AP Calculus Free Response 1969-2013 - Numbered
AP Calculus Free Response 1969-2013 - Numbered
AP Calculus Free Response 1969-2013 - Numbered
1969-2013
Compiled by Kaye Autrey for face-to-face student instruction in the AP Calculus
classroom
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AP Calculus Free-Response Questions
Questions Functions
f1 f2 f3 f4
(a) Does f ( x ) f ( x )
(b) Does the inverse function exist for all
x?
(c) Is the function periodic?
(d) Is the function continuous at x = 0?
2. A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its position at time t is
given by x 3t 4 16t 3 24t 2 for 5 t 5.
1 1
3. Given f ( x) ln x, defined only on the closed interval x e.
x e
2
2
, state in words a geometrical interpretation of this number relative
e 1
to the graph.
a. Find the largest number and the smallest number of bacteria in the
culture during the interval.
b. At what time during the interval is the rate of change in the number of
bacteria a minimum?
5. Let R denote the region enclosed between the graph of y x 2 and the
graph of y 2 x.
a. Find the area of region R.
b. Find the volume of the solid obtained by revolving the region R about
the y-axis.
6. An arched window with base width 2b and height h is set into a wall. The
arch is to be either an arc of a parabola or a half-cycle of a cosine curve.
a. If the arch is an arc of a parabola, write an equation for the parabola
relative to the coordinate system shown in the figure. (x-intercepts are
(b,0) and (b,0). y-intercept is (0, h). )
b. If the arch is a half-cycle of a cosine curve, write an equation for the
cosine curve relative to the coordinate system shown in the figure.
c. Of these two window designs, which has the greater area? Justify your
answer.
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e x e x
7. a. On the coordinate axes provided, sketch the graph of y .
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b. Let R be a point on the curve and let the x-coordinate of R be r (r 0).
The tangent line to the curve at R crosses the x-axis at a point Q. Find
the coordinates of Q.
c. If P is the point (r ,0), find the length of PQ as a function of r and the
limiting value of this length as r increases without bound.
9. A function f is defined on the closed interval from -3 to 3 and has the graph
shown below.
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10. Consider the function f given by f ( x) x3 4x3.
a. Find the coordinates of all points at which the tangent to the curve is a
horizontal line.
b. Find the coordinates of all points at which the tangent to the curve is a
vertical line.
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c. Find the coordinates of all points at which the absolute maximum and
absolute minimum occur.
d. For what values of x is this function concave down?
e. Sketch the graph of the function on this interval.
11. A right circular cone and a hemisphere have the same base, and the
cone is inscribed in the hemisphere. The figure is expanding in such a way
that the combined surface area of the hemisphere and its base is
increasing at a constant rate of 18 square inches per second. At what
rate is the volume of the cone changing at the instant when the radius of
the common base is 4 inches? Show your work.
12. A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that at time t 0 its
position coordinate is x sin et .
a. Find the velocity and acceleration of the particle at time t .
b. At what time does the particle first have zero velocity?
c. What is the acceleration of the particle at the time determined in part
(b)?
13. A parabola P is symmetric to the y-axis and passes through (0, 0) and
(b, eb ) where b 0.
2
14. From the fact that sin t t for t 0 , use integration repeatedly to prove
the following inequalities. Show your work.
1 2 1 1
1 x cos x 1 x 2 x 4 for all x 0
2! 2! 4!
2
15. Let f (x) = ln(x) for all x >0, and let g(x) = x - 4 for all real x. Let H be the
composition of f with g, that is, H(x) =f(g(x)). Let K be the composition of
g with f, that is, K(x)= g(f(x)).
a. Find the domain of H.
b. Find the range of H.
c. Find the domain of K.
d. Find the range of K.
e. Find H(7).
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16. Let R be the region in the first quadrant that lies below both of the
2 3
curves y =3x and y = and to the left of the line x = k, where k > 1.
x
a. Find the area of R as a function of k.
b. When the area of R is 7, what is the value of k?
c. If the area of R is increasing at the constant rate of 5 square units
per second at what rate is k increasing when k = 15?
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17. Consider F(x)= cos x + 2cos x over one complete period beginning with
x = 0.
a. Find all values of x in this period at which F(x) = 0.
b. Find all values of x in this period at which the function has a
minimum. Justify your answer.
c. Over what intervals in this period is the curve concave up?
18. Find the area of the largest rectangle (with sides parallel to the coordinate
axes) that can be inscribed in the region enclosed by the graphs of
2 2
f(x) = 18 - x and g(x) = 2x - 9.
19. Let R be the region of the first quadrant bounded by the x-axis and the
2
curve y = 2x - x .
a. Find the volume produced when R is revolved around the x-axis.
b. Find the volume produced when R is revolved around the y-axis.
20. A particle starts at the point (5,0) at t=0 and moves along the x-axis in such a
t
way that at time t > 0 its velocity v(t) is given by v(t) = .
1 t 2
a. Determine the maximum velocity attained by the particle. Justify your
answer.
b. Determine the position of the particle at t = 6.
c. Find the limiting value of the velocity as t increases without bound.
d. Does the particle ever pass the point (500,0)? Explain.
21. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = |x| .5 e x for all real numbers x.
2
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22. Let f(x) = 4x - 3x - 1.
a. Find the x-intercepts of the graph of f.
b. Write an equation for the tangent line to the graph of f at x = 2.
c. Write an equation of the graph that is the reflection across the y-axis of
the graph of f.
23. A particle starts at time t = 0 and moves on a number line so that its position
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at time t is given by x(t) = (t - 2) (t -6).
a. When is the particle moving to the right?
b. When is the particle at rest?
c. When does the particle change direction?
d. What is the farthest to the left of the origin that the particle moves?
25. A man has 340 yards of fencing for enclosing two separate fields, one of
which is to be a rectangle twice as long as it is wide and the other a square.
The square field must contain at least 100 square yards and the rectangular one
must contain at least 800 square yards.
a. If x is the width of the rectangular field, what are the maximum and
minimum possible values of x?
b. What is the greatest number of square yards that can be enclosed in the
two fields? Justify your answer.
cos(x).
