AP Calculus Assignment

Trigonometric, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Question 1
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C h where C is the circumference of the tree in meters at
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ground level and h is the height of the tree in meters. Both C and h are functions of time t in years.

The volume of a tree is given by V

dV
. What does it represent in practical terms?
dt
b) Suppose the circumference grows at a rate of 0.2 meters/year and the height grows at a rate of 4
meters/year. How fast is the volume of the tree growing when the circumference is 5 meters and
the height is 22 meters?
a) Find a formula for

Question 2
The radius of a spherical balloon is 10 cm.
a) How fast is the volume of the balloon changing with respect to change in its radius?
b) If the radius of the balloon is increasing by 0.5 cm/sec, at what rate is the air being blown into
the balloon when the radius is 6 cm?
c) When the volume of the balloon is 50 cubic cm, at what rate is the radius of the balloon
changing?
Question 3
When hyperventilating, a person breathes in and out very rapidly. A spirogram is a machine that draws
a graph of the volume of air in a persons lungs as a function of time. During hyperventilation, the
persons spirogram trace might be represented by V 3 0.05cos 200 t where V is the volume of air
in liters in the lungs at time t minutes.
a) Sketch a graph of one period of this function.
b) What is the rate of flow of air in liters/minute? Sketch a graph of this function.
c) Mark the following on each of the graphs above.
i) the interval when the person is breathing in
ii) the interval when the person is breathing out
iii) the time when the rate of flow of air is a maximum when the person is breathing in
Question 4
A screen saver displays the outline of a 3 cm by 2 cm rectangle and then expands the rectangle in such a
way that the 2 cm side is expanding at the rate of 4 cm/sec and the proportions of the rectangle never
change. How fast is the area of the rectangle increasing when its dimensions are 12 cm by 8 cm?
Question 5
An FBI agent with a powerful spyglass is located in a boat anchored 400 meters offshore. A gangster
under surveillance is walking along the shore. Assuming the shoreline is straight and that the gangster is
walking at the rate of 2 km/hr, how fast must the FBI agent rotate the spyglass to track the gangster
when the gangster is 1 km from the point on the shore nearest to the boat. Convert your answer to
degrees/minute.

Question 6

AP Calculus Assignment
Trigonometric, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
A flood lamp is installed on the ground 200 feet from a vertical wall. A six foot tall man is walking
towards the wall at the rate of 30 feet per second. How fast is the tip of his shadow moving down the
wall when he is 50 feet from the wall?

Question 7
A receptacle is in the shape of an inverted square pyramid 10 inches in height and
with a 6 x 6 square base. The volume of such a pyramid is given by
(1/3)(area of the base)(height)
Suppose that the receptacle is being filled with water at the rate of .2 cubic inches per
second. How fast is water rising when it is 2 inches deep?

Question 8
A Ferris wheel 50 feet in diameter makes 2 revolutions per minute. Assume that the wheel is tangent to
the ground and let P be the point of tangency. At what rate is the distance between P and a rider
changing, when she is 25 feet above the ground and going up?
Here's a picture:

is the angle between the vertical and a radius out to the rider. s is the distance between the bottom of
the wheel and the rider.