Marzo, Shintaro D.

1. Differentiate the equation y = x2 / (x +1)

A. (x2 + 2x) / (x + 1)2
B. x / (x + 1)
C. 2x
D. (2x2) / (x + 1)
Solution:

2. The derivative with respect to x of 2cos2 (x2 + 2) is

A. 2sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
B. -2sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
C. 8x sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
D. -8x sin (x2 + 2) cos (x2 + 2)
Solution:
3. Find the second derivative of y by implicit differentiation from the equation 4x 2 + 8y2 =
36
A. 64x2
B. ( 9/4) y3
C. 32xy
D. (- 16/9) y3
Solution:
4. Find the partial derivative with respect to x of the function xy 2 5y + 6.
A. y2 5
B. y2
C. xy 5y
D. 2xy
Solution:

5. Find the second derivative of x3 5x2 + x = 0

A. 10x 5
B. 6x 10
C. 3x + 10
D. 3x2 5x
Solution:
6. Given the function f(x) = x to the 3rd power 6x + 2. Find the first derivative at x = 2.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 3x2 5
D. 8
Solution:

7. Find the slope of the ellipse x2 + 4y2 10x 16y + 5 = 0 at the point where y = 2 +
80.5 and x = 7.
A. -0.1463
B. -0.1538
C. -0.1654
D. -0.1768
Solution:
8. If y = 4cos x + sin 2x, what is the slope of the curve when x = 2 radians?
A. -2.21
B. -4.94
C. -3.95
D. 2.21
Solution:

9. Find the slope of the line tangent to the curve y = x 3 2x + 1 at x = 1.

A. 1
B. 1/2
C. 1/3
D.
Solution:

10. Given the slope of the curve at the point (1, 1): y = (x 3/4) 2x + 1
A. 1/4
B. -1/4
C. 1 1/4
D. -1
Solution:
11. Water is pouring into a swimming pool. After t hours, there are t + t gallons in the
pool. At what rate is the water pouring into the pool when t = 9 hours?
A. 7/6 gph
B. 8/7 gph
C. 6/5 gph
D. 5/4 gph
Solution:

12. A helicopter is rising vertically from the ground at a constant rate of 4.5 meters per
second. When it is 75 m off the ground, a jeep passed beneath the helicopter traveling
in a straight line at a constant rate of 80 kph. Determine how fast the distance between
them changing after 1 second.
A. 12.34 m/sec
B. 11.10 m/sec
 C. 10.32 m/sec
D. 9.85 m/sec
Solution:

13. A balloon is released from the ground 100 meters from an observer. The balloon
rises directly upward at the rate of 4 meters per second. How fast is the balloon
receding from the observer 10 seconds later?
A. 1.68 m/sec
B. 1.36 m/sec
C. 1.55 m/sec
D. 1.49 m/sec
Solution:
14. A balloon is rising vertically over a point A on the ground at the rate of 15 ft./sec. A
point B on the ground level with and 30 ft. from A. When the balloon is 40 ft. from A, at
what rate is its distance from B changing?
A. 13 ft/sec
B. 15 ft/sec
C. 12 ft/sec
D. 10 ft/sec
Solution:

15. Car A moves due East at 30 kph at the same instant car B is moving S 30 E , with a
speed of 60 kph. The distance from A to B is 30 km. Find how fast is the distance
between them separating after one hour.
A. 36 kph
 B. 38 kph
C. 40 kph
D. 45 kph
Solution:

16. What is the area (in square units) bounded by the curve y 2 = 4x and x2 = 4y?
A. 5.33 sq. units
B. 6.67 sq. units
C. 7.33 sq. units
D. 8.67 sq. units
Solution:
17. Find the area enclosed by the curve x2 + 8y + 16 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis and the
line x 0.
A. 7.67 sq. units
B. 8.67 sq. units
C. 9.67 sq. units
D. 10.67 sq. units
Solution:
18. What is the area bounded by the curve y = x3, the x-axis, and the line x = -2 and x =
1?
A. 4.25 sq. units
B. 2.45 sq. units
C. 5.24 sq. units
D. 5.42 sq. units
Solution:

