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If y (x) passes through the points (0,2) and (1, 4), solve for
PHILIPPINES -MANILA
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS COMPETENCY EXAM
NAME. _____________________Date: MARCH 5, 2018
Instructor: ENGR. L.A. CARRILLO
ANSWER IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. NO LOOSE
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ANSWERS.
1. An open rectangular box with square base is to be made
from 48 ft.2 of material. What dimensions will result in a box
with the largest possible volume ? x = 4 ft., y = 2 ft.
2. A cylindrical can is to hold 20 m.3 The material for the
top and bottom costs $10/m.2 and material for the side costs
$8/m.2 Find the radius r and height h of the most economical
can.
R = 2 m; h = 5 m
3. A movie screen on a wall is 20 feet high and 10 feet above
the floor. At what distance x from the front of the room should
you position yourself so that the viewing angle $ \theta $ of
the movie screen is as large as possible ?
Theta = 30 degrees
4. Find the length of the shortest ladder that will reach over an
8-ft. high fence to a large wall which is 3 ft. behind the fence.
17.64 ft.
5. A rectangular piece of paper is 12 inches high and six
inches wide. The lower right-hand corner is folded over so as
to reach the leftmost edge of the paper
Find the minimum length of the resulting crease 7.79 inches
6. Given y1 = 4x +3 and y2 = x2 + C; find C such that y2 is
tangent to y1
C= 7
7. y1’ = (12/13) (1 + 5/2 X – 3/2 – ¾ k)
What is the value of k such that y1’ is perpendicular to y2= 2x
at x = 1; K = 7
8. Water is pouring at a varying rate into a swimming pool that
is initially empty. After t hours, there are t + t^1/2 liters of
water in the swimming pool. At what rate is the water pouring
into the pool when t = 9 h.
7/6 L/h
9. If x increases uniformly at the rate of 0.001 per unit time, at
what rate is the expression (1 + x)^3 increasing when x
becomes 9
0.3
10. A spherical balloon is filled with air at a rate of 1 m3/s.
Compute the time rate of change of the surface area of the
balloon at the instant the volume of the balloon is 113.1 m3.
0.67 m2/s
11. What is the maximum of the function y = - x3+3x and
prove it.
X = 1, y = 2
12.
y(x) if the second derivative (y”) = 1
Y= ½ x2 + 3/2 x + 2
13. The depth of water in a cylindrical tank 4 m in diameter is
increasing at the rate of 0.7 m/min. Find the rate of the water
flowing into the tank.
d. 8.8
14. Two posts, one 8 m and the other 12 m high are 15 m
apart. If the posts are supported by a cable running from the
top of the first posts to a stake on the ground and then back to
the top of second post, find the distance to the lower post to
the stake to use the minimum amount of wire?
a. 6m
15. What is the area of the largest rectangle that can be
inscribed in a semi circle at a radius 10?
100
16. If y = arctan(lnx), find dx/dy at x=1/e.
b. e/2
17. Find the maximum distance from the point (4,2) to the
parabola y2=8x.
a. 4(3)1/2
18. A person in a rowboat is 3 km from a point P on a straight
shore while has a destination in 5 km directly east of point P.
If he is able to row 4 km per hour and walk 5 km per hour,
how far from his destination must he land on the shore in
order to reach his destination in the shortest possible?
a. 1 km
19. Find the point of inflection of the curve x 3-3x2-x+7.
d. (1,4)
20 A runner and his trainer are standing together on a circular
track of radius 100 m. When the trainer gives a signal, the
runner starts to run around the track at a speed of 10 m/s. How
fast is the distance between the runner and the trainer
increasing when the runner has run ¼ of the way around the
track?
d. 7.07 m/s
20. A man at a point A on the shore of a circular lake of radius
1 km wants to reach point B on the shore diametrically
opposite A. If he can row a boat 3 km/hr and jog 6 km/hr, at
what angle (in degrees) with the diameter should he row in
order to reach B in the shortest possible time?
a. 30