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1.
Find the values of x for which f(x) = [x(x-2)]2 is an increasing function.
2.
Let f be a differentiable function on a closed interval I and let c be any interior point of I.
3.
A particle moves along the curve 6y = x3+2. Find the points on the curve at which the y-coordinate is changing 8 times as fast as x-coordinate .
4.
The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 8 cm3/sec. How fast is the surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 12 cm?
5.
The two equal sides of an isosceles triangle with fixed base b are decreasing at the rate of 3 cm per second. How fast is the area decreasing when the two equal sides are equal to the base?
6.
Let f be a function defined on an open interval I.(First Derivative Test)
7.
Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm3/sec. The falling sand forms a cone on the ground in such a way that the height of the cone is always one-sixth of the radius of the base. How fast is the height of the sand-cone increasing, when the height is 4 cm?
8.
The length x of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 5 cm/minute and the width y is increasing at the rate of 4 cm/minute. When x = 8cm and y = 6cm, find the rates of change of
(a) the perimeter,
(b) the area of the rectangle.
9.
Find-the intervals in which the function f given by \(f(x)=\sin x+\cos x, 0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi\) is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing.
10.
A water tank has the shape of an inverted right circular cone with its axis vertical and vertex lowermost. Its semi-vertical angle is tan–1 (0.5). Water is poured into it at a constant rate of 5 cubic metre per hour. Find the rate at which the level of the water is rising at the instant when the depth of water in the tank is 4m.
11.
Show that the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius r is \(\frac { 4r }{ 3 } \) Also show that the maximum volume of the cone is \(\frac { 8 }{ 27 } \) of the volume of the sphere.
12.
The maximum value of \({ [x(x-1)+1] }^{ \frac { 1 }{ 3 } }\), \(0\le x\le 1\) is
\({ \left( \frac { 1 }{ 3 } \right) }^{ \frac { 1 }{ 3 } }\)
\(\frac { 1 }{ 2 } \)
1
0
13.
The point on the curve x2 = 2y which is nearest to the point (0, 5) is
(2 \(\sqrt2\),4)
(2 \(\sqrt2\),0)
(0, 0)
(2, 2)
14.
The interval in which y = x2 e–x is increasing is
(– ∞, ∞)
(– 2, 0)
(2, ∞)
(0, 2)
15.
On which of the following intervals is the function f given by f (x) = x100 + sin x–1 decreasing?
(0, 1)
\(\frac{\pi}{2}\), ㅠ
0, \(\frac{\pi}{2}\)
None of these
16.
Which of the following functions are decreasing on 0, \(\frac{\pi}{2}\)?
cos x
cos 2x
cos 3x
tan x
17.
The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r at r = 6 cm is
10π
12π
8π
11π
18.
The point(s) on the curve y = x², at which y-coordinate is changing six times as fast as x-coordinate is/are
(2, 4)
(3, 9)
(3, 9), (9, 3)
(6, 2)
19.
A stone is dropped into a quiet lake and waves moves in circles at a speed of 5 cm/ s. At the instant when the radius of the circular wave is 8 cm, how fast is the enclosed area increasing?
20.
Show that the function f given by \(f(x)=x^{3}-3 x^{2}+4 x, x \in R\) is strictly increasing on R.
1.
We have
\(y=[x(x-2)]^{2}=\left[x^{2}-2 x\right]^{2} \)
\(\therefore \frac{d y}{d x}=y^{\prime}=2\left(x^{2}-2 x\right)(2 x-2)=4 x(x-2)(x-1) \)
\(\therefore \frac{d y}{d x}=0 \Rightarrow x=0, x=2, x=1 \)
\(\text {The points } x=0, x=1 \text { and } x=2 \) divide the real line into four disjoint intervals i.e.,
\((-\infty, 0),(0,1)(1,2), \text { and }(2, \infty) .\)
\(\text { In intervals }(-\infty, 0) \text { and }(1,2), \frac{d y}{d x}<0 \text { . }\)
However, in intervals \( (0,1) \text { and }(2, \infty), \frac{d y}{d x}>0 .\)
\(\therefore y \text { is strictly increasing in intervals }(0,1) \text { and }(2, \infty) .\)
\(\therefore y \text { is strictly increasing for } 0
Increasing:\(\left( 0,1 \right) \cup \left( 2,\infty \right) \) ;Decreasing:\(\left( -\infty ,0 \right) \cup \left( 1,2 \right) ;\)points are(0,0),(1,1),(2,0).
