ANSWER QUESTION ONE (1) AND ANY OTHER THREE (3) QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1

a. A manufacturer of sachet water estimated that the total revenue and total cost (in dollars)
functions are given by 𝑅(𝑞) = 5𝑞 − 0.003𝑞 2 and 𝐶(𝑞) = 300 + 1.1𝑞 respectively,
where 𝑞 is quantity and 0 ≤ 𝑞 ≤ 1000 units.
i. Sketch the marginal cost and marginal revenue graphs on the same axis.
[2 marks]
ii. Use your graphs in (i) to determine the quantity which maximizes profit.
[2 marks]
iii. What production level gives the minimum profit? [1 mark]

b. Water is being pumped into an inverted conical tank at the rate of 100ft3/min. The height
of the tank is 20ft and its radius is 5ft. How fast is the water level rising when the water
height is 10ft? [4 marks]

c. What is the relationship between average rate of change of a function, 𝑓(𝑥) over the
interval [𝑎, 𝑏] and the instantaneous rate of change of a function, 𝑓(𝑥) at 𝑥 = 𝑎.
[2 marks]

QUESTION 2

a. An importer of Fortune rice estimates that local consumers will buy approximately
4,374
𝐷(𝑝) = pounds of the rice per week, where the price is 𝑝 dollars per pound.
𝑝2

It is also estimated that 𝑡 weeks from now, the price of Fortune rice will be

𝑝(𝑡) = 0.02𝑡 2 + 0.1𝑡 + 6 dollars per pound. At what rate will the demand for Fortune

rice be changing with respect to time 10 weeks from now? Will the demand be increasing

or decreasing? [4 marks]
 𝑥2, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 2
b. Given 𝐻(𝑥) = { 3, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 2
3𝑥 − 2, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 2
Show analytically whether 𝐻(𝑥) is continuous at 𝑥 = 2. [3 marks]

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c. For the curve y = (2 x + 4) 2 x 2 − x − 1 :
i. Find an equation for the tangent line to the curve at the point where x = 10. [2 Marks]
ii. Find all points on the curve where the tangent line is horizontal. [1 Mark]

QUESTION 3

a. At a time, t hours after it was administered, the concentration of a drug in the body is
f (t ) = 27e −0.14t ng/ml. What is the concentration 4 hours after it was administered? At
what rate is the concentration changing at that time? [2 Marks]

b. Using an appropriate technique, differentiate the following;

1−𝑥𝑒 𝑥
i. 𝑦= [2 marks]
𝑥+𝑒 𝑥

ii. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑙𝑛(𝑥√𝑥 2 − 1) [2 marks]

iii. 𝐺(𝑥) = √1 − 𝑥 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 𝑥 [2 marks]

c. With the aid of a diagram demonstrate that continuity of a function at a point does not
guarantee differentiability of the function at that point. [2 marks]
 QUESTION 4

a. Use the first principle of differentiation to determine the derivative of 𝑦 = cos 𝑥

[2 Marks]

b. The demand for car rentals at Dan motors is given by q = D(x ) = 120 − 20x, where x is
the number of cars rented per day at x dollars per rental. Find each of the following.
i. The elasticity as a function of x . [1 Mark]
ii. The value of x for which E (x ) = 1 . Interpret the meaning of this price.
[1.5 Marks]
iii. The price x at which total revenue is a maximum. [1.5 Marks]

c. A river is 1 mile wide. Frank wants to get from point A to point B on the opposite side of
the river, 3 miles downstream. If Frank can run 5 miles per hour and can swim 3 miles
per hour, what is the least amount of time in which he can get from A to B? [4 Marks]

QUESTION 5

a. The Ghana Football Association determines that if 𝑥 thousand Ghana Cedis are spent
on advertising the local league, then 𝑆(𝑥) sponsorship offers will be received, where
𝑆(𝑥) = −2𝑥 3 + 27𝑥 2 + 132𝑥 + 207.
As analyst for the football association, advice management on;
i. how much the association should spend on advertisement in order to
maximize the number of sponsorship offers received? [2 Marks]
ii. How many sponsorship offers will the association receive for such an
expenditure on advertisement? [1 Mark]
b. Evaluate the following limits, if they exist;
𝑥 2 −𝑥−6
i. lim [1.5 marks]
𝑥→−2 𝑥 2 −5𝑥−14
1−𝑥−𝑥 2
ii. lim [1.5 marks]
𝑥→∞ 2𝑥 2 −7

6+𝑡
iii. lim (2𝑡 2 + √4−𝑡) [1 mark]
𝑡→3

c. A piece of wire 24 inches long is to be used to form a square and/or a rectangle whose
length is three times its width. Determine their minimum and maximum combined
area. [3 Marks]