Calculus 1, Wed HW assignment #5 Fall 2013

Due on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the beginning of class.

1. An earth satellite moves in a path that can be described by

x2 y2
+ =1
72.5 71.5
where x and y are in thousands of kilometres. If dx/dt = 12900 km/h for x = 3200 km and
y > 0, find dy/dt.

2. A paper cup has the shape of a cone with height 10 cm and L radius 3 cm (at the top). If
water is poured into the cup at a rate of 2cm3 /s, how fast is the water level rising when the
water is 5 cm deep?

3. Suppose that the demand equation for a monopolist is p = 100 − .01x and the cost function
is C(x) = 50x + 10, 000.
(a) Find the marginal cost.
(b) Find the value of x that maximizes the profit and determine the corresponding price and
total profit for this level of production.
(Answer: Produce 2500 units and sell them at $75 per unit. The profit will be $52,500).

4. (a) Find the extreme values on [−1, 1] of h(x) = x3 − 6x + 1.

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(b) Find the extreme values on [−1, 4] of p (x) = xe−x /8 .

5. Given f (x) = x3 − 12x + 1

(a) Find the intervals on which is increasing or decreasing.
(b) Find the local maximum and minimum values of f .
(c) Find the intervals of concavity and the inflection points.
(d) Sketch the graph of f (x).

6. A box has a square base of side x and height y.

(a) Find the dimensions x, y for which the volume is 12 and the surface area is as small as
possible.
(b) Find the dimensions for which the surface area is 20 and the volume is as large as possible.
Hint: (a) The volume V = x2 y = 12. Minimize the surface area A = 2x2 + 4xy.

7. (a) Given f (x) = x (x2 − 1) (x2 − 3), prove that the equation f 0 (x) = 0 has four distinct
real roots.
Hint: Use the Rolle’s Theorem.
(b) Use the Mean Value Theorem to prove the inequality |sin a − sin b| 6 |a − b| for all a and b.

8. Using the l’Hospital’s rule to find the limits

2x ex −1−x− 12 x2
(a) lim e x3−1 , (b) lim ln(ln
x
x) sin 4x
, (c) lim tan 5x
, (d) lim x3
.
x→0 x→∞ x→0 x→0

9. Use Newton’s method to find the root of the equation x5 − x4 + 3x2 − 3x − 2 = 0 in the
interval [1,2] correct to six decimal places.

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Calculus 1, Wed HW assignment #5 Fall 2013

10. A farmer wants to fence an area of 2 million square feet in a rectangular field and then
divide it into three equal parts with two fences parallel to one of the sides of the rectangle
(see the below figure). Find the dimensions of the rectangular field to minimize the cost of the
fence?