2.
(i) f ′(c) = 0 if f attains its absolute maximum value at c.
(ii) f ′(c) = 0 if f attains its absolute minimum value at c.
In view of the above results, we have the following working rule for finding absolute maximum and/or absolute minimum values of a function in a given closed interval [a, b].
Working Rule
Step 1: Find all critical points of f in the interval, i.e., find points x where either f' (x) = 0 or f is not differentiable.
Step 2: Take the end points of the interval.
Step 3: At all these points (listed in Step 1 and 2), calculate the values of f .
Step 4: Identify the maximum and minimum values of f out of the values calculated in
Step 3. This maximum value will be the absolute maximum (greatest) value of f and the minimum value will be the absolute minimum (least) value of f .
3.
\(6 y=x^{3}+2\)
\(6 \frac{d y}{d t}=3 x^{2} \frac{d x}{d t}+0 \Rightarrow 2 \frac{d y}{d t}=x^{2} \frac{d x}{d t}\)
\(x \text { -coordinate i.e., }\left(\frac{d y}{d t}=8 \frac{d x}{d t}\right), \text { we have: }\)
\(2\left(8 \frac{d x}{d t}\right)=x^{2} \frac{d x}{d t} \)
\(\Rightarrow 16 \frac{d x}{d t}=x^{2} \frac{d x}{d t} \)
\(\Rightarrow\left(x^{2}-16\right) \frac{d x}{d t}=0 \)
\(\Rightarrow x^{2}=16 \)
\(\Rightarrow x=\pm 4 \)
\(\text { When } x=4, y=\frac{4^{3}+2}{6}=\frac{66}{6}=11 \text { . }\)
\(\text { When } x=-4, y=\frac{(-4)^{3}+2}{6}=-\frac{62}{6}=-\frac{31}{3} \text { . }\)
4.
Let x be the length of a side, V be the volume, and s be the surface area of the cube.
Then, V = x3 and S = 6x2 where x is a function of time t.
\(\therefore 8=\frac{d V}{d t}=\frac{d}{d t}\left(x^{3}\right)=\frac{d}{d x}\left(x^{3}\right) \cdot \frac{d x}{d t}=3 x^{2} \cdot \frac{d x}{d t}\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{d x}{d t}=\frac{8}{3 x^{2}} \ \text { (1) } \quad \text { [By chain rule] } \)
\(\text { Now, } \frac{d \mathrm{~S}}{d t}=\frac{d}{d t}\left(6 x^{2}\right)=\frac{d}{d x}\left(6 x^{2}\right) \cdot \frac{d x}{d t} \ 0 .\)
\(=12 x \cdot \frac{d x}{d t}=12 x .\left(\frac{8}{3 x^{2}}\right)=\frac{32}{x}\)
\(\text {Thus, when } x=12 \mathrm{~cm}, \frac{d S}{d t}=\frac{32}{12} \mathrm{~cm}^{2} / \mathrm{s}=\frac{8}{3} \mathrm{~cm}^{2} / \mathrm{s}\)
Hence, if the length of the edge of the cube is 12 cm, then the surface area is increasing at the rate of \(\frac{8}{3}\) cm2/s
5.
Let the length of the two equal sides of \( \triangle \mathrm{ABC} \text { be } a \text { . }\)
\(\text {Draw } \mathrm{AD} \perp \mathrm{BC}\)
\(\text {Now, in } \triangle A D C \) by applying the Pythagoras theorem, we have:
\(\mathrm{AD}=\sqrt{a^{2}-\frac{b^{2}}{4}}\)
\(\therefore \text { Area of triangle }(A)=\frac{1}{2} b \sqrt{a^{2}-\frac{b^{2}}{4}}\)
\(\frac{d A}{d t}=\frac{1}{2} b \cdot \frac{2 a}{2 \sqrt{a^{2}-\frac{b^{2}}{4}}} \frac{d a}{d t}=\frac{a b}{\sqrt{4 a^{2}-b^{2}}} \frac{d a}{d t}\)
\(\therefore \frac{d a}{d t}=-3 \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{s} \)
\(\therefore \frac{d A}{d t}=\frac{-3 a b}{\sqrt{4 a^{2}-b^{2}}} \)
\(\frac{d A}{d t}=\frac{-3 b^{2}}{\sqrt{4 b^{2}-b^{2}}}=\frac{-3 b^{2}}{\sqrt{3 b^{2}}}=-\sqrt{3} b\)
6.
