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DERIVATIVE OF A FUNCTION
Find the slope on the curve y   x  3
3/2
13. at point (−2, 1).
1. 
Find the first derivative of the function y  x  1 x  1 2
 2
 A. 3/4 B. 3/2
A. 2x  1 B. 3x 4 C. 4/5 D. 2/3
C. 4x3 D. 2x  1
14. If y  4cos x  sin2x , what is the slope of the curve when x  2 ?
A. −2.21 B. −4.94
sin2x
2. Find y’ of the function y  . C. 0.03 D. 1.86
1  cos2x
A. 2tan2x B. cos32x
C. cot2x D. sec2x 15. Find the angle that the parabola x 2  y  2 makes with the x-axis.
A. 63.43° B. 70.53°
C. 54.73° D. 80.59°
What is the first derivative of the given function: y   sin2x  cos2x 
2
3.

?
16. Find the slope of the line tangent to the polar curve r  tan  at   
A. 2cos2x B. 4cos4x 4
C. 5sin2x D. 3cos3x .
A. −2 B. 3
4. Find y’ if y  arccos(sin2x) . C. 2 D. −3
A. −2 B. 3
TANGENT & NORMAL TO A CURVE
C. cos2x D. –cos2x
17. A curve has an equation x 2  y 2  25 . Determine the point of tangency
5. Find the first derivative of the function y  ln ln2x  . on the curve at the second quadrant if the tangent has a slope of 3/4.
A. (3, 4) B. (4, 3)
2 1 C. D.
A. B. (5, 3) (3, 5)
ln x xln2x
2
C. xln x D. 18. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve x 2  y 2  41 at (5, 4).
3xln x
A. 5x – 4y – 41 = 0 B. 5x + 4y + 41 = 0
C. 5x + 4y – 41 = 0 D. 5x – 4y – 41 = 0
6. Find the differential of y from the function y  x x .
Find the equation of the line normal to the curve
A. x x ln xdx B. x x 1  ln x  dx 19.
2x 2  3xy  y  18  0 at (3, 0).
x x  x 1  x ln x 1  ln x   dx x x  x x 1  x x ln x 1  ln x  dx
x
C.   D. A. 2x + 3y – 6 = 0 B. 2x – 3y – 6 = 0
 
C. 3x + 2y – 9 = 0 D. 3x – 2y – 9 = 0
HIGHER ORDER DERIVATIVES
CIRCLE OF CURVATURE
7. Find the 2nd derivative of y  x 2 at x = 2.
A. 0.96 B. 0.25 20. Find the radius of curvature of the curve y 2  4x  0 at (4, 4).
C. 0.375 D. 0.875 A. 22.36 units B. 23.06 units
C. 24.15 units D. 25.72 units
8.  
If y  ln x 2  e x , find the second derivative of y with respect to x.
21. Find the curvature of the curve y 2  16x at (4, 8).
1 1 A. −0.066 B. −0.055
A.  B. 
x2 x C. −0.044 D. −0.033
2 2
C.  D. 
x2 x 22. Find the center of curvature of the parabola y  2x  x 2 at (1, 1).
A. (0, −2) B. (0, 0)
PARTIAL AND TOTAL DERIVATIVES C. (1, 1/2) D. (−1, 1/2)
9. Find the first partial derivative with respect to x of the given function:
x  2y RATE OF CHANGE
z
x
23. A point on the parabola y 2  18x at which the ordinate increases at
2y 2
A. B.  twice the rate of the abscissa is
x2 x A. (2, 4) B. (2, 4)
2y 2 C. (−9/8, 9/2) D. (9/8, 9/2)
C.  2 D.
x x
24. A right circular cone has a fixed height of 20 cm. What is the rate of
change of its volume with respect to its radius when the radius is 10.5
Find the total derivative of the function f  x,y,z   3x y z
2 4
10. cm?
A. 120 cm3 B. 130 cm3
A. 6xy 4 zdx  12x 2 y 3 zdy  3x 2 y 4dz
C. 140 cm3 D. 150 cm3
B. 6xy 4 zdx  3x 2 y 4dy  12x 2 y 3zdz
C. 12x 2 y3 zdx  6xy 4dy  3x 2 y 4dz APPROXIMATE ERRORS
25. What is the allowable error in measuring the edge of a cube that is
D. 12x 2 y3 zdx  3x 2 y 4 zdy  6xy 4dz intended to hold 8 m3, if the error of the computed volume is not to
exceed 0.03 m3?
IMPLICIT DIFFERENTIATION A. 0.0045 m B. 0.0025 m
3 dy C. 0.003 m D. 0.001 m
11. Given 3x  y  3y , find .
dx 26. If the allowable error in the diameter of a sphere is 0.03 mm, determine
1 1 the allowable error in the volume of a sphere when the diameter is 10
A. B. mm.
y2  1 y 1
A. 4.71 mm3 B. 7.14 mm3
1 2
C. D. 2 C. 1.57 mm3 D. 9.42 mm3
x 12 y +1
VELOCITY & ACCELERATION
12. Find the second derivative of x  y  9
2 2 27. The motion of a body moving vertically upward is expressed as
9 9 h  100t  16.1t 2 , where h is the height in feet and t is the time in
A.  2 B. seconds. What is the velocity of the body after 2 seconds?
y y2
A. 38.20 ft/s B. 36.50 ft/s
9 9 C. 35.60 ft/s D. 32.80 ft/s
C.  D.
y3 y3
SLOPE OF A CURVE
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28. If s  t2  t3 , where s is the distance in meters and t is the time in 42. A statue 3 meters high is standing on a base of 4 meters high. If an
observer’s eye is 1.5 meter above the horizontal ground, how far should
seconds, find the velocity when the rate of change of velocity is zero.
he stand from the base in order that the angle subtended by the statue
A. 3/4 m/s B. 2/3 m/s is a maximum?
C. 1/2 m/s D. 1/3 m/s A. 3.41 m B. 3.71 m
C. 3.51 m D. 4.41 m
TIME RATES
29. Two sides of a triangle are 6 m and 8 m respectively. How fast is the
43. A rectangular box, whose base is twice as long as its width, has a
third side increasing if the angle between them is 60° and is increasing
volume of 0.864 m3. Material for the bottom costs ₱20.00 per m2; for the
at the rate of 2°/s?
sides and top, material costs ₱10.00 per m2. Find the height of the box
A. 0.105 m/s B. 0.302 m/s
for minimum total cost.
C. 0.201 m/s D. 0.407 m/s A. 0.8 m B. 1.2 m
C. 1.0 m D. 1.4 m
30. The upper end of a ladder 10 meters long rests on a vertical wall while
the lower end rests on a horizontal ground. If the upper end slides
down at the rate of 20 meters per minute, how fast is the lower end 44. Find the shortest distance of the point (6, 3) to the parabola y  x 2 .
moves along the ground when the lower end is 8 meters from the wall? A. 4.47 units B. 4.36 units
A. 10 m/min B. 20 m/min C. 4.23 units D. 4.12 units
C. 15 m/min D. 25 m/min
45. Divide 94 into 3 parts so that the sum of 1/2 product of one pair plus
31. A man, 1.60 m tall, is walking directly away from a lamp-post at the rate 1/3 product of another pair plus 1/4 product of remaining pair will be
of 1.10 m/sec. If the lamp is 6 m above the ground, determine the rate maximum.
at which his shadow is lengthening. A. 12, 32, 50 B. 18, 42, 36
A. 0.4 m/s B. 1.95 m/s C. 16, 40, 36 D. 12, 40, 42
C. 0.65 m/s D. 1.5 m/s
LIMIT OF A FUNCTION
32. A Ferris Wheel with a radius of 10 m has its center 12 m above the x2  1
ground. When a passenger is 17 m above the ground, he is moving at a 46. Simplify the expression: lim
vertical rate of 1.81 m/s. Find the angular velocity of the Ferris Wheel. x 1 x 2  3x  4
A. 2.75 rpm B. 2.50 rpm A. 2/5 B. Infinity
C. 2.00 rpm D. 1.75 rpm C. 0 D. 5/2