26. Let y = 2 e
dy d2y
a. Calculate and .
dx dx 2
b. If x and y both vary with time in such a way that y increases at a steady
rate of 5 units per second, at what rate is x changing when x = .
2
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28. A function f is defined for all real numbers and has the following three
properties:
(i) f(1) = 5,
(ii) f(3) = 21, and
2
(iii) for all real values of a and b, f(a + b) - f(a) = kab + 2b where k is a
fixed real number independent of a and b.
a. Use a = 1 and b = 2 to find the value of k.
b. Find f (3) .
c. Find f ( x ) and f ( x) for all real x.
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29. Given f(x) = x -6x + 9x and g(x) = 4.
a. Find the coordinates of the points common to the graphs of f and g.
b. Find all the zeros of f.
c. If the domain of f is limited to the closed interval [0,2], what is the range of
f? Show your reasoning.
30. A particle moves on the x-axis so that its acceleration at any time t > 0 is
t 1 9 25
given by a = 2 . When t = 1, v = , and s = .
8 t 16 48
a. Find the velocity v in terms of t.
b. Does the numerical value of the velocity ever exceed 500? Explain.
c. Find the distance s from the origin at time t = 2.
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31. Given the curve x + xy + 2y = 6.
a. Find an expression for the slope of the curve at any point (x,y) on the
curve.
b. Write an equation for the line tangent to the curve at the point (2,1).
c. Find the coordinate of all other points on this curve with slope equal to
the slope at (2,1).
32.
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a. What is the set of all values of b for which the graphs of y = 2x + b and y = 4x
intersect in two distinct points?
b. In the case b = -4, find the area of the region enclosed by y = 2x – 4 and
2
y = 4x.
c. In the case b = 0, find the volume of the solid generated by revolving about
2
the x-axis the region bounded by y = 2x and y = 4x.
33.
-kx
a. Find the coordinate of the absolute maximum point for the curve y = x e
where k is a fixed positive number. Justify your answer.
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b. Write an equation for the set of absolute maximum points for the curves y
-kx
=xe as k varies through positive values.
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34. A manufacturer finds it costs him x + 5x + 7 dollars to produce x tons of an
item. At production levels above 3 tons, he must hire additional workers, and his
costs increase by 3(x - 3) dollars on his total production. If the price he receives
is $13 per ton regardless of how much he manufactures and if he has a plant
capacity of 10 tons, what level of output maximizes his profits?
35.
a. Find the area A, as a function of k, of the region in the first quadrant
enclosed by the y-axis and the graphs of y = tan x and y = k for k > 0.
b. What is the value of A when k = 1?
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c. If the line y = k is moving upward at the rate of units per second, at what
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rate is A changing when k = 1?
2
36. Given f(x) = |sin x|, - < x <and g(x) = x for all real x.
a. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of f.
b. Let H(x) = g(f(x)). Write an expression for H(x).
c. Find the domain and range of H.
d. Find an equation of the line tangent to the graph of H at the point where
x .
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37. Let P(x) = x + ax + bx + cx + d. The graph of y = P(x) is symmetric with
respect to the y-axis, has a relative maximum at (0,1), and has an absolute
minimum at (q, -3).
a. Determine the values of a, b, c, and d, and using these values write an
expression for P(x).
b. Find all possible values for q.
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38. Let f(x) = kx + c.
a. Find xo in terms of k such that the tangent lines to the graph of f at (xo,
f(xo)) and (-xo, f(-xo)) are perpendicular.
b. Find the slopes of the tangent lines mentioned in a.
c. Find the coordinates, in terms of k and c, of the point of intersection of the
tangent lines mentioned in a.
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39. Let f be a function defined for all x > -5 and having the following properties.
1
(i) f ( x ) for all x in the domain of f.
3 x 5
(ii) The line tangent to the graph of f at (4,2) has an angle of inclination of
o
45 . Find an expression for f(x).
40. A ball is thrown from the origin of a coordinate system. The equation of its
1 2m 2
path is y mx e x , where m is positive and represents the slope of the
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path of the ball at the origin.
a. For what value of m will the ball strike the horizontal axis at the greatest
distance from the origin? Justify your answer.
b. For what value of m will the ball strike at the greatest height on a vertical
wall located 100 feet from the origin?
41. Given two functions f and g defined by f(x) = tan (x) and g(x) = 2 cos x.
a. Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the graphs of f and g
in the interval 0 < x < .
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b. Find the area of the region enclosed by the y-axis and the graphs of f and
g.
43. Let R be the region bounded by the graphs of y = ln x, the line x = e, and the
x-axis.
a. Find the volume generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
b. Find the volume generated by revolving R about the y-axis.
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44. Given the function f defined by f(x) = ln (x - 9).
a. Describe the symmetry of the graph of f.
b. Find the domain of f.
c. Find all values of x such that f(x) = 0.
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d. Write a formula for f ( x) , the inverse function of f, for x > 3.
45. A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its position at time t for
1 3 2
t > 0 is given by x = t - 3t + 8t.
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a. Show that at time t= 0 the particle is moving to the right.
b. Find all values of t for which the particle is moving to the left.
c. What is the position of the particle at time t = 3?
d. When t = 3, what is the total distance the particle has traveled?
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47. Given the function defined by y = x + sin(x) for all x such that x .
2 2
a. Find the coordinates of all maximum and minimum points on the given
interval. Justify your answers.
b. Find the coordinates of all points of inflection on the given interval.
Justify your answers.
c. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of the function.
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48. The line x = c where c > 0 intersects the cubic y = 2x + 3x - 9 at point P and
2
the parabola y = 4x + 4x + 5 at point Q.
a. If a line tangent to the cubic at point P is parallel to the line tangent to
the parabola at point Q, find the value of c where c > 0.
b. Write the equations of the two tangent lines described in a.
49. Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graphs of
x2 y2
1 and 3x + y = 9.
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a. Set up but do not integrate an integral representing the area of R.
