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EXERCISE – IV ADVANCED SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

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1. Find the point of intersection of the tangents drawn 10. A and B are points of the parabola y = x . The
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to the curve x y = 1 – y at the points where it is tangents at A and B meet at C. The median of the
intersected by the curve xy = 1 – y.
triangle ABC from C has length ‘m’ units. Find the area
of the triangle in terms of ‘m’.
2. Find all the lines that pass through the point (1, 1)
and are tangent to the curve repre sented
2 2 11. (a) Find the value of n so that the subnormal at
parametrically as x = 2t – t and y = t + t .
n n+1
any point on the curve xy = a may be constant.
3. A function is defined parametrically by the equations 2 2
(b) Show that in the curve y = a.n (x – a ), sum of
 2 1 the length of tangent & subtangent varies as the
2t  t sin t if t0
f(t) = x =  and product of the coordinates of the point of contact.
 0 if t0
1 2
 t sin t if t0 2
12. If the two curves C1 : x = y and C2 : xy = k cut
g(t) = y = 
 0 if t0 at right angles find the value of k.
Find the equation of the tangent and normal at the
13. A man 1.5 m tall walks away from a lamp post 4.5 m
point for t = 0 if exist.
high at the rate of 4 km/hr.
(i) how fast is the farther end of the shadow moving
4. Find all the tangents to the curve y = cos (x + y), on the pavement ?
 2   x  2 , that are parallel to the line x + 2y = 0. (ii) how fast is his shadow lengthening ?

14. A water tank has the shape of a right circular

5. Show that the normals to the curve x=a (cos t+t sin t); cone with its vertex down . Its altitude is 10 cm and
y = a (sin t  t cos t) are tangent lines to the circle the radius of the base is 15 cm . Water leaks out of
x² + y² = a². the bottom at a constant rate of 1 cm3/sec . Water
is poured into the tank at a constant rate of C cm3/sec.
6. If the tangent at the point (x1, y1) to the curve Compute C so that the water level will be rising at the
rate of 4 cm3/sec at the instant when the water is 2
x3 + y3 = a3 meets the curve again in (x2, y2) then cm deep.
x2 y2
show that  =  1.
x1 y1 15. Sand is pouring from a pipe at the rate of 12 cm3/sec.
The falling sand forms a cone on the ground in such
7. The tangent at a variable point P of the curve
y = x2  x3 meets it again at Q . Show that the locus a way that the height of the cone is always 1/6th of
of the middle point of PQ is y = 1  9x + 28x2  28x3. the radius of the base. How fast is the height of the
sand cone increasing when the height is 4 cm.
8. Show that the condition that the curves
x2/3 + y2/3 = c2/3 & (x²/a²) + (y²/b²) = 1 may touch
if c = a + b. 16. An open can of oil is accidently dropped into a
lake; assume the oil spreads over the surface as a
9. A curve is given by the equations x = at2 & y = at3. circular disc of uniform thickness whose radius
A variable pair of perpendicular lines through the origin increases steadily at the rate of 10 cm/sec. At the
'O' meet the curve at P & Q . Show that the locus of moment when the radius is 1 meter, the thickness of
the point of intersection of the tangents at P & Q is the oil slick is decreasing at the rate of 4 mm/sec,
4y2 = 3ax  a2. how fast is it decreasing when the radius is 2 meters.

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17. A variable  ABC in the xy plane has its

orthocentre at vertex 'B' , a fixed vertex 'A' at the
origin and the third vertex 'C' restricted to lie on the
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parabola y = 1 + . The point B starts at the
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point (0, 1) at time t = 0 and moves upward along
the y axis at a constant velocity of 2 cm/sec . How fast
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is the area of the triangle increasing when t= sec.
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18. A circular ink blot grows at the rate of 2 cm2 per
second . Find the rate at which the radius is increasing

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after 2 seconds . (Use  = )
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19. Water is flowing out at the rate of 6 m /min from
a reservoir shaped like a hemispherical bowl of radius
R = 13 m. The volume of water in the hemispherical
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bowl is given by V = . y (3R – y) when the water
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is y meter deep. Find
(a) At what rate is the water level changing when
the water is 8 m deep.
(b) At what rate is the radius of the water surface
changing when the water is 8 m deep.

20. At time t > 0, the volume of sphere is increasing

at a rate proportional to the reciprocal of its radius.
At t = 0, the radius of the sphere is 1 unit and at t =
15 the radius is 2 units.
(a) Find the radius of the sphere as a function of time t.
(b) At what time t will the volume of the sphere be 27
times its volume at t = 0.

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