Math 2250, Spring 2011, Practice Exam 2

Solve for
dy
dt
in each of the following cases:
1. x
2
+ y
2
= 1
2. y
2
+ t
2
= 1
3. yt = ln y
Find all critical values of the following functions.
4. f(x) = 2x + ln(x + 1)
2
, on the interval (10, 5]
5. f(x) = x
2
+ 3, on the interval (0, 1)
6. f(x) = x
2/3
+ 4, on the interval [1, 1]
Find the absolute minimum and absolute maximum values of the following functions.
7. f(x) = x
3
3x, on the interval [3, 2]
8. f(x) = x
2/3
2x, on the interval [1, 1]
9. Consider the function f(x) = ln x.
i. Find the equation for the tangent line to f(x) at x = 1
ii. Use linear approximation to estimate the value f(1 +
1
30
).
10. Suppose we have a function y = f(x) such that
x
3
+ y
2
+ e
y
= 2 and f(1) = 0.
i. Find the equation for the tangent line to f(x) at x = 1
ii. Use linear approximation to estimate the value f(1 +
1
10
).
11. A 50 foot ladder is leaning against a wall, and the bottom is sliding away from the wall at a
constant rate of 5 feet per second. Find the speed at which the top of the ladder is falling when the
bottom of the ladder is 30 feet from the wall.
12. A company would like to design a box (bottom, top and four sides), with square base using
exactly 500 square inches of material, and having a height somewhere between 3 inches and 20 inches.
How tall should the box be made so that its volume is as large as possible?
13. In inverted conical tank is draining water at a rate of 30 cubic centimeters per second. If the
tank is 100 centimeters high and has a radius of 20 centimeters at the top, nd the rate at which the
level of the water is falling when the level is at 30 centimeters.
Reminder: the formula for the volume of a circular cone is V =
1
3
r
2
h.
14. Consider the function f(x) = x + e
x
. Use Rolles theorem to show that there is at most one
solution to the equation f(x) = 5.
Hint: you may use the fact that e
x
> 0 for all values of x.
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