Express the integrand as a function of a single variable.
b. Set up but do not evaluate an integral representing the volume of the
solid generated when R is rotated about the x-axis. Express the
integrand as a function of a single variable.
c. Set up but do not evaluate an integral representing the volume of the
solid generated when R is rotated about the y-axis. Express the integrand
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as a function of a single variable.
numbers x.
d. What is the value of the number p that is described in c?
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52. Given the two functions f and h such that f(x) = x - 3x - 4x + 12 and
f ( x)
h(x) = { h( x ) for x 3, and p for x = 3}
x3
a. Find all zeros of the function f.
b. Find the value of p so that the function h is continuous at x = 3. Justify
your answer.
c. Using the value of p found in b, determine whether h is an even function.
Justify your answer.
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53. Let R be the region bounded by the curves f(x) = and g(x) = (x - 3) .
x
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
54.
2 2
a. A point moves on the hyperbola 3x - y = 23 so that its y-coordinate is
increasing at a constant rate of 4 units per second. How fast is the x-
coordinate changing when
x = 4?
b. For what values of k will the line 2x + 9y + k= 0 be normal to the hyperbola
2 2
3x - y = 23?
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sin(x)
55. Given the function defined by y = e for all x such that - < x <
a. Find the x- and y-coordinates of all maximum and minimum points on the
given interval. Justify your answers.
b. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of the function.
c. Write an equation for the axis of symmetry of the graph
x
56. a. Given 5 x 40 c f (t )dt .
3
3
b. If F ( x) x 1 t16 dt , find F(x).
f ( x h) f ( x h)
57. For a differentiable function f, let f * ( x ) lim .
h0
h
2
a. Determine f * ( x ) for f(x) = x + x.
b. Determine f * ( x ) for f(x) = cos(x).
c. Write an equation that expresses the relationship between the functions
f * and f where f denotes the usual derivative of f. (The BC exam
requires justification of the answer)
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x
60. Given the function f defined for all real numbers by f(x) = e . 2
a. Find the area of the region R bounded by the line y = e, the graph of f,
and the y-axis.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R, the region in a,
about the x-axis.
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61. Let f and g and their inverses f and g be differentiable functions and let
the values of f, g, and the derivatives f and g at x = 1 and x = 2 be given by the
table below:
x 1 2
f ( x) 2 3
g ( x) 2
f ( x ) 5 6
g ( x ) 4 7
63. A rectangle has a constant area of 200 square meters and its length L is
increasing at the rate of 4 meters per second.
a. Find the width W at the instant the width is decreasing at the rate of 0.5
meters per second.
b. At what rate is the diagonal D of the rectangle changing at the instant
when the width is 10 meters.
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b. Find f ( x ) for x < 0.
c. Determine whether f(x) is continuous at x = 0. Justify your answer.
d. Determine whether the derivative of f(x) exists at x = 0. Justify your
answer.
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65. Given the function f defined by f(x) = x - x - 4x + 4.
a. Find the zeros of f.
b. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at x = -1.
c. The point (a,b) is on the graph of f and the line tangent to the graph at
(a,b) passes through the point (0,-8) which is not on the graph of f. Find
the value of a and b.
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66. Let f(x) = (1 - x) for all real numbers x, and let g(x) = ln(x) for all x > 0. Let
2
h(x) = ( 1 - ln(x)) .
a. Determine whether h(x) is the composition f(g(x)) or the composition
g(f(x)).
b. Find h (x).
c. Find h(x).
d. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of h.
2x 2
67. Given the function f defined by f(x) = .
x x2
2
68. A particle moves on the x-axis so that its velocity at any time t is given by
v(t) = sin(2t). At t = 0, the particle is at the origin.
a. For 0 < t < find all values of t for which the particle is moving to the left.
b. Write an expression for the position of the particle at any time t.
c. For 0 < t < , find the average value of the position function determined
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in part b.
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69. Given the curve x - xy + y = 9.
a. Write a general expression for the slope of the curve.
b. Find the coordinates of the points on the curve where the tangents are
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vertical.
c. At the point (0, 3) find the rate of change in the slope of the curve with
respect to x.
x2
70. Given the function f defined by f ( x) e .
a. Find the maximum area of the rectangle that has two vertices on the
x-axis and two on the graph of f. Justify your answer.
b. Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the x- and y-axes,
the graph of f, and the line x = k. Find the volume of the solid generated
by revolving R about the y-axis.
c. Evaluate the limit of the volume determined in part b as k increases
without bound.
71. Let g and h be any two twice-differentiable functions that are defined for all
real numbers and that satisfy the following properties for all x:
2 2
(i) (g(x)) + (h(x)) = 1
2
(ii) g'(x) = (h(x))
(iii) h(x) > 0
(iv) g(0) = 0
a. Justify that h'(x) = -g(x)h(x) for all x.
b. Justify that h has a relative maximum at x = 0.
c. Justify that the graph of g has a point of inflection at x = 0.
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72. Given the function f defined by f(x) = 2x -3x -12x + 20.
a. Find the zeros of f.
b. Write an equation of the line normal to the graph of f at x = 0.
c. Find the x- and y-coordinates of all points on the graph of f where the line
tangent to the graph is parallel to the x-axis.
-2x
73. A function f is defined by f(x) = x e with domain 0 < x < 10.
a. Find all values of x for which the graph of f is increasing and all values of x
for which the graph decreasing.
b. Give the x- and y-coordinates of all absolute maximum and minimum
points on the graph of f. Justify your answers.
74. Find the maximum volume of a box that can be made by cutting out
squares from the corners of an 8-inch by 15-inch rectangular sheet of cardboard
and folding up the sides. Justify your answer.
75. A particle moves along a line so that at any time t its position is given by
x(t) = 2t + cos 2t.
a. Find the velocity at time t.
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b. Find the acceleration at time t.
c. What are all values of t, 0 < t < 3, for which the particle is at rest?
d. What is the maximum velocity?
76. Let R be the region bounded by the graph of y = (1/x) ln(x), the x-axis, and
the line x = e.
a. Find the area of the region R.
b. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region R about the y-
axis.
2
77. Given the function f where f(x) = x - 2x for all real numbers x.
a. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of y = |f(x)|.
b. Determine whether the derivative of |f(x)| exists at x = 0. Justify your
answer.
c. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of y = f(|x|).
d. Determine whether f(|x|) is continuous at x = 0. Justify your answer.
