DIFFERENTIATION

PAPER 1 1. Given the curve f ( x) = x 2 8 x + 3 . Find the maximum point of the curve. [3 marks]

Answer : ... 2. Given that r cm is the radius of a sphere. Calculate the approximate change in its area when the radius increases from 8 cm to 8.002 cm. [4 marks]

Answer : ... 3. Find d 1 . dx 5 x 3 [2 marks]

Answer : ...

4.

Given that y = (a) (b)

x5 . Find x2 + 3 the coordinates of the point when the curve intersects the y-axis. the gradient of the tangent at point (1, -1).

[4 marks]

Answer: (a).. (b). 5. Given that y = 5 4 x 2 . Find the approximate change in y when x decreases from 3 to 2.98. [4 marks]

Answer : ... 6. The point P lies on the curve y = (x 5)2. It is given that the gradient of the normal at P is
1 . Find the coordinates of P. 4

[3 marks]

7.

Answer : ... Given that f ( x) = (3 x + 1) . Find the value of f(-1). [3 marks]

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Answer : ... 8. It is given that y = 2 7 dy u , where u = 3 x 5 . Find in terms of x. dx 3 [3 marks]

Answer : ... 9. The area of a sphere increases at a rate of 4.2 cm2s-1 when it is heated. Find (a) the rate of change of the radius when the radius is 3 cm, (b) the rate of change of the volume at that instant. [4 marks]

Answer: (a).. (b). 3

10.

Given that y =

dy k 2x + 4 = and . Find the value of k. dx ( x 2) 2 x2

[3 marks]

Answer : ... 11. Given that y = 3x 2 + x 4 , (a) (b) find the value of
dy when x = 1, dx

express the approximate change in y, in terms of p, when x changes from 1 to 1 + p, where p is a small value. [4 marks]

Answer: (a).. (b).

PAPER 2

a cm 2x cm DIAGRAM 1 12. Diagram 1 shows the frame of a window formed from a rectangle of width 2x cm and of height a cm and a semicircle on top of it. Given that the perimeter of the window is 80 cm. (a)

x Show that the area of the window, L, is given by L = 2 x 40 x . 4

[2 marks] Find the value of x such that the area of the window is a maximum. Hence, find the value of L. [5 marks] Given that the radius of the semicircle increases at the rate 0.5 cms -1 when it is heated. Find the rate of change of the area of the window, L, when the radius of the semicircle is 10 cm. [3 marks]

(b) (c)

13. 10x cm y cm 12x cm DIAGRAM 2 (a) (i) (ii) A piece of wire of length 150 cm is bent to form a shape as shown in Diagram 2. Show that the area enclosed by the wire, in cm2, is given by L = 900 x 144 x 2 . Hence, find the maximum area of the figure. [5 marks]

(b)

Given that y = 4 x 3 x 2 + 5 . Find the value of (i) (ii)

1 dy 1 at point , 5 . Hence, find 4 dx 2 1 , if the rate of change of x is 0.8 2 [5 marks]

the approximate change in x when y increases from 5.25 to 5.28. the rate of change of y at the instant when x = units per second.

14.

P (1, 5)

x DIAGRAM 3 5

(a)

Diagram 3 shows the curve y =

( 3x 2 ) 2

which passes through point P (1, 5). Find [5 marks]

the equation of the normal to the curve at point P. (b)

The total surface area of an open cylinder of radius r cm is 27 cm 2 . (i) Show that the volume of the cylinder , V cm 3 , is given by r V= (27 r 2 ) 2 (ii) Find the maximum volume of the cylinder. [5 marks]

ANSWER - DIFFERENTIATION PAPER 1 1. 2. 3. 4. ( 4 , 19) 0.402 5 (i) (ii) 14. (a) 149 (b) (ii) 27 cm 3 y= 0.015 1.6 units s 1 1 29 x+4 or 30y = x + 30 30

( 5 x 3)

5 (a) 0, - , 3 (b) 3 4

5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

0.48 P(7 , 4) 240 14(3x 5) 6 (a) 0.175 cm s-1 (b) 6.3 cm3 s -1 k = 8 7p

PAPER 2 12. (b) x = 11.202 cm, L = 448.1 cm2 (c) 4.29 cm2 s-1 13. (b) dy =2 dx (a) (ii) 1406.25 cm2