DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
Problem Set
NAME: ______________________________________ DATE: ______________________
INSTRUCTION. Write the complete, neat and orderly solutions on clean sheets of formatted short
bond paper. Write the CAPITAL letter of your choice before the number. Erasures on your
final choice will not be considered. (5 points each: 1 point for correct choice but no solution or
wrong solution)
x2 1
1. Evaluate: Lim
x 2 3x 4
x1
A. 1/5 C. 3/5
B. 2/5 D. 4/5
2. What is the derivative with respect to x of (x + 1)3 – x3?
A. 3x + 6 C. 6x - 3
B. 3x - 3 D. 6x + 3
3. Find the derivative of arccos(4x).
4 4
A. C.
(1 16 x 2 ) 0.5 (1 4 x 2 ) 0.5
4 4
B. D.
(1 16 x 2 ) 0.5 (1 4 x 2 ) 0.5
4. The derivative with respect to x of 2 cos2(x2 + 2) is
A. 2 sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2) C. 8x sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
B. -2 sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2) D. -8x sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
5. Find the second derivative of y by implicit differentiation from the equation 4x2 + 8y2 = 36.
A. 64x2 C. 32 xy
9 16
B. y 3 D. y 3
4 9
6. Find the slope of the ellipse x2 + 4y2 – 10x – 16y + 5 = 0 at the point where y = 2 + 8 0.5 and x = 7.
A. -0.1463 C. -0.1654
B. -0.1538 D. -0.1768
7. Find the slope of the tangent to the curve, y = 2x – x2 + x3 at (0, 2).
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
8. What is the equation of the normal to the curve x2 + y2 = 25 at (4, 3)?
A. 5x + 3y = 0 C. 3x + 4y = 0
B. 3x – 4y = 0 D. 5x – 3y = 0
9. Find the radius of curvature of a parabola y2 – 4x = 0 at point (4, 4).
A. 22.36 units C. 20.33 units
B. 25.78 units D. 15.42 units
10. Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the function xy2 – 5y + 6.
A. y2 – 5 C. xy – 5y
B. y2 D. 2xy
11. Find the minimum amount of tin sheet that can be made into a closed cylinder having a volume of
108 cubic inches.
A. 125.50 C. 129.50
B. 127.50 D. 123.50
12. A normal window is in the shape of a rectangle surmounted by a semi-circle. What is the ratio of
the width of the rectangle to the total height so that it will yield a window admitting the most light
for a given perimeter?
A. 1 C. 2
B. ½ D. 2/3
13. A wall “h” meters high is 2m away from the building. The shortest ladder that can reach the
building with one end resting on the ground outside the wall is 6m. How high is the wall in
meters?
A. 2.34 C. 2.44
B. 2.24 D. 2.14
14. Water is pouring into a conical vessel 15cm deep and having a radius of 3.75cm across the top. If
the rate at which the water rises is 2cm/s, how fast is the water flowing into the conical vessel when
the water is 4cm deep?
A. 2.37 m3/s C. 6.28 m3/s
B. 5.73 m3/s D. 4.57 m3/s
15. Car A moves due East at 30kph at the same instant car B is moving S 300 E, with a speed of 60kph.
The distance from A to B is 30km. How fast is the distance between them separating after one
hour?
A. 36 kph C. 40 kph
B. 38 kph D. 45 kph
16. A car starting at 12:00 noon travels west at a speed of 30 kph. Another car starting from the same
point at 2:00 P.M. travels north at 45 kph. How fast (in kph) the two are separating at 4:00 P.M.?
A. 49 C. 53
B. 51 D. 55
17. Two railroad tracks are perpendicular to each other. At 12:00 P.M. there is a train at each track
approaching the crossing at 50 kph, one being 100 km and the other 150 km away from the
crossing. How fast in kph is the distance between the two trains changing at 4:00 P.M.?
A. 67.08 C. 69.08
B. 68.08 D. 70.08
18. Water is running into a hemispherical bowl having a radius of 10 cm at a constant rate of 3
cm3/min. When the water is x cm deep, the water level is rising at the rate of 0.0149 cm/min.
What is the value of x?
A. 3 C. 4
B. 2 D. 5
19. The sum of two positive numbers is 50. What are the numbers if their product is to be the largest
possible.
A. 24 & 26 C. 25 & 25
B. 28 & 22 D. 20 & 30
20. An open top rectangular tank with square bases is to have a volume of 10 cubic meters. The
materials for its bottom is to cost P15 per square meter and that for the sides, P6 per square meter.
Find the most economical dimensions for the tank.
A. 1.5m x 1.5m x 4.4m C. 4m x 4m x 0.6m
B. 2m x 2m x 2.5m D. 3m x 3m x 1.1m