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78. Let f be the function defined by f(x) x + ax + bx + c and having the
following properties:
(i) The graph of f has a point of inflection at (0,-2).
(ii) The average (mean) value of f(x) on the closed interval [0,2] is -3.
a. Determine the values of a, b, and c.
b. Determine the value of x that satisfies the conclusion of the Mean Value
Theorem for f on the closed interval [0,3].
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79. Let R be the region enclosed by the graphs of y = x and y = x .
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
80. A rectangle ABCD with sides parallel to the coordinate axes is inscribed in
2
the region enclosed by the graph of y = -4x + 4 and the x-axis.
a. Find the x- and y-coordinates of C so that the area of the rectangle
ABCD is a maximum.
b. The point C moves along the curve with its x-coordinate increasing at the
constant rate of 2 units per second. Find the rate of change of the area
1
of rectangle ABCD when x = .
2
2 2x
81. Let f(x) = ln(x ) for x > 0 and g(x) = e for x > 0. Let H be the composition of f
with g, that is H(x) = f(g(x)), and let K be the composition of g with f, that is,
K(x) = g(f(x)).
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a. Find the domain of H and write an expression for H(x) that does not
contain the exponential function.
b. Find the domain of K and write an expression for K(x) that does not
contain the exponential function.
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c. Find an expression for f ( x) , where f denotes the inverse function of f,
1
and find the domain of f .
2
83. Given the function f defined by f(x) = cos(x) - cos x for - < x <
a. Find the x-intercepts of the graph of f.
b. Find the x- and y-coordinates of all relative maximum points of f.
Justify your answer.
c. Find the intervals on which the graph of f is increasing.
d. Using the information found in parts a, b, and c, sketch the graph of f on
the axes provided.
84. Let y = f(x) be the continuous function that satisfies the equation
4 2 2 4
x - 5x y + 4y = 0 and whose graph contains the points (2,1) and (-2,-2). Let
be the line tangent to the graph of f at x = 2.
a. Find an expression for y.
b. Write an equation for line .
c. Give the coordinates of a point that is on the graph of f but is not on line
.
d. Give the coordinates of a point that is on line but is not on the graph of
f.
85. Let p and q be real numbers and let f be the function defined by:
1 2 p( x 1) ( x 1) , for x 1
2
f ( x)
qx p,
for x 1
a. Find the value of q, in terms of p, for which f is continuous at x = 1.
b. Find the values of p and q for which f is continuous at x = 1.
c. If p and q have the values determined in part b, is f a continuous
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function? Justify your answer.
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86. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = x - 3x + 2.
a. Find the zeros of f.
b. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at the point where
x = 1.
c. Find the x-coordinate of each point at which the line tangent to the
graph of f is parallel to the line y = -2x + 4.
2
87. Let R be the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the graphs of y = 4 - x ,
y = 3x, and the y-axis.
a. Find the area of the region R.
b. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region R about the
x-axis.
(2/3)
88. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = 12x -4x.
a. Find the intervals on which f is increasing.
b. Find the x- and y-coordinates of all relative maximum points.
c. Find the x- and y-coordinates of all relative minimum points.
d. Find the intervals on which f is concave downward.
e. Using the information found in parts a, b, c, and d, sketch the graph of f
on the axes provided.
2 x 1 2
2 x 1, for x 2
90. Let f be a function defined by f ( x ) 1 2 .
2 x k , for x 2
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91. A particle moves along the x-axis so that at time t its position is given by
2
x(t) = sin ( t ) for -1 < t < 1.
a. Find the velocity at time t.
b. Find the acceleration at time t.
c. For what values of t does the particle change direction?
d. Find all values of t for which the particle is moving to the left.
92. Let f be a continuous function that is defined for all real numbers x and that
has the following properties.
3
5
(i) 1 f ( x) 2
5
(ii) 1 f ( x) 10
a. Find the average (mean) value of f over the closed interval [1,3].
5
3
b. Find the value of (2 f ( x) 6)dx
93. A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its acceleration at time
3
t for t > 0 is given by a(t) = 2 . When t = 1, the position of the particle is 6 and
t
the velocity is 2.
a. Write an equation for the velocity, v(t), of the particle for all t > 0.
b. Write an equation for the position, x(t), of the particle for all t > 0.
c. Find the position of the particle when t = e.
x3 x
94. Given that f is the function defined by f(x) = .
x3 4x
a. Find the lim f ( x) .
x 0
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95. Let R be the region in the first quadrant that is enclosed by the graph of y =
tan(x), the x-axis, and the line x = .
3
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid formed by revolving R about the x-axis.
96. A ladder 15 feet long is leaning against a building so that the end X is on
level ground and end Y is on the wall. X is moved away from the building at the
1
constant rate of foot per second.
2
a. Find the rate in feet per second at which the length OY is changing when
X is 9 feet from the building.
b. Find the rate of change in square feet per second of the area of the
triangle XOY when X is 9 feet from the building.
2 -x
97. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = (x + 1)e for -4 < x < 4.
a. For what value of x does f reach its absolute maximum? Justify your
answer.
b. Find the x-coordinates of all points of inflection of f. Justify your answer.
98. A tank with a rectangular base and rectangular sides is to be open at the
top. It is to be constructed so that its width is 4 meters and volume is 36 cubic
meters. If building the tank costs $10 per square meter for the base and $5 per
square meter for the sides, what is the cost of the least expensive tank?
99. For all real numbers x, f is a differentiable function such that f(-x) = f(x). Let
f(p) = 1 and f ( p ) = 5 for some p > 0.
a. Find f ( p ) .
b. Find f (0) .
c. If l1 and l2 are lines tangent to the graph of f at (-p,1) and (p,1),
respectively, and if l1 and l2 intersect at point Q, find the x- and y-
coordinates of Q in terms of p.
2
100. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = -2 + ln(x ).
a. For what real numbers x is f defined?
b. Find the zeros of f.
c. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at x = 1.
