 1
"
Suspect Problem: Find the coefficient of the 3rd non-zero term of the derivative of the Maclaurin series for
f ( x ) = 264sin( x ) .
2
2
# "1 x %
Location Problem: If f ( x ) = 56 tan , find f '(2) to the nearest integer.
$ 2&
o
Treasure Problem: A cup of water at 41 C is placed in a refrigerator. The water’s temperature can be
dT
described by the differential equation = "0.2(T " 4 ) where t is the time in minutes and T is the temperature
dt
of the water. Using Euler’s method with " t = 1 minute find the temperature of the water in 5 minutes to the
nearest degree.
Suspect Problem: In an experiment, a biologist introduces a toxin into a bacterial colony and then measures
the effect on the population of the colony. Suppose that at time t (in minutes) the population is given by
30t 2 + 4t + 1
P(t) = 31+ 2 + 20e".04t ( t + 1) measured in thousands. What will be the population as t approaches
1" 5t
infinity (measured in thousands)?
$a , x "1
Location Problem: If f ( x ) = % x , find the value of 4 a # 5b if f ( x ) is differentiable.
2
&12 # bx ,x < 1
4t 2 + 15t "1
Treasure Problem: A particle moves along the x-axis with velocity v (t ) = . At t = 3, the particle
t 3 + 2t 2 " 5t " 6
is at position 1.981. To the nearest integer, where is the particle at t = 28.
Suspect Problem: The conical cone filled with water below is draining at the rate of 63 ft 3 min . How fast is
the height of water going down when the water is 1 ft high. Answer to the nearest ft/min.
10 ft
12 ft
Location Problem: Given f ( x ) = e 0.1x + x 2 " x , find the value of x when the instantaneous rate of change of f
is equal to the average rate of change of f on the interval [0, 16] (to the nearest integer).
!
t
Treasure Problem: People are entering an amusement park at the rate of 120e + 100t " 40 people per hour
where t is measured in hours. If the doors are open at 10:00 AM (t = 0), how many thousands of people have
entered the park at 2:15 PM? (nearest integer).
" 3
Suspect Problem: Company A finds its cellular phones sold is increasing at the rate of 1000# 3+ 0.25t 2 $%
phones (t measured in months). Company B has a new advertising campaign and finds its cellular phones sold
0.3t
is increasing at the rate of 4000e phones per month. For the first 4 months, how many more phones will
company B sell than company A (nearest thousand)?
"
(
Location Problem: Find the slope of the tangent line to the nearest integer of y = 4.1ln sec 2 2x at x = ) 4
Treasure Problem: A tank in the shape of an inverted right circular cone of height 10 feet and top diameter of
1.25 ft is!filled with a fluid of density 1 pound/ft3.To the nearest foot-pound, how much work is required to
pump all the liquid out of the tank?
1.25 ft
10 ft
Suspect Problem: A function f is defined by f ( x ) = 1+ 2x + 3x 2 + 4 x 3 + K . for all x in the interval of
convergence for the power series. Find the radius of convergence.
$ 8# x3 2x # 4 '
Location Problem: Find lim & # x# 2 )
x "2%
3# x + 5 e # 1(
2
"t
Treasure Problem: The temperature of water in a pond is estimated to be P( t) = 18 + 18te 2 where t is
measured in days and P( t) is measured in degrees Celsius. To the nearest degree, what is the average
temperature over the first two weeks.
Suspect Problem: An object moving along a curve in the xy-plane has position ( x [t ], y [t ]) at time t with
dx dy
= 26sin(t 2 ) and = 20cos(t 3 ) . Find the speed of the object at t = 2 to the nearest integer.
dt dt
Location Problem: The function f has derivatives for all orders of x. Given that
f ( 3) = 7, f "( 3) = 8, f ""(3) = #2, f """(3) = 9 , find the 3rd-degree Taylor Polynomial for f ( x ) and use it to
approximate f ( 3.5) to the nearest integer.
Treasure Problem: Let f ( x ) = 10e x and g( x ) = 10ln x. If h( x ) = f ( x ) " g( x) , find the range of h on the closed
1
interval " x " 1 to the nearest integer.
2
!
Suspect Problem: Find the area between the polar curves: r = 2 " 2cos# and r = "2.75cos # to the nearest
integer.
34 " 1 1 1
Location Problem: Find the sum 1+ + + + …$
3 # 3 9 27 %
Treasure Problem: The rate of change of y is proportional to y . If the graph of y passes through the points
(0, 1) and (2, 4), find y to the nearest integer when x = 6.7.

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