Applied Mathematics, Surveying, Principles Problem 12: Problem 25:
of Transportation and Highway Engineering, Evaluate: lim (𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 4) Find the area of the curve 𝑟 2 = 𝑎2 cos 2Ɵ
𝑛→1
Construction Management, and Methods Problem 13: Problem 26:
Subject: Practice Problems Set 2 1
𝑑𝑦 A cone of axis 30 cm is inclined at 60°
Problem 1: If 𝑦 = (𝑡 2 + 2)2 and 𝑡 = 𝑥 2 , determine from the horizontal has a base diameter
𝑑𝑥
Find the area bounded by the curve Problem 14: of 20 cm. Find the volume of cone in
y =𝑥 2 + 2, and the lines x = 0 and y = 0 Find the partial derivatives with respect cubic centimeters.
and x =4. to x of the function 𝑥𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 + 6. Problem 27:
Problem 2: Problem 15: The volume of the water in a spherical
Find the area bounded by the parabolas Give the slope of the curve at the point tank is 1470.265 cm³. Determine the
y = 6x - x² and y = x² - 2x. Note: The 𝑥3 depth of water if the tank has a diameter
(1, 1): 𝑦 = − 2𝑥 + 1
4
parabolas intersect at points (0,0) and of 30 cm.
Problem 16:
(4,8). Problem 28:
The cost C of a product is a function of
Problem 3 If the volume of a sphere is 36 m³, find
the quantity x of the product: C(x) = x² -
Find the area bounded by the line x - 2y its surface area.
4000 x + 50. Find the quantity for which
+10 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis and x= 10. Problem 29:
the cost is minimum.
Problem 4: A mixture compound from equal parts of
Problem 17:
What is the area (in square units) two liquids, one white and the other
A fencing is limited to 20 ft length. What
bounded by the curve 𝑦 2 = 4x and 𝑥 2 = black was placed in a hemispherical
is the maximum rectangular area that
4y bowl. The total depth of the two liquid is
can be fenced in using two
Problem 5: 3 cm. After standing for a short time the
perpendicular corner sides of an existing
The area bounded by the curve 𝑦 2 = 12x mixture separated, the white liquid
wall?
and the line x = 3 is revolved about the settling below the black. If the thickness
Problem 18:
line x = 3 What is the volume generated? of the segment of the black liquid is 1
The cost per hour of running a motor
Problem 6: cm. find the radius of the bowl.
boat is proportional to the cube of the
Divide the number 60 into two parts so Problem 30:
speed. At what speed will the boat run
that the product P of one part and the A circular cone having an altitude of 9
against a current of 8 km/hr in order to
square of the other is a maximum. m. is divided into 2 segments having the
go a given distance most economically?
Problem 7: same vertex. If the smaller altitude is
Problem 19:
The cost of erecting an office building is 6m., find the ratio of the volume of small
A man walks across a bridge at the rate
P50,000 for the first storey, P52 500 for cone to the big cone.
of 5 fps as a boat passes directly beneath
the second, P55,000 for the third and so Problem 31:
him at 10 fps. If the bridge is 10 feet
on. Other expenses (lot, plans, building The lateral area of a right circular cone
above the boat, how fast are the man
permits, etc.) are P350,000. The net is 40 sq. m. The base radius is 4 m.
and the boat separating 1 second later?
annual income is P5,000 per storey. What is the slant height?
Problem 20:
How many stories will give the greatest Problem 32:
Water is running into a hemispherical
rate of interest on the investment? A sphere having a diameter of 30. The
bowl having a radius of 10 cm at a
Problem 8: altitude of the 1st segment is 6 cm. What
constant rate of 3 cm³/min. When the
The altitude and radius of a cone were is the ratio of area of zone of the 2nd
water is x cm. deep, the water level is
measured and found to be 2m and 1m segment to that of the first?
rising at the rate of 0.0149 cm/min.
respectively. If the maximum possible Problem 33:
What is the value of x?
errors in measurement are 3cm and 2cm The ratio of the volume to the lateral
Problem 21:
respectively, find the maximum possible area of a right circular cone is 2:1. If the
Find the coordinates of the centroid of
error in calculating the volume. altitude is 15 cm. what is the ratio of the
the plane area bounded by the parabola
Problem 9: slant height to the radius?
