POP QUIZ DIFFERENTIATION

NAME : ____________________ TIME : 35 MINUTES CLASS : ________

1. Find the value of each of the following.

(9 x 2 )
a. lim (8 x) b. lim [3 marks]
x 2 x 3 3 x

dy
2. Given y 2x 2 x , find by using first principles. [3 marks]
dx

3. A conical container with radius which is half of its height is filled with water. At
the same time, water seems to leak away from the vertex of the cone. If the level
of the water decreases from 4 cm to 3.9 cm, find the approximate change in
volume of the water in the cone. [3 marks]
1 2
[Volume of cone = r h]
3

4. Find the equation of normal to the curve y x3 5x at the point when

x 1. [3 marks]

5. Lisa has a spherical balloon with the radius r cm. Lisa blows more air into the
balloon. The surface area of the balloon increases at rate 10 cm2s-1.
Find the rate of change of the radius, in cm2s-1, of the seed at the instant when
1
its volume is cm 3 .
6
4 3
(Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2 , Volume of sphere = r ) [4 marks]
3

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 POP QUIZ DIFFERENTIATION

NAME : ____________________ TIME : 35 MINUTES CLASS : ________

1. Find the value of each of the following.

(9 x 2 )
a. lim (8 x) b. lim [3 marks]
x 2 x 3 3 x

dy
2. Given y 2x 2 x , find by using first principles. [3 marks]
dx

3. A conical container with radius which is half of its height is filled with water. At
the same time, water seems to leak away from the vertex of the cone. If the level
of the water decreases from 4 cm to 3.9 cm, find the approximate change in
volume of the water in the cone. [3 marks]
1 2
[Volume of cone = r h]
3

4. Find the equation of normal to the curve y x3 5x at the point when

x 1. [3 marks]

5. Lisa has a spherical balloon with the radius r cm. Lisa blows more air into the
balloon. The surface area of the balloon increases at rate 10 cm2s-1.
Find the rate of change of the radius, in cm2s-1, of the seed at the instant when
1
its volume is cm 3 .
6
4 3
(Surface area of sphere = 4 r 2 , Volume of sphere = r ) [4 marks]
3