Let f be continuous at a critical point c in I. Then
(i) If f ′(x) changes sign from positive to negative as x increases through c, i.e., if f ′(x) > 0 at every point sufficiently close to and to the left of c, and f ′(x) < 0 at every point sufficiently close to and to the right of c, then c is a point of local maxima.
(ii) If f ′(x) changes sign from negative to positive as x increases through c, i.e., if f ′(x) < 0 at every point sufficiently close to and to the left of c, and f ′(x) > 0 at every point sufficiently close to and to the right of c, then c is a point of local minima.
(iii) If f ′(x) does not change sign as x increases through c, then c is neither a point of local maxima nor a point of local minima. Infact, such a point is called point of inflection
7.
Let r be the radius, h be the height and V be the volume of the sand cone
Also given that, \(\frac{d V}{d t}=12 \mathrm{~cm}^{3} / \mathrm{s}, h=\frac{1}{6} r\)
\(\Rightarrow r=6 h \text { and } h=4 \mathrm{~cm}\)
Volume of sand cone,
\(V=\frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2} h\)
\( \Rightarrow V=\frac{1}{3} \pi(6 h)^{2} h \)
\(\Rightarrow V=\frac{1}{3} \pi \times 36 h^{2} \times h=12 \pi h^{3} \)
On differentiating both sides w.r.t. t, we get
\( \frac{d V}{d t}=12 \pi \times 3 h^{2} \frac{d h}{d t}=36 \pi h^{2} \frac{d h}{d t} \)
\(\Rightarrow 12=36 \pi(4)^{2} \frac{d h}{d t} \)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{d h}{d t}=\frac{12}{36 \pi \times 16}=\frac{1}{48 \pi} \mathrm{cm} / \mathrm{s} \)
Hence, the height of the sand cone is increasing at the rate of \(\frac{1}{48 \pi} \mathrm{cm} / \mathrm{s}\). when the height is 4 cm,
8.
Let P be the perimeter and A be the area of the rectangle of length x and width y.
Given \(\frac{d x}{d t}=-5 \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{min}\)
[negative (-) sign for decreasing rate]
\(x=8 \mathrm{~cm}, \frac{d y}{d t}=4 \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{min} \text { and } y=6 \mathrm{~cm}\)
(ii) Perimeter of the rectangle.\(P=2(x+y)\)
On differentiating both sides w.r.t. t, we get
\( \frac{d P}{d t} =2\left(\frac{d x}{d t}+\frac{d y}{d t}\right) \)
\(=2(-5+4)=-2 \mathrm{~cm} / \mathrm{min}\)
So, perimeter decreases at the rate of 2 cm/min.
(ii) Area of the rectangle, A = xy
On differentiating both sides w.r.t. t, we get
\( \frac{d A}{d t} =x \frac{d y}{d t}+y \frac{d x}{d t} \)
\(=8 \times 4+6 \times(-5)=32-30=2 \mathrm{~cm}^{2} / \mathrm{min} \)
Hence, area increases at the rate of 2 cm 2 /min.
9.
We have
f(x) = sin x + cos x,
or f'(x) = cos x – sin x
Now f'(x) = 0 gives sin x = cos x which gives that \(x=\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5 \pi}{4} \text { as } 0 \leq x \leq 2 \pi\)
The points \(x=\frac{\pi}{4} \text { and } x=\frac{5 \pi}{4}\) divide the interval [0, 2p] into three disjoint intervals namely,
\(\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right),\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5 \pi}{4}\right) \text { and }\left(\frac{5 \pi}{4}, 2 \pi\right]\)
\(\text {Note that } f^{\prime}(x)>0 \text {if } x \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right) \cup\left(\frac{5 \pi}{4}, 2 \pi\right]\)
or f is increasing in the intervals \(\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right) \text { and }\left(\frac{5 \pi}{4}, 2 \pi\right]\)
\(\text {Also }f^{\prime}(x)<0 \text { if } x \in\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5 \pi}{4}\right)\)
or is plecreasing in \( \left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5 \pi}{4}\right)\)
| Interval | Sign of f'(x) | Nature of function |
| \(\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right)\) | > 0 | f is increasing |
| \(\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{5 \pi}{4}\right)\) | < 0 | f is decreasing |
| \(\left(\frac{5 \pi}{4}, 2 \pi\right]\) | > 0 | f is increasing |
10.
