Bicol University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Electrical Engineering
Legazpi City
Set: A

Worksheet - Differential Calculus

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

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1. Find the maximum point on the curve y  x  3x  9x  5
a. (1, 15) b. (- l, 10) c. (3, -22) d. (-3, 21)

2. Find the area of the largest square that can be inscribed in the triangle with legs 20 cm and 30 cm.
a. 100 c. 169
b. 144 d. 121

3. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm.
a. 100 c. 129.9
b. 43.3 d. 86.6

4. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius 10cm.
a. 125.0 sq. cm c. 50.00 sq. cm
b. 141.4 sq. cm d. 100.0 sq. cm

5. A manufacturer of a metal ware found out that his profit varies as the product of the amount spent for
promotion and the square of production. How was his capital of P60,000 proportioned between
promotion and productivity?
a. Pl0,000 and P50,000 c. P30,000 and P30,000
b. P20.000 and P40,000 d. Pl5,000 and P35,000

6. If the safe distance in feet between two cars going v miles per hour is given by the relation:
s  0.05v 2  14v  5
What is the maximum number of cars that can safely pass a given point in an hour if the cars are all
going at the same speed? Assume there is no car at the point when the counting started.
a. 3,300 cars c. 2,200 cars
b. 1,100 cars d. 3,000 cars

7. The Light Rail System runs from the Bonifacio to Baclaran for a total distance of 15 km. The cost
ofelectrical energy consumed by a train per hour is directly proportional to the cube ofits speed and is
P250 per hour at 50 kph. Other costs inelude operation and maintenance total P1687.50 per hour. Find
the most economical speed ofthe train.
a. 25kph c. 35kph
b. 55kph d. 75kph

8. A fencing material is limited to 20ft in length. What is the maximum rectangular area that can be fenced
in, using the two perpendicular corner sides of an existing walI?
a. 120 c. 140
b. 100 d. 90

9. Find the most economical proportion for a box with an open top and a square base.
a. b = h c. b = 4h
b. b= 3h d. b = 2h

10. Find the length of the shortest ladder which will reach from ground level to high vertical wall if it must
cllear an 8 ft vertical fence that is 27 ft from the wall.
a. 12 2 c. 14 10
b. 10 3 d. 13 13

11. The 5 m picture hung on a wall so that its bottorn edge is 4 m above an observer's eye. How far should
the observer stand from the wall so that the angle subtended by the picture at the eye is a maxirrrum?
a. 6 c. 7
b. 5 d. 4 1

12. The shortest ladder that will reach from ground level to a high vertical wall is 5m. If it cleared 2m vertical
fence, find the distance of the fence from the wall.
a. 1.55m c. 1.87m
b. 1.34m d. 1.67m

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13. What is the length of the shortest line that can be drawn tangent to the ellipse b x  a y  a b and
meeting the coordinate axis?
a. a2  b2 c. a+b
2 2
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b. a b d. 2/3(a + b)

14. Find the maximum area ofthe quadrilateral thatcan be inscribed out of 6, 7, 9 and 10 for sides (6 and 9
are opposite each other).
a. 61.48 c. 62.87
b. 56.34 d. 70.29
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15. Find the point on the graph of y  x  1 that is c!osest to the point (3, 1)
a. (1, 3) c. (1, 2)
b. (2, 10) d. (1, 4)

16. Find the shortest distance from the point(1, 2) to the point on the circumference of the circle
x 2  r 2  10x  6y  30
a. 5.91 c. 5.81
b. 6.16 d. 6.13
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17. A rectangle is inscribed in a parabola y  x the base lying on the x-axis. The upper two vertices touches
the parabola. What is the maximum area of the rectangle?
a. 18 c. 16
b. 32 d. 24

18. A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r. Find the radius R of the cylinder if
its lateral area is a maximum?
a. R = r/3 c. R = 3r/2
b. R = 2r/3 d. R = r/2
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19. The position of the particle in inches along the x-a;-,io, is given by the expression x(t)  24t  t  10
Deterrnine the average velocity of the particle in inches per sec at t=3 sec.
a. 63 c. 72
b. 36 d. 54
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20. A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its surface area decreases at the rate of 1in / min.
How fast is its radius shrinking when it is in 3in?
a. 1/24pi in/min c. 1/36pi in/min
b. 1/12pi in/min d. 1/6pi in/min

21. A bailoon is verticaliy rising over point A on the ground at a rate of 10 min. Point B on level ground is
90m from point A. At what rate is the distance ofthe balloon from point B changing in meters per second
when the balloon is 40m from point A?
a. 30 / 90 c. 20 / 90
b. 10 / 70 d. 40 / 97