19. Find the area in the first quadrant bounded by the parabola y 2 = 4x, x = 1, and x = 3.
A. 9.555 sq. units
B. 9.955 sq. units
C. 5.955 sq. units
D. 5.595 sq. units
Solution:
20. Find the area (in sq. units) bounded by the parabolas x 2 2y = 0 and x2 + 2y 8 = 0.
A. 11.77 sq. units
B. 4.7 sq. units
C. 9.7 sq. units
D. 10.7 sq. units
Solution:

21. What is the area between y = 0, y = 3x2, x = 0, x 2?

A. 8 sq. units
B. 24 sq. units
C. 12 sq. units
D. 6 sq. units
Solution:
22. Find the area of the curve r2 = a2 cos 2.
A. a sq. units
B. 2a sq. units
C. a2 sq. units
D. a3 sq. units
Solution:

23. Locate the centroid of the plane area bounded by y = x 2 and y = x.

A. 0.4 from the x-axis and 0.5 from the y-axis
B. 0.5 from the x-axis and 0.4 from the y-axis
C. 0.5 from the x-axis and 0.5 from the y-axis
D. 0.4 from the x-axis and 0.4 from the y-axis
Solution:
24. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the plane area bounded by the parabola y = 4
x2 and the x-axis.
A. (0, 1)
B. (0, 1.6)
C. (0, 2)
D. (1, 0)
Solution:

25. Find the area bounded by the line x 2y + 10 = 0, the x-axis, the y-axis and x = 10.
A. 75 sq. units
B. 50 sq. units
C. 100 sq. units
D. 25 sq. units
Solution:
26. Determine the differential equation of the family of lines passing through (h, k).
A. (y k) dx (x h) dy = 0
B. (y h) + (y k) = dy / dx
C. (x h) dx (y k) dy = 0
D. (x + h) dx (y k) dy = 0
Solution:

27. Determine the differential equation of the family of circles with center on the y-axis.
A. (y)3 xy + y = 0
B. y xyy + y = 0
C. xy (y)3 y = 0
D. (y)3 + (y)2 + xy = 0
Solution:
28. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount at any instant. In 100
years, 100 mg of radium decomposes to 96 mg. How many mg will be left after 100
years?
A. 88.60
B. 95.32
C. 92.16
D. 90.72
Solution:

29. The population of a country doubles in 50 years. How many years will it be five
times as much? Assume that the rate of increase is proportional to the number
inhabitants.
A. 100 years
B. 116 years
 C. 120 years
D. 98 years
Solution:

30. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount present. If the half of the
original amount disappears after 1000 years, what is the percentage lost in 100 years?
A. 6.70%
B. 4.50%
C. 5.35%
D. 4.30%
Solution:
Problem 24: EE Board April 1993

Find the area of the region bounded by y2 = 8x and y = 2x.

A. 1.22 sq. units
B. 1.33 sq. units
C. 1.44 sq. units
D. 1.55 sq. units
Solution:
Problem 25: CE Board November 1994
What is the area bounded by the curve x2 = -9y and the line y + 1 = 0?
A. 3 sq. units
B. 4 sq. units
C. 5 sq. units
D. 6 sq. units
Solution:

Problem 26: CE Board May 1995

What is the area (in square units) bounded by the curve y 2 = x and the line x 4 = 0?
 A. 30/3 sq. units
B. 31/3 sq. units
C. 32/3 sq. units
D. 29/3 sq. units
Solution:

34. A statue 3 m high is standing on a base of 4 m high. If an observers eye is 1.5 m

above the ground, how far should he stand from the base in order that the angle
subtended by the statue is a maximum?
A. 3.41 m
B. 3.51 m
C. 3.71 m
D. 4.41 m
Solution:
35. A man walks across a bridge at the rate of 5 fps as a boat directly beneath him at 10
fps. If the bridge is 10 feet above the boat, how fast are the man and the boat
separating 1 second later?
A. 8 fps
B. 8.25 fps
C. 8.33 fps
D. 8.67 fps
Solution: