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APPLICATION OF DERIVATIVES
LDA-1

MCQ’s from Tatva 9. The sides of an equilateral triangle are increasing at the
1 2 rate of 2cm/s. The rate at which the area increases,
1. The tangent to the curve 5x2 + y2 = 1 at  ,-  passes when the side is 10cm, is
3 3
through the point (a) 3 cm2 / s (b) 10 cm /s
2

(a) (0, 0) (b) (1, -1) 10

(c) 10 3 cm2 / s (d) cm2 / s
(c) (-1, 1) (d) none of these 3
2. The tangent to the curve x2 + y2 = 25 is parallel to the 10. Gas is being pumped into a spherical ballon at the rate
line 3x - 4y = 7 at the point of 30 ft3/min. Then, the rate at which the radius
(a) (-3, -4) (b) (3, -4) increases when it reaches the value 15 ft, is
(c) (3, 4) (d) none of these 1 1
(a) ft/min (b) ft/min
3. If the normal to the curve y = f(x) at the point (3, 4) 30π 15π
3π 1 1
makes an angle with the positive x-axis, then (c) ft/min (d) ft/min
4 20 15
f ′ ( 3 ) is equal to 11. An object is moving in the clockwise direction around
3 the unit circle x2 + y2 = 1. As it passes through the point
(a) -1 (b) -
4 1 3 
4  ,  , its y-coordinate is decreasing at the rate of
(c) (d) 1 2 2 
3 3 unit per second. The rate at which the x-coordinate
4. The equation of the tangent to the curve y = 9 - 2 x 2 changes at this point is (in unit per second)
at the point where the ordinate and the abscissa are (a) 2 (b) 3 3
equal, is (c) 3 (d) 2 3
(a) 2 x + y - 3 3 = 0 (b) 2 x + y + 3 3 = 0 4
12. If V = πr 3 , at what rate in cubic units is V increasing
(c) 2x - y - 3 3 = 0 (d) None of these 3
5. The triangle formed by the tangent to the curve f(x) = dr
when r = 10 and = 0.01 ?
x2 + bx - b at the point (1, 1) and the coordinate axes, dt
lies in the first quadrant. If its area is 2, then the value (a) π (b) 4 π
of b is 4π
(c) 40π (d)
(a) -1 (b) 3 3
(c) -3 (d) 1 13. Side of an equilateral triangle expands at the rate of 2
xy
6. The curve y - e + x = 0 has a vertical tangent at cm/s. The rate of increase of its area when each side is
(a) (1, 1) (b) (0, 1) 10 cm, is
(c) (1, 0) (d) No point (a) 10 2 cm2 / sec (b) 10 3 cm2 / sec
7. The rate of change of the surface area of a sphere of 2
(c) 10 cm /sec (d) 5 cm /sec
2

radius r, when the radius is increasing at the rate of 14. The radius of a sphere is changing at the rate of 0.1
2cm/s is proportional to cm/s. The rate of change of its surface area when the
1 1 radius is 200 cm, is
(a) (b) 2
r r
(a) 8π cm2 / sec (b) 12π cm2 / sec
(c) r (d) r2
8. If the distance ‘s’ metres traversed by a particle in t (c) 160π cm2 / sec (d) 200π cm2 / sec
seconds is given by s = t3 - 3t2, then the velocity of the 15. The distance moved by the particle in time t is given by
particle when the acceleration is zero in m/s is x = t3 - 12t2 + 6t + 8. At the instant when its
(a) 3 (b) -2 acceleration is zero, the velocity is
(c) -3 (d) 2 (a) 42 (b) -42
(c) 48 (d) -48

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3 2
16. For what values of x is the rate of increase of x - 5x +
5x + 8 is twice the rate of increase of x ?
1 1
(a) -3,- (b) -3,
3 3
1 1
(c) 3,- (d) 3,
3 3

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1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (b) 16. (d)

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LDA-2

Find the approximate values of

1. 8.95
2. (4.01)3
10
3. 0.999
4. loge(101) given that loge10 = 2.3026
5. loge(9.01) given that loge3 = 1.0986
6. loge(4.04) given log104 = 0.6021, log10e = 0.4343
7. ( )
cos 60030′ , given 10 = 0.0175c , sin 600 = 0.8660
0 0 C
8. tan44 , given 1 = 0.0175
-1
9. tan (1.001)

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LDA-3

1. Test whether the following functions are increasing or decreasing :

1
i. f ( x ) = x - , x ∈ R, x ≠ 0
x
7
ii. f ( x ) = - 3, x ∈ R, x ≠ 0
x
2
2. Find the values of x, such that f(x) = x + 2x - 5 is an increasing function.
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3. Find the values of x if f(x) = 2x - 15x - 144x - 7 is
i. an increasing function
ii. a decreasing function.