22. What number will be greater than its square by the minimum?
a. 1/2 c. 1/4
b. 1 d. 1/3

23. A rectangle is inscribed in a right triangle whose sides are 5, 12, and 13 inches. Two adjacent sides of
the rectangle lie along the legs of the the triangle. What is the area of the rectangle of maximum area?
a. 17 c. 16
b. 15 d. 14

24. A kite with a height of l00 ft flying at 10 ft/ sec horizontally. Find the rate of change of the angle with
respect to horizontal when the string is 300 ft.
a. -1/70 rad/sec c. -1/60 rad/sec
b. -1/90 rad/sec d. -1/80 rad/sec

25. Find the dimension of the rectangular box of maximum volume with faces parallel to the coordinate
planes that can be inscribed in the ellipsoid: 16x 2  4y 2  9z 2  144
a. 9/ 3 , 6 / 3 , 16 / 3 c. 8/ 3, 6/ 3 , 12 / 3
b. 9/ 3 , 4 / 3 , 12 / 3 d. 8/ 3, 4/ 3, 9/ 3

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26. A lighthouse that is 200ft from a shoreline contains a light that is receiving at a rate of0.2 Find the rate
in ft/s at which the beam from the lighthouse is moving along the shore at a point that is 100 ft from the
point on the shore nearest the lighthouse.
a. 150 pi c. 100 pi
b. 200 pi d. 125 pi
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27. Find a point of inflection for the curve y  3x  8x  6x
a. (1/4, 1/2) c. (1/5, 1/8)
b. (1/2, 11/24) d. (1/3, 11/27)
x
28. Ift he x-intercept of the tangent to the curvey  e is increasing at a rate of 4 units per second, find the
rate of change in in/sec of the y intercept when the x intercept is 6 units?
a. -0.264 c. -0.285
b. -0.120 d. -0.135

lim x2 1
29. Evaluate 2
x  1 x  3x  4
a. 2/5 c. 0
b.  d. 5/2

30. What is the derivative of the function y  x with respect to x?

a. x c. 2x
1 1
b. d.  x
2 x 2

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31. Find the slope of the curve y  x  x  5 at (2,-1).
a. 11 c. 12
b. -11 d. -12

32. Given the function y=x3-3x2+4x+5. Determine the coordinates of the point of inflection.
a. (-1,-3) c. (0,5)
b. (2,9) d. (1,7)

33. The sum of two positive numbers is 21. If the product of one of the numbers by the square of the other
is to be a maximum, what are numbers?
a. 14 & 7 c. 12& 9
b. 13& 8 d. 10& 11

34. What is the slope of the line tangent to the curve y=x3 -2x+1 at x=1.

a. 1/2 c. 1
b. 1/3 d. 1/4

35. Find the volume of the largest cylinder that can be inscribed in a cone of radius 3 cm and altitude of
9cm.
a. 10 c. 15
b. 12 d. 20
36. Find y if y = x In x-x
a. x In x c. In x
b. In x/x d. x/In x
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37. Locate the point of inflection of the curve y  f(x)  x e
a. 2  2 c. 2 2
b. 2 d. 3 2
2
38. at what value of x will the slope of the curve x  9x  y  0 be 18?
a. 2 c. 4
b. 5 d. 3

39. The altitude of a cylinder of maximum volume which can be inscribed in a right circular cone of radius r
and height h is___.
a. h/3 c. 3h/3
b. 2h/3 d. h/4

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40. Find the second derivative of y=x2 at x=2.

a. 96 c. 0.375
b. -0.25 d. -0.875

41. A boy, 1.2 cm tall is walking directly away from a lamp post at rate of 0.9 m/s. If the lamp is 6m above
the ground, find the rate at which his shadow is lengthening

a. 0.225 m/s c. 0.284 m/s

b. 0.125 m/s d. 0.204 m/s

42. Find the minimum distance from the point (6,0) to parabola y2=8x.

a. 5.656 c. 4.342
b. 3.232 d. 4.522

43. Find the radius of curvature of the function y=In x at (1,0).

a. 2.83 c. 5.43
b. 3.62 d. 4.73

44. Find the partial derivative of u = xy + yz + zx with respect to x.

a. x+z c. y+z
b. x+y d. x+ y + z

45. Find the height of a right circular cylinder of maximum volume, which can be inscribed in a sphere of
radius 10cm.

a. 14.12 cm c. 15.11 cm
b. 12.81 cm d. 11.55 cm

46. Evaluate the limit in x/x as x approaches positive infinity.

a. 1 c. 0
b. infinity d. -1

47. The volume of the sphere is increasing at the rate of 6cm3/hr. At what rate is its surface area increasing
(in cm2/hr) when the radius is 50cm?