101. A particle moves along the x-axis so that at time t its position is given by
3 2
x(t) = t -6t + 9t + 11.
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a. What is the velocity of the particle at t = 0?
b. During what time intervals is the particle moving to the left?
c. What is the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t = 2?
5 2
102. Let f be the function defined for <x< by f(x) = x + sin x.
6 6
a. Find all values of x for which f ( x ) = 1.
b. Find the x-coordinates of all minimum points of f. Justify your answer.
c. Find the x-coordinates of all inflection points of f. Justify your answer.
1 1
103. Let R be the shaded region between the graph of x 2 y 2 = 2 and the x-axis
from x = 0 to x = 1.
a. Find the area of R by setting up and integrating a definite integral.
b. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region R
about the x-axis.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region R
about the line x = 1.
104. At time t = 0, a jogger is running at a velocity of 300 meters per minute. The
jogger is slowing down with a negative acceleration that is directly proportional
to time t. This brings the jogger to a stop in10 minutes.
a. Write an expression for the velocity of the jogger at time t.
b. What is the total distance traveled by the jogger in that 10-minute
interval?
105. Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graph of
3/2
y = 8 - x , the x-axis, and the y-axis.
a. Find the area of the region R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the x-
axis.
c. The vertical line x = k divides the region R into two regions such that
when these two regions are revolved about the x-axis, the generate
solids with equal volumes. Find the value of k.
106. A particle moves along the x-axis so that, at any time t > 0, its acceleration
is given by a(t) = 6 t + 6. At time t = 0, the velocity of the particle is -9, and its
position is -27.
a. Find v(t), the velocity of the particle at any time t > 0.
b. For what values of t > 0 is the particle moving to the right?
c. Find x(t), the position of the particle at any time t > 0.
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x sin x
107. Let f be the function defined by f ( x ) for <x< .
cos x 2 2
a. State whether f is an even function or an odd function. Justify your
answer.
b. Find f ( x ) .
c. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at the point where
x = 0.
108. Let R be the region enclosed by the x-axis, the y-axis, the line x = 2, and the
x
y = 2e + 3x.
a. Find the area of R by setting up and evaluating the definite integral. Your
work must include an antiderivative.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R about the y-axis by
setting up and evaluating a definite integral. Your work must include an
antiderivative.
109. A function f is continuous on the closed interval [-3,3] such that f(-3) = 4 and
f(3) = 1. The functions f ( x ) and f ( x ) have the properties given in the table
below.
x f ( x ) f ( x )
3 x 1 Positive Positive
x 1 Fails to exist Fails to exist
1 x 1 Negative Positive
x 1 Zero Zero
1 x 3 Negative negative
a. What are the x-coordinates of all absolute maximum and minimum points
of f on the interval [-3,3]? Justify your answer.
b. What are the x-coordinates of all points of inflection on the interval
[-3,3]? Justify your answer.
c. On the axes provided, sketch a graph that satisfies the given properties
of f.
110.
1
cubic units and the radius is increasing at unit per second.
2
a. At the instant when the radius of the cone is 3 units, what is the rate of
change of the area of its base?
b. At the instant when the radius of the cone is 3 units, what is the rate of
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change of its height h?
c. At the instant when the radius of the cone is 3 units, what is the
instantaneous rate of change of the area of its base with respect to its
height h?
2x 5
111. Let f be the function given by f ( x ) .
x2 4
a. Find the domain of f.
b. Write an equation for each vertical and each horizontal asymptote for
the graph of f.
c. Find f ( x ) .
d. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
(0,f(0)).
112. A particle moves along the x-axis with acceleration given by a(t) = cos(t)
for t > 0. At t = 0 the velocity v(t) of the particle is 2 and the position x(t) is 5.
a. Write an expression for the velocity v(t) of the particle.
b. Write an expression for the position x(t).
c. For what values of t is the particle moving to the right? Justify your
answer.
d. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t =
2
-x x
113. Let R be the region enclosed by the graphs of y = e , y = e and x = ln 4.
a. Find the area of R by setting up and evaluating a definite integral.
b. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume generated when the region R is revolved about
the x-axis.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume generated when the region R is revolved about
the y-axis.
2 x
114. Let f(x) = (14 )x and g ( x ) k 2 sin
for k > 0.
2k
a. Find the average value of f on [1,4].
b. For what value of k will the average value of g on [0,k] be equal to the
average value of f on [1,4]?
115. A balloon in the shape of a cylinder with hemispherical ends of the same
cubic centimeters per minute. At the instant the radius of the cylinder is 3
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b. At this instant, how fast is the height of the cylinder increasing?
116. The figure above shows the graph of f, the derivative of a function f. The
domain of the function f is the set of all x such that -3 < x < 3.
2 3
117. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = 7 - 15x + 9x - x for all real numbers x.
a. Find the zeros of f.
b. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at x = 2.
c. Find the x-coordinates of all points of inflection of f. Justify your answer.
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118. Let f be the function given by f ( x ) 2 .
x 9
a. Describe the symmetry of the graph of f.
b. Write an equation for each vertical and each horizontal asymptote of f
c. Find the intervals on which f is increasing.
d. Using the results found in parts (a), (b), and (c), sketch the graph of f.
119. A particle moving along the x-axis so that at any time t > 1 its acceleration
1
is given by a(t) . At time t = 1, the velocity of the particle is v(1) = -2 and its
t
position is x(1) = 4.
a. Find the velocity v(t) for t > 1.
b. Find the position x(t) for t > 1.
c. What is the position of the particle when it is farthest to the left?
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a. If a = 2 and b = 3, is f continuous of all x? Justify your answer.
b. Describe all values of a and b for which f is a continuous function.
c. For what values of a and b if f both continuous and differentiable?
2x
121. Let A(x) be the area of the rectangle inscribed under the curve y e
2
2 1 2
122. The region enclosed by the graphs of y = tan x, y = sec x, and the y-axis.
2
a. Find the area of the region R.
b. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region
about the x-axis.
123. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its acceleration at any time t is
given by a(t) = 6t - 18. At time t = 0 the velocity of the particle is v(0) = 24, and
at time t = 1, its position is x(1) = 20.
a. Write an expression for the velocity v(t) of the particle at any time t.
b. For what values of t is the particle at rest?
c. Write an expression for the position x(t) of the particle at any time t.
d. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 1 to t = 3.
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2
126. Let f be the function given by f(x) = 2 ln(x + 3) - x with domain -3 < x < 5.
a. Find the x-coordinate of each relative maximum point and each relative
minimum point of f. Justify your answer.
b. Find the x-coordinate of each inflection point of f.
c. Find the absolute maximum value of f(x).
127. A trough is 5 feet long, and its vertical cross sections are inverted isosceles
triangles with base 2 feet and height 3 feet. Water is being siphoned out of the
trough at the rate of 2 cubic feet per minute. At any time t, let h be the depth
and V be the volume of water in the trough.
a. Find the volume of water in the trough when it is full.
1
b. What is the rate of change in h at the instant when the trough is full by
4
volume?
c. What is the rate of change in the area of the surface of the water at the
1
instant when the trough is full by volume?
4
128. Let f be a function such that f(x) < 1 and f ( x ) < 0 for all x.
a. Suppose that f(b) = 0 and a < b < c. Write an expression involving
integrals for the area of the region enclosed by the graph of f, the lines
x = a and x = c, and the x-axis.
1
b. Determine whether g ( x ) is increasing or decreasing. Justify your
f ( x) 1
answer.
c. Let he be a differentiable function such that h'(x) < 0 for all x. Determine
whether F(x) = H(f(x)) is increasing or decreasing. Justify your answer.
130. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at any time t > 0 is
given by v(t) = 1 - sin(2 t).
a. Find the acceleration a(t) of the particle at any time t.
b. Find all values of t, 0 < t < 2, for which the particle is at rest.
c. Find the position x(t) of the particle at any time t if x(0) = 0.
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131. Let R be the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the hyperbola
2 2
x - y = 9, the x-axis, and the line x = 5.
a. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
b. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the line x = -1.
-x
132. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = 2xe for all real numbers x.
a. Write an equation of the horizontal asymptote for the graph of f.
b. Find the x-coordinate of each critical point of f. For each such x,
determine whether f(x) is a relative maximum, a relative minimum, or
neither.
c. For what values of x is the graph of f concave down?
d. Using the results found in parts a, b, and c, sketch the graph of y = f(x) in
the xy-plane provided.
x
133. Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of y for
x 2
2
0 < x < 6.
a. Find the area of R.
b. If the line x = k divides R into two regions of equal area, what is the value
of k?
x
c. What is the average value of y 2 on the interval 0 < x < 6 ?
x 2
134. Let f be a differentiable function, defined for all real numbers x, with the
following properties.
2
(i) f ( x ) = ax + bx
(ii) f (1) = 6 and f (1) = 18
2
(iii) 1 f ( x) 18.
Find f(x). Show your work.
3
135. Let f be the function given by f(x) = x - 7x + 6.
a. Find the zeros of f.
b. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at x = -1.
c. Find the number c that satisfies the conclusion of the Mean Value
Theorem for f on the closed interval [1,3].
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136. Let R be the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the graph of
y = 6x 4 the line y = 2x, and the y-axis.
a. Find the area of R.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for
the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the x-axis.
d. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the y-axis.
137. A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its acceleration at
time t for t = 0 is given by a(t) = 4 cos(2t). At time t = 0, the velocity of the
particle is v(0) = 1 and its position is x(0) = 0.
a. Write an equation for the velocity v(t) of the particle.
b. Write an equation for the position x(t) of the particle.
c. For what values of t, 0 < t < , is the particle at rest?
x
138. Let f be the function given by f ( x ) .
x2 4
a. Find the domain of f.
b. Write an equation for each vertical asymptote to the graph of f.
c. Write an equation for each horizontal asymptote to the graph of f.
d. Find f ( x ) .
139.
The figure above shows the graph of f, the derivative of a function f. The
domain of f is the set of all real numbers x such that -10 < x < 10.
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140. Oil is being pumped continuously from a certain oil well at a rate
dy
proportional to the amount of oil left in the well; that is, ky , where y is the
dt
amount of oil left in the well at any time t. Initially there were 1,000,000 gallons of
oil in the well, and 6 years later there were 500,000 gallons remaining. It will no
longer be profitable to pump oil when there are fewer than 50,000 gallons
remaining.
a. Write an equation for y, the amount of oil remaining in the well at any
time t.
b. At what rate is the amount of oil in the well decreasing when there are
600,000 gallons of oil remaining?
c. In order not to lose money, at what time t should oil no longer be
pumped from the well?
141. A particle, initially at rest, moves along the x-axis so that its acceleration at
2
any time t > 0 is given by a(t) = 12t - 4. The position of the particle when t=1 is
x(1) = 3.
a. Find the values of t for which the particle is at rest.
b. Write an expression for the position x(t) of the particle at any time t > 0.
c. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t = 2.
x
142. Let f be the function given by ln .
x 1
a. What is the domain of f?
b. Find the value of the derivative of f at x = -1.
1 1
c. Write an expression for f ( x) , where f denotes the inverse function of
f.
x 2
143. Let R be the region enclosed by the graphs of y = e , y = (x - 1) , and the
line x = 1.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the x-
axis.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the y-axis.
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what is the rate of increase of the area of a cross section through the
center of the sphere?
c. At the time when the volume and the radius of the sphere are increasing
at the same numerical rate, what is the radius?
2 3
145. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = sin x - sin(x) for 0 < x < .
2
a. Find the x-intercepts of the graph of f.
b. Find the intervals on which f is increasing.
c. Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value of f.
Justify your answer.
ax b
146. Let f be the function that is given by f ( x ) and that has the following
x2 c
properties.
i) The graph of f is symmetric with respect to the y-axis.
ii) lim f ( x)
x2
iii) f (1) 2 .
147. Let f be the function that is defined for all real numbers x and that has the
following properties.
i) f ( x) 24 x 18
ii) f (1) 6
iii) f (2) 0
a. Find each x such that the line tangent to the graph of f at (x,f(x)) is
horizontal.
b. Write an expression for f(x).
c. Find the average value of f on the interval 1 < x < 3.
