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Polytechnic University of the Philippines

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Department of Mathematics and Statistics

FINAL EXAMINATION IN DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS (ODD SET)

Name (Last, First M.I.) : _______________________ Date: ____________________________

Course, Year, and Section: _____________________ Professor: ________________________

Direction: Write the letter (in CAPITAL) corresponding to the correct answer on the space provided.
Show your solutions on the booklet. Use permanent blue or black inked-pen. Use of erasable pen is
not allowed. If the correct answer is not among the choices, write E.

____1. The limit of the function as x approaches 3 is ____.

a. 27
b. ∞
c. 0
d. 9

____2. If y’ = 2 sinh 2x, which of the following can possibly be y?

a. cosh 2x + 2
b. cosh 2x
c. cosh 2x – 4
d. all of the above

2 2
____3. The slope to the tangent line to the ellipse x + 2y – 3x – 4y + 2 = 0 at point (1 , 0) is ____

a. ¼
b. – ¼
c. 4
d. – 4

____4. Given y = sinh 5x – 2e, find dy.

a. (– cosh 5x – 2e) dx
b. (cosh 5x – 2) dx
c. 5 cosh 5x dx
d. 5 5 dx
 4 4
____5. Differentiate y = sec θ – tan θ wit re pe t t θ.
2
a. 4 e θ tan θ
2
b. 8 sec θ tan θ
2
c. 4 e θ tan θ
2
d. 4 sec θ tan θ

( )
____6. For the curve , the rate of change of the slope of the tangent line at (2 , 5) is __.
a. ¼
b. – 1/4
c. 4
d. -4

2 2
____7. The equation of the tangent line to the curve x + y = 10 at (-3 , 4) is ___.

a. 4x – 3y – 25 = 0
b. 4x – 3y + 25 = 0
c. 3x – 4y – 25 = 0
d. 3x – 4y + 25 =0

____8. Find the partial derivative of the volume of a rectangular parallelepiped with respect to its
width.

a.

b.

c.

d.

____9. When the eccentricity of an ellipse approaches zero, then the limiting figure of the ellipse is
____.
a. a circle
b. a rectangle
 c. an ellipse of reversed axes
d. a hyperbola

____10. ____ is a point where the first derivative is zero; hence the tangent line to the curve is
horizontal.
a. critical point
b. break-even point
c. cusp
d. missing point

____11. A certain function can be expressed in parametric equations, that is, x = f(t) and y = g(t)
where t is the ______.
a. parameter
b. time
c. new variable
d. arbitrary constant

____12. The derivative of y = Ln cos 2x with respect to x is equal to ______.

a. the derivative of y = Loge cos 2x
b. the derivative of y = Ln (cos2x – sin2x)
c. – 2 tan 2x
d. all of the above

2
____13. The first derivative of the function sinh x + cosh x = a y where a is a constant is __.
in
a. a

in
b. a

in
c. a

d. a

____14. The base of the natural logarithm is approximately equal to ___.

a. 3. 4 5…
 b. 2.72
c. .7 8 …
d. 9.8

____15. The function is discontinuous at ____.

( )
a.
b. 3
c. – 3
d. 0

3 2
____16. The critical values for the curve y = 2x – 9x + 12x – 2 are ___.

a. x = 2 and x = 3
b. x = -2 and x = -3
c. x = 2 and x = 1
d. x = -2 and x = -1

____17. If y = in + , find y”’ + y” + y’ + y.

a. 0
b. 2
c. sin x
d. cos x

____18. Evaluate:

a. 7
b. 4
c. 6
d. 3

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