a. 0.24 c. 0.40
b. 0.36 d. 0.36

lim it x  16
2
48. Evaluate
x4
x4
a. 6 c. 10
b. 12 d. 8

49. Find dy / dx if y = cos(1-2x)

a. -2 sin (1-2x) c. 2 sin (1-2x)
b. sin 2(1-2x) d. -sin (1-2x)

lim itx
50. Evaluate x
x  0 1e
a. 0 c. -1
b. 1 d. 1/2

51. If the sum of two numbers is 4, find the minimum value of the sum of their cubes.
a. 16 c. 18
b. 10 d. 32
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52. What is the slope of the graph y  x at x = -2?
a. 2 c. 4
b. -2 d. -4
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53. Differentiate: y  x In2x
a. x(1  In2x) c. x(1  2In2x)
b. x  2In2x d. 1  2xIn2x

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54. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of the cube that is intended to hold 8 cu.m., if the
error of the computed volume is not to exceed 0.03 cu. m. ?

a. 0.002 c. 0.003
b. 0.0025 d. 0.001
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55. Find the radius of curvature of the function y  8x at (2,4).
a. 11.31 c. 10.24
b. 13.21 d. 12.65

56. Find dy/dx if y = cos x?

a. csc x c. -sec x
b. -sin x d. sec x

57. A man of a wharf, 4.2m above the level of the water surface is pulling a rope tied to a boat at the rate of
0.30 m/sec. how fast (m/sec) is the boat approaching the wharf when there are 7m of rope out?

a. -0.3 c. -0.375
b. -0.42 d. -0.325
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58. Find the radius of curvature of the curv x  4y  12 at (4,1).
a. 3.77 c. 4.03
b. 2.42 d. 1.63

59. The sum of two positive numbers is 36. What are these numbers if their product is to be the largest?
a. 20, 16 c. 18, 18
b. 14, 22 d. 17, 19

60. Evaluate
lim it tanx  sinx
x0 sin 3 x
a. 0 c. 1/3
b. 1/2 d. 1/14
2
61. If the distance x from the point of depature at time t is defined by the equation x  16t  5000t  5000 ,
what is the initial velociy?
a. 3000 c. 0
b. 5000 d. 2000

62. What is the derivative of In cos x?

a. sec x c. -tan x
b. -sec x d. tax x
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63. A 128-m rectangular field is to be fenced off along a straight river. If no fencing is needed along the
riverbank, determine the most economical lenght of the fence?
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a. 32 m c. 40 m
2 2
b. 36 m d. 38 m

64. Find dy/dx if y = cos (2x-3)

a. -2 sin(2x-3) c. -sin(2x-3)
b. 2 sin(2x-3) d. sin(2x-3)

65. One end of a 32m ladder is resting on a horizontal plane leans on a vertical wall. Assume the foot of the
ladder to be pushed towards the wall at the rate of 2m/min. How fast is the top of the ladder rising when
its foot is 10m from the wall?
a. 0.658 c. 0.432
b. 0.522 d. 0663

66. At noon, one ship (A0 was 100km directly north of another ship (B). Ship A was sailing south at 30kph
and B was sailing east at 15kph. After how many hours will the two ships be nearest eash other?
a. 2.40 c. 2.55
b. 2.74 d. 2.67

67. A helipcopter is rising vertically from the ground at a constant speed of 4.5m/s. When it is 75m off the
ground, a jeep passed beneath the helicopter traveling in a straight line at a constant speed of 80 kph.
Determine how fast (m/sec) the distance between them changing after 1 second?
a. 12.43 c. 10.04
b. 10.32 d. 11.34

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68. A closed cylindrical container has a capacity of 128 cu.m. Determine the minimum surface area.
a. 96 c. 100
b. 92 d. 98

69. Water running out a conical funnel at the rate of 1cu. in per second. If the radius of the base of the
funnel is 4 in and the altitude is 8 in., find the rate at which the water level is droppig when it is 2 in from
the top.

a. 1 / 9 in/s c. -3/2 in/s
b. 2/3 in/s d. -4/9 in/s

lim it x  2x  9
3
70. Evaluate 3
x   2x  8
a. 1/2 c. 2/3
b. 1/3 d. 1/4

71. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product P of one part and the square of the other is
maximum. Find the smallest part.
a. 15 c. 20
b. 30 d. 22

72. A manufacturer estimates that the cost of production of “x” units of a certain item is C=40x-0.02x^2-600.
How many units should be produced for minimum costs?
a. 500 c. 800
b. 1200 d. 1000