33. A spherical toy balloon is being filled with gas at the rate of 500 x2  1
mm3/sec. When the diameter is 0.5 m, determine the rate at which the 47. Evaluate: lim
x  3x  5x  10
2
radius is increasing.
A. 0.0003666 mm/s B. 0.0006366 mm/s A. 1/2 B. 1/3
C. 0.0009366 mm/s D. 0.0004663 mm/s C. 1/4 D. 1/5

34. A liquid flows at the rate of 2 in3/sec into an upright conical vessel. If  tan  2x   2sin  x  
the radius and altitude of the vessel are 3 inches and 6 inches 48. Evaluate: lim  
x 0 
 x3 
respectively, find the rate at which the liquid level is rising when
halfway to the top. A. 0 B. 2
A. 0.567 in/sec B. 0.283 in/sec C. 3 D. 5
C. 0.123 in/sec D. 0.918 in/sec
x
 1
35. A hemispherical dome has a diameter of 100 m. A searchlight was 49. Evaluate the limit 1   as x approaches infinity
placed at a point A located at the circumference of the base. At the  x
middle of the dome at B, a balloon was released vertically at a velocity A.  B. e
of 4 m/s. How fast is the shadow of the balloon moving along the roof C. 0 D. 1
when the balloon is 25 m high?
A. 3.7 m/s B. 4.6 m/s  1
C. 6.4 m/s D. 7.3 m/s 50. Evaluate: lim sin  
x 0 x
CRITICAL POINT A. −0.3500 B. 0.8269
C. −0.8269 D. no limit
36. In the curve y  2  12x  x , find the critical points.
3

A. (2, 18) and (−2,−14) B. (2, 18) and (2, −14) VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ASYMPTOTES
C. (−2, 18) and (2, −14) D. (−2, 18) and (−2, −14) 51. Determine the one of the vertical asymptotes of the curve

y2 
 2x  32
37. Find the relative minimum to the curve y  x  3x  1 .
3 2
x2  2x  3
A. (0, 0) B. (2, −1) A. x +3=0 B. x +1=0
C. (0, 1) D. (2, −3) C. 3x – 1 = 0 D. 3x + 1 = 0

INFLECTION POINT 52. Determine the equation of the horizontal asymptote of the curve
Find the point of inflection to the curve y  x  3x  4x  5
3 2
38. 4x  5
y
A. (1, 7) B. (1, 7) 3x  2
C. (7, 1) D. (7, 1) A. 3y – 4 = 0 B. 3y + 4 = 0
C. 4y – 3 = 0 D. 4y + 3 = 0
MAXIMA / MINIMA
39. Find two numbers whose sum is 24 such that the sum of the square of
one number plus six times the other number is a minimum.
A. 11, 13 B. 7, 19
C. 3, 21 D. 5, 18

40. A wire 24 inches long is cut into two pieces, one part being bent into a
circle and the other into a square. If the sum of their areas is to be the
least, what is the difference in the length of each piece?
A. 4.32 inches B. 2.88 inches
C. 3.25 inches D. 1.09 inches

41. Two corridors are 4 meters and 6 meters wide respectively. They
intersect at right angle. Find the length of the longest pole that will be
moved horizontally around the corner.
A. 13 m B. 15 m
C. 14 m D. 16 m
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