2
148. y = x from
x = 0 to x = 1.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the x-axis.
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c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the y-axis.
1.5
149. Let f be the function defined by f(x) = (1 + tan x) <x< for
4 2
a. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
where x = 0.
b. Using the equation found in part a, approximate f(0.02).
1
c. Let f ( x) denote the inverse function of f. Write an expression that gives
f 1 ( x) for all x in the domain of f -1.
| x|2
150. Let f be the function given by f ( x ) .
x2
a. Find all the zeros of f.
b. Find f (1) .
c. Find f (1) .
d. Find the range of f.
151. Let f be a function that is even and continuous on the closed interval [-3,3].
The function f and its derivatives have the properties indicated in the table
below.
x 0 0 x 1 1 1 x 2 2 2 x3
f ( x) 1 Positive 0 Negative -1 Negative
f ( x ) Negative 0 Negative Positive
f ( x ) Positive 0 Negative negative
152. A tightrope is stretched 30 feet above the ground between the Jay and Tee
buildings which are 50 feet apart. A tightrope walker, walking at a
constant rate of 2 feet per second from point A to point B, is illuminated by
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a spotlight 70 feet above point A.
a. How fast is the shadow of the tightrope walker's feet moving along the
ground when she is midway between the buildings? (Indicate units of
measure.)
b. How far from point A is the tightrope walker when the shadow of her feet
reaches the base of the Tee Building? (Indicate units of measure.)
c. How fast is the shadow of the tightrope walker's feet moving up the wall
of the Tee Building when she is 10 feet from point B? (Indicate units.)
5 3
153.Let f be the function defined by f(x) = 3x - 5x + 2.
a. On what interval is f increasing?
b. On what intervals is the graph of f concave upward?
c. Write an equation on each horizontal tangent line to the graph of f.
154. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at time t, 0 < t < 5, is
given by v(t) = 3(t-1)(t-3). At time t = 2, the position of the particle is x(2)=0.
a. Find the minimum acceleration of the particle.
b. Find the total distance traveled by the particle.
c. Find the average velocity of the particle over the interval 0 < t < 5.
x
155. Let f be the function given by f(x) = ln | |.
1 x2
a. Find the domain of f.
b. Determine whether f is an even function, an odd function, or neither.
Justify your conclusion.
c. At what values of x does f have a relative maximum or a relative
minimum? For each such x, use the first derivative test to determine
whether f(x) is a relative maximum or a relative minimum.
d. Find the range of f.
156. Consider the curve defined by the equation y + cos(y) = x + 1 for 0 < y <
dy
a. Find in terms of y.
dx
-x
157. Let f be the function given by f(x) = e , and let g be the function given by
g(x) =kx, where k is the nonzero constant such that the graph of f is tangent
to the graph of g.
a. Find the x-coordinate of the point of tangency and the value of k.
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b. Let R be the region enclosed by the y-axis and the graph of f and g.
Using the results found in part a, determine the area of R.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region R,
given in part b, about the x-axis.
3 2
159. Let f be the function given by f(x)= x -5x + 3x + k, where k is a constant.
a. On what interval is f increasing?
b. On what intervals is the graph of f concave downward?
c. Find the value of k for which f has 11 as its relative minimum.
160. A particle moves on the x-axis so that its position at any time t > 0 is given
-t
by x(t) = 2te .
a. Find the acceleration of the particle at t = 0.
b. Find the velocity of the particle when its acceleration is 0.
c. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t = 5.
2
161. Consider the curve y = 4 + x and chord AB joining points A(-4,0) and B(0,2)
on the curve.
a. Find the x- and y-coordinates of the points on the curve where the
tangent line is parallel to chord AB.
b. Find the area of the region R enclosed by the curve and the chord AB.
c. Find the volume of the solid generated when the region R, defined in
part b, is revolved about the x-axis.
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163. The figure above shows the graph of f ( x ) , the derivative of a function f.
The domain of f is the set of all x such that 0 < x < 2.
a. Write an expression of f ( x ) in terms of x.
b. Given that f(1) = 0, write an expression for f(x) in terms of x.
c. Sketch the graph of y = f(x).
164. Let P(t) represent the number of wolves in a population at time t years,
when t >0. The population P(t) is increasing at a rate proportional to 800 -
P(t), where the constant of proportionality is k.
a. If P(0) = 500, find P(t) in terms of t and k.
b. If P(2) = 700, find k.
c. Find the lim P(t ) .
x
4 3 2
165. Let f be the function given by f(x) = 3x + x - 21x .
a. Write an equation of the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
(2, -28)
b. Find the absolute minimum value of f. Show the analysis that leads to your
conclusion.
c. Find the x-coordinate of each point of inflection on the graph of f. Show
the analysis that leads to your conclusion.
x
166. Let R be the region enclosed by the graphs of y = e , y = x, and the lines
x = 0 and x = 4.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the x-
axis.
c. Set up, but do not integrate, an integral expression in terms of a single
variable for the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about
the y-axis.
2 2
167. Consider the curve defined by x + xy + y = 27.
a. Write an expression for the slope of the curve at any point (x,y).
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b. Determine whether the lines tangent to the curve at the x-intercepts of
the curve are parallel.
c. Find the points on the curve where the lines tangent to the curve are
vertical.
168. A particle moves along the x-axis so that at any time t > 0 its velocity is
given by v(t) = t ln t - t.
a. Write an expression for the acceleration of the particle.
b. For what values of t is the particle moving to the right?
c. What is the minimum velocity of the particle? Show the analysis that
leads to your conclusion.
169.
x
170. Let F(x) = 0 sin t dt for 0 < x < 3.
2
a. Use the Trapezoidal Rule with four equal subdivisions of the closed
interval [0, 1] to approximate F(1).
b. On what intervals is F increasing?
c. If the average rate of change of F on the closed interval [1, 3] is k, find
3
the 0 sin t dt in terms of k.
