DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS

1. limx(ex x) Ans.

23. A revolving searchlight in a lighthouse 2km offshore is

2. limx0(1 sinx)1/x Ans. 1/e

following a car traveling slowly along the shore. When the

3. limx3(3/(x 3)) Ans. Does not exist

car is 1km from the point on the shore that is closest to

4. limx(cos(2/x)x2) Ans. e-2

the lighthouse, the searchlight is turning at the rate of

5. limx0(1 + ax)b/x Ans. eab

0.25rev/hr. How fast in kph is the car traveling at this

6. What is the derivative of 2cos(2+x3) with respect to x?

moment?

7. Find y in the curve y = (1-2x)3 at the point (1,-1).

24. Water is flowing in a conical cistern at the rate of

8. Find the slope of r = tan when = /4.

8m3/min. If the height of the inverted cone is 12m and the

9. What is the equation of the tangent line to the curve

radius of its circular opening is 6m. How fast is the water

9x2+25y2-225 = 0 at (0,3)?

rising when the water is 4m in depth?

10. Find the equation normal to the curve x2 = 16y at (4,1).

25. A balloon is leaving the ground 18m from the observer

11. Find the derivative with respect to x of (x+1)3/x.

rises 3m/s. How fast is the angle of elevation of the line of

12. Find the slope of the curve x = 6y3-2y2 at point (6,3).

sight increasing after 8 seconds?

13. Find the curvature of the curve y2 = 16x at the point

26. What is the minimum vertical distance between

(4,8).

parabolas x = y2 and y = 1+ x2.

14. Find the radius of curvature of the ellipse 3x2+y2 = 12

at the point (1,3).

Problem:

15. Find the radius of curvature of r = tan when =

The upper end of the ladder 5m long leans against a

3/4.

vertical wall. Suppose the foot of the ladder slips away

from the wall at the rate of 0.1m/min.

Problem:

27. How fast is the top of the ladder descending when its

A particle moves along the path whose parametric

foot is 3m from the wall?

equation are x = t3 and y = 12t2.

28. When will the top and the bottom of the ladder move at

16. What is the velocity when t = 2sec?

the same rate?

17. What is the acceleration when t = 2sec?

29. When is the top of the ladder descending at the rate of

0.15m/min?

18. Car A moves due east at 30kph at the same instant car

30. How fast is the angle at the foot of the ladder

B is moving S30E with a speed of 60kph. The distance

decreasing when the foot is 3m from the wall?

from A to B is 30km. Find how fast is the speed between

them are separating after 1hr.
19. Determine the diameter of a closed cylindrical tank
having a volume of 11.3cm3 to obtain a minimum surface
area.
20. The three sides of triangle ABC are AB = 7cm, BC =
5cm and CA = 9cm. Determine the width of the largest
rectangle that can be inscribed in it such that the longer
side of the rectangle is on the 9cm side of the triangle.
21. A ferriswheel has a radius of 10m. Its center is 12m
above the ground. When the passenger is 17m above the
ground, he is moving at the rate of 1.81m/s. What is the
speed of rotation of the wheel in rpm?
22. Find the minimum length of the line segment
intercepted between the positive coordinates axes is a
minimum that passes through (3,4).