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APPLICATIONS OF THE DERIVATIVE 1. What is the length of the largest interval on

which f ( x ) = x 3 - 2 x 2 - 9 x is decreasing?
Differentials:
A. 3 2 C. 1 E. 2 2
1. The edge of a cube was found to be 30 cm
with a possible error of 0.1 cm. What is the B. 4 D. 3
maximum possible % error in computing the 2. At what value of x does f ( x ) = x 3 - 3 x 2 - 9 x
volume of the cube?
change from decreasing to increasing?
2. What is the allowable error in measuring the A. 3 C. 1 E. 4
radius of a sphere that is intended to have a B. - 3 D. 2
volume of 8 ft3 if the error in the computed
3. Find the y-coordinate of the inflection point of
volume is not to exceed 0.01 ft3?
f ( x ) = x3 - x2
The Derivative as a Tangent 3 2 1
A. - C. - D.
1. What is the slope of the tangent to the graph 4 27 3
of y = x + 2 sin x at the point ( 1 p ,1) ?
6 B. -
2
D.
2
3 9
2. Find an equation of the tangent to the graph 4. How many points of inflection does
of f ( x ) = x 7 - x 2 have?
y = ex that is parallel to the line: x – 4 y =1 A. 1 C. 2 E. 3
3. Find the equation of the line tangent to the B. 4 D. 7
curve represented by the parametric 5. How many points of inflection does
equations:
f ( x ) = x 8 + x 2 have?
x = ln t and y = tet at the point ( 0, e ) A. 8 C. 3 E. 2
B. 1 D. 0
Graphs of Functions: Some important facts
e- x
dy 6. Find the absolute maximum of f ( x ) =
= slope of tangent to the curve 1 + x2
dx 4
A. C. 1 E. none
Function is increasing where f ' ( x ) > 0, 3
B. 2 E. e -1
decreasing where f ' ( x ) < 0
7. Find the absolute minimum and maximum
At the local extremum, f ' ( x ) = 0 values of f ( x ) = 4 x 3 - 15 x 2 + 12 x + 7 on the

First derivative test: interval [0,3]

A. 0, 3 C. 3, 5 E. 3, 9.75
If f ' ( x ) changes sign from positive to negative
B. 7, 16 D. 3, 16
as x goes through the critical number c, then
there is a local maximum there. Local minimum Related Rates
if f ' ( x ) changes sign from negative to positive 1. A particle moves along the curve y = 1 + x 3
Second derivative test : as I reaches the point (2,3), the y-coordinate
is increasing at a rate of 4 cm/s. How fast is
Let c be a critical number. If f '' ( c ) > 0, then the x-coordinate of the point changing at that
there's a local minimum at c. Local maximum instant?
if f '' ( c ) < 0
2. If a snowball melts so that its surface area
Inflection point decreases at a rate of 1 cm3/min, find the
rate at which the diameter decreases when
Let f '' ( c ) = 0. If f '' ( x ) changes sign as x goes
the diameter is 10 cm.
through c, then there's inflection there.
3. The radius of a right circular cylinder is
Concavity Test increasing
Curve is concave upward if f '' ( x ) > 0, downward at 3 in/s and the height is decreasing at 4
if f '' ( x ) < 0
in/s.
When the radius is 6 in, and the height is 10
Example: in,
how fast is the area of the lateral surface
changing?

4. The volume of a sphere is increasing at the

rate of 6 cm3/hr. At what rate is the surface
area (in cm2/hr) changing when the radius
is 50cm?

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5. A ladder 25 ft long is leaning against a wall. Maxima-Minima

The base of the ladder is pulled along the 1. Rectangle of a given
ground away from the house at the rate of 2 area but with a minimum
ft/s. When the ladder is 7 ft from the wall, perimeter
how fast is top moving down?
2. Largest area of a
6. Water is being pumped into an initially empty
triangle with a given
tank at the rate of 2 ft3/min. How fast is the
perimeter
water level rising in the tank 2 minutes after
pumping has started, if the dimensions of the
tanks are as shown?

7. A water trough has the dimensions shown, 3. Largest rectangle

and it is initially full. Supposing water is being inscribed in a circle.
pumped out at a constant rate of 4 ft3/min, the
how fast is the water surface going down
when the depth of the water is 3 ft?
4. Largest rectangle
that can be inscribed
in a triangle if one
side lies on the base
of the triangle

5. Largest rectangle than

can be inscribed in a
right triangle if two sides
8. A spotlight on the ground shines on a wall lie on the legs of the
12m away. If a man 2m tall walks from the triangle
spotlight toward the building at the speed of
1.5 m/s, how fast is the length of his shadow 6. Sector with a given
on the building changing when he is 5 m from area but with a minimum
the building? perimeter

9. A balloon is rising vertically over point A on

the ground at the rate of 15 ft/s. An observer 7. Norman window that
is at point B 30 ft from A. At what rate is the admits the most light
distance of the balloon from B changing when
the balloon was 40 ft from A?

10. Two vehicles are approaching an

intersection. One truck from the west at 15 8. Parallelepiped with
m/s and one van from the north at 20 m/s. maximum volume
How fast is the distance between the
vehicles changing at the instant the truck is
60 m west and the van 80 m north of the
intersection?

11. A revolving beam from a lighthouse 200 ft 9. Stiffest beam that can
from the closest point A on a straight be cut from a circular
shoreline makes 4 revolutions per minute. section of radius R
Find the rate at which the beam of light
moves along the shore at a point 400 ft from
A.
10. Length of rigid
beam that can be
carried horizontally
around perpendicular
hallways

11. Best possible

view of a picture
hung vertically

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12. Least amount 6. A water line runs east-west. A town

of material to wants to connect two new housing
be used for a subdivisions A and B to the line by
parallelepiped running lines from a single point on the
of square base. existing line to the two subdivisions.
The existing line is 3 miles south of A
and 4 miles south of B. B is 5 miles
east of A. Where on the existing line
should the connection be made to
13. Location of a minimize the total length of the new
single stake at line?
ground level that
minimizes length
of wire.

14. Least amount of

material to be
used for an open
top cylinder.

15. Right circular cylinder with maximum

volume,
inscribed in a sphere of radius R.

Example
1. A farmer has 160 m of fence to enclose
two adjacent pig pens. What
dimensions should be used for each pig
pen so that the enclosed area will be
maximum?

2. A window has a lower section in the

shape of a rectangle and an upper
portion in the shape of a semicircle
surmounted on the upper side of this
rectangle. The perimeter of the window
is 15 units. Find the ratio of the radius
of the circle to the height of the
rectangle so that the area of the window
is maximum.

3. An 8-ft fence standing on level ground is

one foot from a telephone pole. Find
the shortest ladder that will reach over
the fence to the pole.

4. Find the volume of the largest right

circular cone that can be inscribed in a
sphere of radius 3 units.

5. A rectangular box is to have a square

base and a volume of 20 ft3. If the
material for the base costs P30/ft2 while
that for the sides cost P10/ft2, that for
the top P30/ft2. Determine the
dimensions of the box that can be
constructed at minimum cost.

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