73. A rectangular lot is to have an area of 1600 sq.m. Find the least amount of fence that could be used to
enclose the area.
a. 260 c. 160
b. 210 d. 180

74. A wall 2.245 m high is 2m away from a building. Find the shortest ladder that can reach the building with
one end resting on the ground outside the wall.
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 4

75. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 20 cm. What is the maximum possible area of the triangle in
sq.cm?
a. 100 c. 170
b. 120 d. 160

76. Find the minimum distance from the curve y=2(sqrt2x) to the point (6,0).
a. 3.46 c. 5.66
b. 6.67 d. 4.86

77. An airplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1km, passes directly over an observer. If the constant
speed of the plane is 240kph, how fast is its distance from the observer increasing 30 seconds later?
a. 150.67kph c. 186.62kph
b. 214.66kph d. 235.45kph

78. An object moves along a straight path at a speed v(t)=4t2+3t+2 in m/s, where t=time in seconds. Find
the distance travelled after 4 seconds.
a. 112.56 m c. 117.33 m
b. 135.68 m d. 125.75 m

79. If the area of the circle is 10, compute the allowable error in the area of a circle if the allowable error in
the radius is 0.02 mm.
a. 1.01mm 2 c. 10.1
b. 0.101 d. 11.1
80. to concave downward and vice versa is known as
a. point of concavity c. point of inflection
b. point of deflection d. yield point

81. If first derivative of a function is ocnstant, then the fundtion is ________.

a. sinusoid c. linear
b. logarithmic d. exponential

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82. Find the maximum area of a rectangle inscribed in a semincircle of radius 5 inches if its base lies along
the diameter of the semicircle.
a. 15 sq. in. c. 25 sq. in.
b. 10 sq. in. d. 18 sq. in.

83. A statue 3.2 m high stands on pedestal such that its foot is 0.4 m above an observer’s eye level. How
far from the statue must the observer stand in order that the angle subrended by the statue will be
maximum?
a. 1.1m c. 1.4m
b. 1.2m d. 1.5m

84. In how many equal parts can a wire, 50 cm long be cut so that the product of its parts is a maximum?
a. 15 c. 23
b. 19 d. 10

85. What is the limit of cos 1/x as x approaches infinity?

a. 0 c. 1
b. -1 d. infinity

86. Evaluate the limit of y/2siny as y approaches 0.

a. 2 c. 1/2
b. 0 d. 

87. Evaluate the limit In(sinx)/In(taxx) as x approaches 0.

a. 1 c. 2
b. -2 d. 0

88. An elliptical plot of garden has a semi-major axis of 6cm and a semi-minor axis of 4.8cm. If these are
increased by 0.15 m eacch, find the increase in area of the garden.
a. 0.65 c. 1.62
b. 2.32 d. 3.32

89. If y = x^(3/2) what is the approximate change in y when x changes from 9 to 9.01?
a. 0.045 c. 0.085
b. 0.035 d. 0.025

90. If y = 3x^2-x+1, find the point x at which dy/dx assume its mean value in the interval x=2 and x=4.
a. 2 c. 3
b. 4 d. 8

91. Find the derivative of y=2^(4x)

a. 3^(4x+2)In2 c. 2^(4x+2)In2
b. 3^(2x+2)In3 d. 2^(3x+2)In4

92. Find y if y = arcsinx

a. square root of (1-x^2) c. (1+x)/sqrt (1-x^2)
b. 1/sqrt of (1-x^2) d. 1/sqrt of (1+x^2)
2
93. Ify 1  2x  4 and y 2  x  c , find the value of C such that y 2 is tangent to y 1 .
a. 6 c. 7
b. 4 d. 5

94. Find the coordinate of the vertex of the parabola y=x2-4x=1 by making use of the fact that at the vertex,
the slope of the tangent is zero
a. (2,-3) c. (3,-2)
b. (-1,2) d. (-3,2)

95. Printed page must contain 60 sq.cm. of printed material. There are to be margins of 5 cm. On either
side and margins of 3 cm. on top and bottom. How long should the printed lines be in order to minimize
the amout of paper used?
a. 10 c. 18
b. 12 d. 15

96. A rectangular box with a square base and open top is to be made. Find the volume of the largest box
that can be made from 432 sq. m. of material.
a. 448m3 c. 864m3
b. 648m 3 d. 684m3

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97. If the hypotenuse of a right triangle is known, what is the ratio of the base and the altitude of the right
triangle when its area is maximum?
a. 1:2 c. 1:3
b. 1:1 d. 1:4

