DIFFERENTIATION PAST YEAR QUESTIONS PROGRAM BIJAK BELAJAR MGC KULAIJAYA (9 APRIL 2011) PAPER 1 1 Given that y = 14x

x (5 x), calculate 2003 a) the value of x when y is a maximum, [3 marks] b) the maximum value of y.

2 2003 [3 marks]

Given that y = x2 + 5x, use differentiation to find the small change in y when x increases from 3 to 3.01

3 2004 [3 marks]

Differentiate 3x2(2x 5)4 with respect to x.

4 2004 [3 marks]

Two variables, x and y, are related by the equation y = 3x +

2 . Given that y x

increases at a constant rate of 4 units per second, find the rate of change of x when x = 2.

5 2005 [4 marks]

Given that h(x) =

1 (3x 5) 2

, evaluate h(1).

6 2005 [3 marks]

The volume of water, V cm3, in a container is given by V =

1 3 h + 8h, where h cm 3

is the height of the water in the container. Water is poured into the container at the rate of 10 cm3 s1. Find the rate of change of the height of water, in cm s1, at the instant when its height is 2 cm.

7 2006 [3 marks]

The point P lies on the curve y = (x 5)2. It is given that the gradient of the normal at P is
1 . Find the coordinates of P. 4

8 2006 [4 marks]

It is given that y = Find

2 7 u , where u = 3x 5. 3

dy in terms of x. dx

9 2006 [4 marks]

Given that y = 3x2 + x 4, a) find the value of

dy when x = 1, dx

b) express the approximate change in y, in terms of p, when x changes from 1 to 1 + p, where p is a small value.

10 2007 [2 marks]

The curve y = f(x) is such that

dy = 3 kx + 5, where k is a constant. dx

The gradient of the curve at x = 2 is 9. Find the value of k.

11 2007 [3 marks]

The curve y = x2 32x + 64 has a minimum point at x = p, where p is a constant. Find the value of p.

12 2008 [3 marks]

16 . x2 Express, in terms oh h, the approximate change in y, when x changes from 4 to 4 + h, where h is a small value. Two variables, x and y , are related by the equation y =

13 2008 [4 marks]

The normal to the curve y = x2 5x at point P is parallel to the straight line y = x + 12. Find the equation of the normal to the curve at point P.

14 2009 [3 marks]

A block of ice in the form of a cube with sides x cm, melts at a rate of 9.72cm3 per minute. Find the rate of change of x at the instant when x = 12 cm.

15 2010 [3 marks]

Given y = 2x (x 6), find dy (a) dx (b) the value of x when y is minimum, (c) the minimum value of y

16 2010 [3 marks]

The volume of a sphere is increasing at constant rate of 12.8 cm3 s-1 . Find the radius of the sphere at the instant when the radius is increasing at a rate of 0.2 cm s-1. [Volume 4 3 of sphere, V = r ] 3

1 2010 [10marks]

PAPER 2 The curve y = x 6 x + 9 x + 1 passes through the point A(2, 3) and has two turning points, P(3, 1) and Q. Find (a) the gradient of the curve at A [3 marks] (b) the equation of the normal to the curve at A [3 marks] (c) the coordinates of Q and determine whether Q is the maximum or the minimum point. [4 marks]
3 2

Answer Year 2003 5 2 2) y = 0.11 3) 6 x(6 x 5)(2 x 5)3 8 4) unit per second 5 27 5) 8 6) 0.8333 cm s -1 7) P (7, 4) 8) 14 ( 3x 5)2 9 a) 7 2 10) k = 3 11) p = 16 1 12) y = h 2 13) y = - x - 3 14) 0.0225 cm per minute 15 a) 4x 12 16) 4 1 a) x = 1a) Paper 1 175 b) 2

2004

2005

2006 2007

b) 7p

2008

2009 2010 Year 2010

b) 3 Paper 2

c) 18

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