Let r be the radius, h be the height, α be semi-vertical
Then \(\tan \alpha=\frac{r}{h}\)
Given, \( \alpha =\tan ^{-1}(0.5) \)
\(\frac{r}{h} =0.5 \\ r =\frac{h}{2} \)
Let V be the volume of the cone. Then
\(\mathrm{V}=\frac{1}{3} \pi r^2 h=\frac{1}{3} \pi\left(\frac{h}{2}\right)^2 h=\frac{\pi h^3}{12}\)
Therefore \( \frac{d \mathrm{~V}}{d t} =\frac{d}{d h}\left(\frac{\pi h^3}{12}\right) \cdot \frac{d h}{d t} \)
\(=\frac{\pi}{4} h^2 \frac{d h}{d t} \)
Now rate of change of volume, i.e., \(\frac{d \mathrm{~V}}{d t}=5 \mathrm{~m}^3 / \mathrm{h} \text { and } h=4 \mathrm{~m}\)
\(5=\frac{\pi}{4}(4)^2 \cdot \frac{d h}{d t}\)
\(\frac{d h}{d t}=\frac{5}{4 \pi}=\frac{35}{88} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{h}\left(\pi=\frac{22}{7}\right)\)
Thus, the rate of change of water level is \(\frac{35}{88} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{h}\)
\(V=\frac{1}{3} \pi r^{2} h=\frac{1}{3} \pi\left(\frac{h}{2}\right) h \quad \text { Ans. } \left.\frac{35}{88} \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{h}\right]\)
11.
Let radius of cone be x and its height be h.
\(\therefore\) OD = (h - r)

Volume of cone (V)
\(=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \pi { x }^{ 2 }h\) ...(i)
In \(\Delta OCD,\quad { x }^{ 2 }+({ h-r) }^{ 2 }={ r }^{ 2 }or\quad { x }^{ 2 }={ r }^{ 2 }-{ (h-r) }^{ 2 }\)
\(\therefore V=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \pi h\{ { r }^{ 2 }-(h-r{ ) }^{ 2 }\} \)
\(=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \pi (-{ h }^{ 3 }+{ 2h }^{ 2 }r)\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac { dV }{ dh } =\frac { \pi }{ 3 } (-3{ h }^{ 2 }+4hr)\)
\(\therefore \quad \frac { dV }{ dh } =0\Rightarrow h=\frac { 4r }{ 3 } \)
\(\frac { { d }^{ 2 }V }{ { dh }^{ 2 } } =\frac { \pi }{ 3 } (-6h+4r)\)
\(=\frac { \pi }{ 3 } \left( -6\left( \frac { 4r }{ 3 } \right) +4r \right) \)
\(=-\frac { 4\pi r }{ 3 } <0\)
\(\therefore \ at\quad h=\frac { 4r }{ 3 } \), Volume is maximum
Maximum volume
\(=\frac { 1 }{ 3 } \pi .\left\{ -{ \left( \frac { 4r }{ 3 } \right) }^{ 3 }+2{ \left( \frac { 4r }{ 3 } \right) }^{ 2 }r \right\} \)
\(=\frac { 8 }{ 27 } .\left( \frac { 4 }{ 3 } \pi { r }^{ 3 } \right) \)
\(=\frac { 8 }{ 27 } \) (volume of sphere)
12.
(c)
1
13.
(a)
(2 \(\sqrt2\),4)
14.
(d)
(0, 2)
15.
(d)
None of these
16.
(b)
cos 2x
17.
(b)
12π
18.
As \(\frac{dy}{dt}\) = 2x.\(\frac{dx}{dt}\)
⇒ 6.\(\frac{dx}{dt}\) = 2x.\(\frac{dx}{dt}\) ⇒ x = 3
From curve, y = 9. Point is (3, 9)
19.
The area of a circle (A) with radius (r) is given by
.
Therefore, the rate of change of area (A) with respect to time (t) is given by,
[By chain rule]
It is given that
.
Thus, when r = 8 cm,
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Hence, when the radius of the circular wave is 8 cm, the enclosed area is increasing at the rate of 80 π cm2/s.
20.
Note that
f '(x) = 3x2 – 6x + 4
= 3(x2 – 2x + 1) + 1
= 3(x – 1)2 + 1 > 0, in every interval of R
Therefore, the function f is increasing on R.
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