HKDSE Exercise

MATHEMATICS (M1)

By HENRY LEUNG

HKDSE Mathematics Exercise

Topic: Rates of change
1. The radius of a ball is increasing at a constant rate of 3 cm s1 . Find the rate of change of the
volume and that of the surface area of the ball when the radius is 3 cm .
2. Two car start moving at the same time and at the same place O . One moves due east at a
speed of 40 km h1 and the other due north at a speed of 30 km h 1 . At what rate they are
separating after two hour?
3. A flask in the shape of an inverted right circular cone. The base diameter of the flask is equal to
its height. Initially, the flask is full of water. Water is flowing out through a small hole at its
vertex P at a constant rate 8 cm 3 /s . Find the rate of the water deep when the water is
5 cm above the vertex P .
4. In the figure, a ladder PQ of length 10 cm leans against a vertical
wall. Let the distance of the lower end Q of the ladder from the wall
be x m and the height of the top P of the ladder above a horizontal
ground be y m at time t .
a) Show that y= 100 x 2 .
b) A worker pushes the lower end Q of the ladder in the horizontal
direction towards the wall at the rate of 0.5 m/s when Q is
6 m from the wall. At this moment, find the rate at which the top
P of the ladder is moving upwards.
5. In the figure, a man of 1.8 m tall is walking away a lamp post of
9 m high at a speed 1.5 m/s . Let x m be the distance between
the man and the lamp post, and l m be the length of the shadow of
the man. Find the rate of change of the length of his shadow with
respect to time.
6. The surface area of a cube is diminishing at the rate of 36 cm2 /s . What are the rate of
decrease of the length of the side and volume of the cube when the length of its side is 12 cm
?
7. The figure shows a light bulb which is h m vertically above
the centre of a circular board of radius 40 cm . The board
casts a shadow on the ground which is 3 m below the bulb.
If the board moves upwards with a constant velocity of
0.1 ms1 , find the rate of change of the are of the shadow
when h=1 .

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MATHEMATICS (M1)

Answer
dV
dA
=108 ,
=72 cm 2 /s
1.
dt
dt
2. 50 km/h
32
cm/s
3.
25
3
m/s
4. b)
8
3
m/s
5.
8
1
6. m/s , 108 m 3 /s
4
7. 0.288 m 2 /s

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By HENRY LEUNG