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Chapter 6

Assignment

1) How fast is the volume of a ball changing with respect to its radius when the
𝒅𝒗 𝒄𝒎𝟑
radius is 3m? Ans : [𝒅𝒓]=16π .
𝒄𝒎
2) Water is being pumped into a conical reservoir of height 10m and radius 5m at
a constant rate of a 2 m3/minute. How fast does the water level rise from a
𝒅𝒉 𝟐
depth of 2m? Ans : =
𝒅𝒕 𝝅
3) A balloon which always remains spherical has a variable radius. Find the rate
at which its volume is increasing with the radius when the latter is 10 cm. Ans
𝒅𝒓
: = 400 𝛑𝒄𝒎𝟑 /cm.
𝒅𝒌
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4) The radius of an air bubble is increasing at the Tate of cm/s. At what rate is
2
the volume of the bubble increasing when the radius is 1cm? Ans : 2π 𝒄𝒎𝟑 /s
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5) A ballon which always remains spherical has a variable diameter 2(2x+2). Find
𝒅𝒗 𝟐𝟕𝝅
the rate of change of is volume with respect to x. Ans : = (2x+1)𝟐 .
𝒅𝒙 𝟖
6) Find the rate of change of the volume of a ball with respect to its radius r. How
fast is the volume changing with respect to the radius when the radius is 2m?
𝟏𝟔𝝅𝒄𝒎𝟑
Ans : .
𝒄𝒎
7) The volume of a cube is increasing at a rate of 7 cubic cm per second. How fast
𝒅𝒔
is the surface area increasing when the length of an edge is 12cm? Ans : =
𝒅𝒕
𝟕
𝒄𝒎𝟐 /sec
𝟑
8) A small stone thrown into a still pond produces a circular disturbance on the
surface of water whose radius is increasing at the rate of 2cm per second. Find
the rate of which the disturbed area K Increasing when its radius is 7 cm.
9) Water is running out of a cistern in the form of an inverted right circular cone of
angle 45° with its axis vertical. Find the rate at which the water is flowing out at
a mutant when depth of water is 2 ft, given that at that instant the level of
water is diminishing at the rate 3 inches/ min.
10) A man is moving away from a lower 85m high at a Speed of 4m/s. find the rate
at which his angle of elevation of the top of the tower is changing when he is at
distance of 60m from the foot of the tower. Ans = 0.064 rad/s.
11) Water is chipping out at a steady rate of 1cu cm/s through a tiny hole at the
vertex of a conical vessel, whose axis is vertical. When the slant height of the
water in the filter is 4cm, find the rate of increase of : (i) the slant height of

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water (ii) the area of water surface, given that the vertical angle of vessel is
60°
12) A ladder 20ft has one end on the ground and the other end in contact with a
vertical wall. The lower end slips along the ground. Show that when the lower
end of the ladder is 16ft away from a wall, upper and is moving 4/8 times as
𝟒
fast as the lower end. Ans : 𝟑.
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13) A particle moves along the curve y = 3 x 3 +5. Find the points on the curve at
𝟏 𝟑𝟏
which the y coordinates changes as fast as the x coordinate .Ans : (𝟐 , 𝟔 )
−𝟏 𝟐𝟗
and ( 𝟐 , )
𝟔
14) From a cylindrical drum containing oil and kept vertical, the oil is leaking at the
rate of 16cm³/sec. If the radius of the drum is 7cm and its height is 60cm, find
the rate at which the level of oil is changing when oil level is 18 cm. Ans :
0.0362 cm/s
15) Find the interval in which the following functions are increasing or decreasing :
(i) f(x) = 2x3 – 3x2 – 72x + 10 (ii) f(x) = 2x3 – 9x2 + 12x + 2 (iii) f(x) = 8 + 36x +
3x2 – 2x3 (iv) f(x) = -2x3 – 9x2 – 12x + 1 (v) f(x) = sinx + cosx, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π (vi)
π π
f(x) = tanx – 4x, x∈ [0,π], x ± 2 (vii) f(x) = sin4x + cos4x, 0 ≤ x ≤ 2 (viii) f(x) =
π
cos3x, ∈ [0,2 ]
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16) Let I be any interval disjoint from (-1,1). P.T the function f given by f(x) = x+ is
x
strictly increasing on I. Ans : x=1 and x=-1
π
17) P.T the function f given by f(x) = log sinx is strictly increasing on (0, 2 ) and
π
strictly decreasing on ( 2 , π).
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18) Find the interval in which the function given by f(x) = x3 + , x ≠ 0 : (i) increasing
x3
Ans : x<-1 and x>1. (ii) decreasing Ans : -1 <x<1
19) Find the least value of a such that the function f(x) = x2 + 2ax + 3 is increasing
on (3,4).
20) Find the local maxima and local minima, if any for the following functions using
first derivative test only. Find also the local maxima and the local minima
values :
x
(i) f(x) = x4 – 62x2 + 120x + 9 (ii) f(x) = (x−1)(x−4) , 1 < x < 4 (iii) f(x) = (x+1)(x+2)1/3, x ≥
π
-2 (iv) f(x) = 2 cos2x – cos4x, 0≤x≤ 2 (v) f(x) = x√32 − x 2 , -5≤x≤5
21) Find the absolute max value and absolute min value of the following functions :
x+1 3
(i) f(x) = (x+1)2/3, [0,8] (ii) f(x) = √x2 +1
, [0,2] (iii) f(x) = (x-2) √x − 1 [1,9] (iv) f(x) = x3 –
π
12x2 + 36x + 17, [1,10] (v) f(x) = √5 (sinx + cos2x) [0, 2 ] (vi) f(x) = cos2x + sinx,

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x∈[0,π] (vii) sinx + 2cos2x, [0,2 ]
22) A closed right Circular Cylinder has volume 2156 cubic units. What should be
the radius of the base so that the total surface area may be Min. Ans : 7 cm $
23) S.T a right Circular Cylinder of given volume, open at the top, has min. Total
Surface area, provided equal to the radius of base.
24) S.T the rectangle of max. Perimeter which can be inscribed in a circle of radius
a is a Square of side a√2.
25) A Square piece of tin of side 24cm is be made into a box without top by cutting
a square from each Corner and folding up the flaps to form of the box. Find the
max volume of the box. Ans : 1024 c𝒎𝟑 .
26) Find the point on the Curve x²=4y which is nearest to the point (-1,2) Ans : (-
2,1)
27) A wire of length 50cm is to be cut into two pieces. One of the two pieces is to be
made into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of two
𝟓𝟎𝝅
pieces so that the combined area of the square circle is minimum. Ans : m.
𝟒+𝒙

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