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2025 – 9 sets of Old Questions
Chapter – 9
Section (A)
1. How many inflection points are there in the graph of ( )
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
2. The curve has a critical point at
A. B. C. D. 0
3. The critical points of ( ) √ √ are
A. ( ) ( ) B. ( ) ( )
C. ( ) ( ) D. ( ) ( )
4. ( )=
A. B. C. D.
5. If , then
A. B. C. D.
6. If the gradient of the normal line to the curve ( ) then k
=
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
7. The equation of the tangent line to the curve at (1,0) is
A. ( ) B. ( ) C. ( ) D.
8. The linearization of ( ) √ at is
A. ( ) B. ( )
C. ( ) D. ( )
9. The critical point of ( ) is
A. B. C. D.
Section (B)
1. If p and q are the global minimum and global maximum values of given equation
( ) on [ ], then find the sum of p and q.
2. Find the sum of the global minimum and global maximum values of the function
( ) on
3. Find if ( )
4. Find the critical point of ( ) ( )
5. The curve cuts the y-axis at the point P. Find the equation of tangent to
the curve at the point P.
6. Find the open interval on which the function ( ) is decreasing.
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7. Determine an open interval on which the graph of the function ( ) is
increasing.
8. If , then find the value of at
9. Find the equation of the tangent and normal line to the curve ( ).
Section (C)
1. Differentiate
√
2. Find the equation of the normal line to the curve at the point .
3. Use linearization to approximate the value of √
4. If , find
5. Find the value of the x-coordinate of the critical point on the curve .
6. Find the range of ( )
7. Find if
8. Use logarithmic differentiation to find the derivative of with respect to x.
9. Differentiate the function with respect to x.
Section (D)
1. Find all points of inflection of the function ( )
2. For the function ( ) find:
(a) the open intervals on which the graph of is concave up or concave down:
(b) the points of inflection.
3. A cylinder has a height of h meters and a radius of r meters. If the sum of the height and
radius of the cylinder is 3 meter, find an expression for the volume of the cylinder in
terms of r. Find also the maximum volume of the cylinder.
4. Two positive numbers x and y are such that Another number z is defined by
Find the values of x and y for which z has a critical value and show that this
value of z is minimum.
5. A rectangle is to be inscribed in a semicircle of radius 2. What is the largest area the
rectangle can have? What are its dimensions?
6. Use linearization to approximate the value of √
7. Find and classify the critical points of ( )
8. Differentiate the following functions with respect to x.
(i) ( ) (ii) (iii) √
(ii) Find the maximum value of the sum of a positive number and its reciprocal.
9. Find the maximum value of the sum of a positive number and its reciprocal.