𝑦 = 4 − 𝑥 2 and x-axis.
Find the slope of the curve defined by Problem 34:
Problem 22:
the equation 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 8 = 0 at the point (2, 10 2 log10 𝑒 𝑑𝑥 The bases of a right prism is a hexagon
2) Evaluate ∫1 with one of each side equal to 6 cm. The
𝑥
Problem 10: Problem 23: bases are 12 cm. apart. What is the
The depth of water in a cylindrical tank, Evaluate the integral of (3𝑥 2 + 9𝑦 2 )𝑑𝑥𝑑𝑦 volume of the right prism.
4 meter in diameter, is increasing at the if the interior limits have an upper limit Problem 35:
rate of 0.7 m./min. Find the rate at only of y and a lower limit of 0, and An ellipse, major axis 8 and minor axis
which the water is flowing into the tank. whose outer limit has an upper limit of 6 is revolved about its minor axis. Find
Problem 11: 2 and lower limit of 0. the volume of the solid of revolution in
If the distance y from the origin at time Problem 24: terms of
t is given by y = 16t² + 8000t + 50,000, Evaluate the double integral of Problem 36:
2 find the initial velocity when t = 0 r sin u dr du, the limits of r is 0 and A cylindrical water tank which is 35 ft in
cos u and the limits of u are 0 and . diameter and 105 ft in length is placed
temporarily on an 18.5 deg. slope. The Problem 48:
filler is located flush with the top of the A car headlight reflector is cut by a plane
tank at mid-point. What is the along its axis. The section is a parabola
maximum volume of water which can be having the light center at the focus. If
placed in the tank? the distance of focus from vertex is
Problem 37: 3/4cm and if the diameter of reflector is
The number of board feet in a plank 3 10 cm, find its depth.
inches thick, 1 foot wide and 20 feet Problem 49:
length is The diameter of a circle described by
Problem 38: 9x2+9y2 = 16 is ______.
In the story about the crow that wanted Problem 50:
to drink water from a cylindrical can but Find the equation of an ellipse with axis
could not reach the water, it is said that parallel to x-axis, center at (0,0),
the crow dropped a pebble which was a eccentricity is 1/3, and distance
perfect sphere 3 cm. in radius into the between foci is 2.
can. If the can was 6 cm radius, what
was the rise in water level inside the can
after that pebble was dropped?
Problem 39:
The area of three adjacent surfaces of a
rectangular block are 8 sq. cm, 10 sq cm
and 20 sq cm. The volume of the
rectangular block is
Problem 40:
A reservoir is shaped like a square
prism. If the area of its base is 225 sq.
cm., how many liters of water will it hold
if its length is 1.5 meters?
Problem 41: FRIENDLY REMINDER:
The equation 𝑥 2 +𝐵𝑥 + 𝑦 2 + 𝐶𝑦 + 𝐷 = 0 is: “A MOMENT OF PAIN IS WORTH A
Problem 42: LIFETIME OF GLORY”
Convert Ɵ= /3 to Cartesian equation.
Problem 43:
Determine the equation of the curve
such that the sum of the distances of
any point of the curve from two points
whose coordinates are (-3, 0) and (3, 0)
is always equal to 8.
Problem 44:
An elliptical plot of garden has semi
major axis of 6 meters and semi-minor
axis of 4.8 meters. If these are increased
by 0.15 meter each, find the increase in
the area of the garden in square meters.
Problem 45:
A satellite orbits around the earth in an
elliptical path of eccentricity 0.6 and
semi-minor axis of length 12,000 miles.
If the center of the earth is at one of the
foci, find the maximum altitude of the
satellite.
Problem 46:
A hyperbola with major axis 8 and minor
axis 6. Find eccentricity.
Problem 47:
Find the distance of the directrix from
the center of an ellipse if its major axis
is 10 and its minor axis is 8.