3. Which of the following statements is/are correct.

MCQ’s from Tatva (a) x + sin x is increasing function
1. The function f (x) = x + cos x is (b) sec x is neither increasing nor decreasing function
(a) always increasing (c) x + sin x is decreasing function
(b) always decreasing (d) sec x is an increasing function
(c) increasing for certain range of x
(d) None of the above
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2. The function f (x) = tan x + x increases in the interval
(a) ( 1, ∞ ) (b) ( -1, ∞ )
(c) ( -∞ , ∞ ) (d) ( 0, ∞ )

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1. (a) 2. (a, b, c, d) 3. (a, b)

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LDA-4

MCQ’s from Tatva

3 2
1. The function f (x) = 2x - 15x + 36x + 4 has local
maxima at
(a) x = 2 (b) x = 4
(c) x = 0 (d) x = 3
2. Maximum slope of the curve y = -x3 + 3x2 + 9x - 27 is
(a) 0 (b) 12
(c) 16 (d) 32
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3. The function f (x) = 2x - 3x - 12x + 4 has
(a) no maxima and minima
(b) one maxima and one minima
(c) two maxima
(d) two minima

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1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b)

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LDA-5

1. An open cylindrical tank whose base is a circle is to be MCQ’s from Tatva

constructed of metal sheet so as to contain a volume 1. The minimum value of 2x + 3y, when xy = 6 is (x > 0)
of πa3 . cu.cm. of water. Find the dimensions so that (a) 12 (b) 9
the quantity of the metal sheet required is minimum. (c) 8 (d) 6
x
2. A manufacturer can sell x items at the rate of Rs. (330 - 2. The minimum value of x is attained (where x is
2
x) each. The cost of producing x iterms is Rs. (x + 10x + positive real number) when x is equal to :
-1
12). How many items must be sold so that his profit is (a) e (b) e
2
maximum ? (c) 1 (d) e
3. A wire of length l is cut into two parts. One part is bent 2
3. The point (0, 3) is nearest to the curve x = 2y at
into a circle and the other into a square. Show that the
sum of the areas of the circle and the square is least. If
(a) (2 2,0 ) (b) (0, 0)
the radius of the circle is half of the side of the squre. (c) (2, 2) (d) None of these
4. Two sides of a triangle are given, find the angle between
them such that the area of triangle is maximum.

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1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c)

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LDA-6
1. If Rolle’s theorem holds for the function f(x) = (x - 2) log x, x ∈ [1,2] show that the equation x log x = 2 - x is
satisfied by a least one value of x in (1, 2).

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LDA-7

MCQ’s from Tatva

1. The angle between the tangents at those points on the
curve y = (x + 1) (x - 3) where it meets x-axis, is
 15   8
(a) tan-1   (b) tan-1  
 8  15 
π
(c) (d) None of these
4
2. The angle at which the curves y = sin x and y = cos x
intersect in [ 0, π ] , is
(a) tan-1 2 2 (b) tan-1 2
 1 
(c) tan-1   (d) None of these
 2
2
3. The angle of intersection of the curve y = x and
3
6y = 7 - x at
π π
(a) (b)
5 4
π π
(c) (d)
3 2
4. The length of subtangent to the curve x2 y2 = a4 at the
point (-a, a) is
(a) 3a (b) 2a
(c) a (d) 4a
5. For the parabola y2 = 4ax, the ratio of the sub-tangent
to the abscissa is
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 1
-1
6. The function f (x) = tan x + x increases in the interval
(a) ( 1, ∞ ) (b) ( -1, ∞ )
(c) ( -∞ , ∞ ) (d) ( 0, ∞ )
2
7. The function f (x) = 2 log (x - 2) - x + 4x + 1 increases in
the interval
(a) (1, 2) (b) (2, 3)
5 
(c)  ,3 (d) (2, 4)
2 

Answer Key

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1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (a, b, c, d) 7. (b, c)

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