98. A trapezoidal gutter is to be made from a strip of metal 22 m wide by bending up sides. if the base is
14m, what width across the top gives the greatest carrying capacity
a. 16 c. 22
b. 12 d. 27

99. An airplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 1 km, passes directly over an observer. If the constant
speed of the plane is 240 kph, how fast is its distance from the observer increasing 30 seconds later?
a. 150.7 kph c. 186.6 kph
b. 214.7 kph d. 235.5 kph

100. Divide the number 60 into two parts so that the product P of one part and the quare of the other is
maximum. Find the smallest part.
a. 15 c. 20
b. 30 d. 22

101. A manufacturer estimates that the cost of production o “x” units of a certain item is C=40x-0.02x^2-600.
How many units should be produced for minimum cost?
a. 500 c. 800
b. 1200 d. 1000

102. A rectangular lot is to have an area of 1600 sq. m. Find the least amount of fence that could be used to
encolse the area
a. 260 c. 160
b. 210 d. 180

103. A wall 2.245 m high is 2m away from a building. Find the shortest ladder that can reach the building with
one end resting on the ground outside the wall
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. 4

104. The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 20 cm. What is the maximum possible area of the triangle in sq.
cm.?
a. 100 c. 170
b. 120 d. 160

105. Find the minimum distance from the curve y=2(sqrt2x) to the point (6,0)
a. 3.46 c. 5.66
b. 6.67 d. 4.86

106. An object moves along a straight path at a speed v(t)=4t2+3t+2 in m/s, where t=time in seconds. Find
the distance travelled after 4 seconds
a. 112.56 m c. 117.33 m
b. 135.68 m d. 125.75 m

107. A point moves on the parabola y2=8 in such a way that the rate of change of the ordinate is always 5
units per second. How fast is the abscissa changing when the ordinate is 4?
a. 3 unit/s c. 6 unit/s
b. 7 unit/s d. 5 unit/s

108. A hemispherical dome has a diameter of 100m. A search light was placed at a point A at the end of the
base. At the middle of the dome at B, a balloon was released vertically at a velocity of 4 m/s. How fast
will the shadow of the balloon move along the roof if it has travelled 25 m vertically
a. 5.4 m/s c. 6.4 m/s
b. 7.4 m/s d. 8.2 m/s

109. A man on a wharf 6m above the water pulls in a rope to which a boat is attached at the rate of 1.2 m/s.
At what rate is the boat approaching the wharf when there are 10 m of rope out?
a. 0.67 m/s c. 2.5 m/s
b. 0.89 m/s d. 0.57 m/s

110. A man whose height is 1.8 m is walking directly away from a lamp post at a constant rate of 1.2 m/s. If
the lamp is 12 m above the ground, find the rate at which the tip of his shadow is moving?
a. 1.52 m/s c. 1.42 m/s
b. 1.67 m/s d. 1.97 m/s

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111. The sides of an equilateral triangle are increasing at the rate of 10 m/s. What is the length of the sides
at the instant when the area is increasing at 100 sq. m/s?
a. 8.97 m c. 11.55 m
b. 10.65 m d. 9.37 m

112. Two sides of a triangle are 5 and 8 units, respectively. If the included angle is changing at he rate of one
radian per second, at what rate is the third side changing when the included angle is 60º
a. 3.7 unit/s c. 4.5 unit/s
b. 4.9 unit/s d. 3.8 unit/s

113. The edge of a cube is changing at a rate of 2 cm/s. Find the rate of change of its diagonal when each
edge is 10 cm. long
a. 5.63 cm/s c. 1.65 cm/s
b. 2 square root of 2 d. 2.45 cm/s

114. A 3 m. ladder is leaning against a vertical wall and the other end is on the horizontal floor. If the lower
end slides away from the wall at 2 cm/s, how fast in cm/s is the other end sliding down the wall when the
lower end is 2 m from the wall
a. -0.18 cm/s c. -1.79 cm/s
b. -0.235 cm/s d. -2.35 cm/s

115. What is the integral of sin6xcos4xdx if the upper limit is pi over 2 and the lower limit is 0.
a. 0.0198 c. 0.0184
b. 0.0136 d. 0.0157

116. The equation of motion of a particle moving in a plane are x=t2, y=3t-1 where t is the time and x and y
are rectangular coordinates. Find the speed of motion at the instant when t=2
a. 4 c. 7
b. 6 d. 5

117. A particle moves along a path whose parametric equations are x=t3 and y=2t2. What is the acceleration
of the particle when t=5 seconds
a. 30.3 m/s2 c. 20.6 m/s2
b. 18.6 m/s2 d. 23. 4 m/s2

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