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MAT 31201 Trigonometry and Introduction to Calculus April 5, 2024

1. Differentiate each of the given function. 8. Oil spilled from a ruptured tanker spreads
out in a circle whose area increases at a
(a) y = ex cos(ex )
constant rate of 6cm2 /hr. How fast is the
2
(b) y = sin(ex ) radius of the spill increasing when the area
is 9cm2 ?
(c) f (x) = 2ex − 8x
9. A particle moving in a straight line starts
(d) y = z 5 − ez ln (z) from rest and its displacement s m from a
y fixed point of the line is given by s(t) =
(e) h (y) =
1 − ey t2 − kt where k is a constant and t is the
1 + 5t time (in seconds) after the start. If it comes
(f) f (t) = to instantaneous rest after 2 seconds, find
ln (t)
√
3 (a) the value of k.
(g) y = sin(x) x

(b) the initial velocity of the particle.


(h) y = esec(x) cos(x)
10. A rock is dropped straight off a bridge that
2. Find the tangent line to f (x) = 7x + 4ex at
is 50 meters above the ground and falls at
x=0
a speed of 10 m/sec. Another person is 7
3. Find the tangent line to f (x) = meters away on the same bridge. At what
ln (x) log2 (x) at x = 2 rate is the distance between the rock and
the second person increasing just as the
4. In the following assume that x and y are rock hits the ground?
both functions of t. Given x = 3, y = 2
and y ′ = 7 determine x′ for the following
equation.

x3 − y 4 = x2 y − 7

5. The sides of a square are increasing at a


rate of 10 cm/sec. How fast is the area
enclosed by the square increasing when the
area is 150cm2 .
6. A hot air balloon is attached to a spool of
rope that is 125 feet away from the balloon 11. The distance (in metres) of a particle
when it is on the ground. The hot air moving in a straight line measured from
balloon rises straight up in such a way that a fixed point O on the line is given by
the length of rope increases at a rate of s(t) = t2 − 3t + 2 where t is the time in
15 ft/sec. How fast is the hot air balloon seconds from start. Find
rising 20 seconds after it lifts off?
(a) its initial distance from O.
(b) the distance after 4 seconds.
(c) its initial velocity and in which direc-
tion.
(d) velocity after 5 seconds.
(e) time when velocity is 10 m/s
7. Gas is escaping from a spherical balloon
(f) its initial acceleration.
at the rate of 2cm3 /min. How fast is the
surface area changing when the radius is 12. A person is 550 meters away from a road
12 cm? [V = 34 πr3 ] and S = 4πr2 and there is a car that is initially 800 meters
MAT 31201 Trigonometry and Introduction to Calculus April 5, 2024

away approaching the person at a speed of 1.25 meters at what rate is the (a) depth
45 m/sec. At what rate is the distance changing and (b) the radius of the top of
between the person and the car changing the water changing?
(a) 5 seconds after the start, (b) when the
car is directly in front of the person and
(c) 10 seconds after the car has passed the
person.

16. The angle of elevation (depression) is the


angle formed by a horizontal line and a line
joining the observer’s eye to an object above
(below) the horizontal line. Two people are
13. Two cars are initially 1200 miles apart. At
on the roof of buildings separated by at 25
the same time Car A starts driving at 35
foot wide road. Person A is 100 feet above
mph to the east while Car B starts driving
Person B and drops a rock off the roof of
at 55 mph to the north (see sketch below
their building and it falls at a rate of 3
for this initial setup). At what rate is the
ft/sec. The sketches below are not to scale.
distance between the two cars changing
after (a) 5 hours of travel, (b) 20 hours of (a) At what rate is the angle of elevation
travel and (c) 40 hours of travel? changing as Person B watches the rock
fall when the rock is 35 feet above
Person B?

14. A light is on a pole and is being lowered


towards the ground at a rate of 9 in/sec.
A 6 foot tall person is on the ground and
8 feet away from the pole. At what rate (b) At what rate is the angle of depression
is the persons shadow increasing then the changing as Person B watches the rock
light is 15 feet above the ground? fall when the rock is 65 feet below
Person B?

15. A tank of water is in the shape of a cone


(assume the “point” of the cone is pointing
downwards) and is leaking water at a rate
of 35 cm3 /sec. The base radius of the tank
is 1 meter and the height of the tank is 2.5
meters. When the depth of the water is

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