2
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2x
171. Let f be the function given by f ( x ) .
x2 x 1
a. Find the domain of f. Justify your answer.
b. In the viewing window [-5, 5] x [-3, 3], sketch the graph of f.
c. Write an equation for each horizontal asymptote of the graph of f.
d. Find the range of f. Use f ( x ) to justify your answer.
172. A particle moves along the y-axis so that its velocity at any time t > 0 is
given by v(t) = t cos(t). At time t = 0, the position of the particle is y = 3.
a. For what values of t, 0 < t < 5, is the particle moving upward?
b. Write an expression for the acceleration of the particle in terms of t.
c. Write an expression for the position y(t) of the particle.
d. For t > 0, find the position of the particle the first time the velocity of the
particle is zero.
2 3
173. Consider the curve defined by -8x + 5xy + y = -149.
dy
a. Find .
dx
b. Write an equation for the line tangent to the curve at the point (4,-1).
c. There is a number k so that the point (4.2, k) is on the curve. Using the
tangent line found in part b, approximate the value of k.
d. Write an equation that can be solved to find the actual value of k so that
the point (4.2, k) is on the curve.
e. Solve the equation found in part d for the value of k.
174. The shaded regions R1 and R2 shown above are enclosed by the graphs of
2 x
f(x) = x and g(x) = 2 .
a. Find the x- and y-coordinates of the three points of intersection of the
graphs of f and g.
b. Without using absolute value, set up an expression involving one or more
integrals that gives the total area enclosed by the graphs of f and g. Do
not evaluate.
c. Without using absolute value, set up an expression involving one or more
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integrals that gives the volume of the solid generated by revolving the
region R1 about the line y = 5. Do not evaluate.
175.
As shown in the figure below, water is draining from a conical tank with height
12 feet and diameter 8 feet into a cylindrical tank that has a base with area
176. The graph of a differentiable function f on the closed interval [1,7] is shown.
Let h(x) = f(t) dt for 1 < x < 7.
a. Find h(1).
b. Find h (4).
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c. On what interval or intervals is the graph of h concave upward? Justify
your answer.
d. Find the value of x at which h has its minimum on the closed
interval [1,7]. Justify your answer.
177. The figure above shows the graph of f ( x ) , the derivative of a function f.
The domain of f is the set of all real numbers x such that -3 < x < 5.
a. For what values of x does f have a relative maximum? Why?
b. For what values of x does f have a relative minimum? Why?
c. On what intervals is the graph of f concave upward? Use f' to justify your
answer.
1
178. Let R be the region in the first quadrant under the graph of y = for
x
4 < x < 9.
a. Find the area of R.
b. If the line x = k divides the region R into two regions of equal area, what it
is the value of k?
d. Find the volume of the solid whose base is the region R and whose cross
sections cut by planes perpendicular to the x-axis are squares.
kt
179. The rate of consumption of cola in the United States is given by S(t) =C e ,
where S is measured in billions of gallons per year and t is measured in years from
the beginning of 1980.
a. The consumption rate doubles every 5 years and the consumption rate
at the beginning of 1980 was 6 billion gallons per year. Find C and k.
b. Find the average rate of consumption of cola over the 10-year time
period beginning January 1,1983. Indicate units of measure.
c. Use the trapezoidal rule with four equal subdivisions to estimate the
integral from 5 to 7 of S(t) dt.
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d. Using correct units, explain the meaning of the integral from 5 to 7 of S(t)
dt in terms of cola consumption.
180. This problem deals with functions defined by f(x) = x + b sin x, where b is
positive and constant and [- 2, 2].
a. Sketch the graphs of two of these functions, y = x + sin(x) and y = x + 3
sin(x), as indicated below.
b. Find the x-coordinates of all points, [-
tangent to the graph of f(x) = x + b sin(x).
c. Are the points of tangency described in part (b) relative maximum points
of f ? Why?
d. For all values of b > 0, show that all inflection points of the graph of f lie
on the line y = x.
181. An oil storage tank has the shape shown above, obtained by revolving the
9 4
curve y = x from x = 0 to x = 5 about the y-axis, where x and y are measured
625
in feet. Oil flows into the tank at the constant rate of 8 cubic feet per minute.
a. Find the volume of the tank. Indicate units of measure.
b. To the nearest minute, how long would it take to fill the tank if the tank
was empty initially?
e. Let h be the depth, in feet, of oil in the tank. How fast is the depth of the
oil in the tank increasing when h = 4? Indicate units of measure.
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x2
182. Let l is tangent to the graph of y = x - at the point Q, as shown in the
500
figure above.
a. Find the x-coordinate of point Q.
b. Write an equation for line .
x2
c. Suppose the graph of y = x - shown in the figure, where x and y are
500
measured in feet, represents a hill. There is a 50-foot tree growing
vertically at the top of the hill. Does a spotlight at point P directed along
the line l shine on any part of the tree? Show the work that
leads to your conclusion.
183. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at any time t > 0 is
2
given by v(t) = 3t - 2t - 1. The position x(t) is 5 for t = 2.
a. Write a polynomial expression for the position of the particle at any time
t > 0.
b. For what values of t, 0 < t < 3, is the particle’s instantaneous velocity the
same as its average velocity on the closed interval [0, 3]?
c. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from time t= 0 until time
t = 3.
184. Let f be the function given by f(x) = 3 cos(x). The graph of f crosses the y-
axis at point P and the x-axis at point Q.
a. Write an equation for the line passing through points P and Q.
b. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at point Q. Show
the analysis that leads to your equation.
c. Find the x-coordinate of the point on the graph of f, between points P
and Q, at which the line tangent to the graph of f is parallel to line PQ.
d. Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graph of f and
line segment PQ. Write an integral expression for the volume of the solid
generated by revolving the region R about the x-axis. Do not evaluate.
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185. Let f be the function given by f(x) = x 3.
a. Sketch the graph of f and shade the region R enclosed by the graph of f,
the x-axis, and the vertical line x = 6.
b. Find the area of the region R described in part (a).
c. Rather than using the line x = 6 as in part (a), consider the line x = w,
where w can be any number greater than 3. Let A(w) be the area of the
region enclosed by the graph of f, the x-axis, and the vertical line x = w.
Write an integral expression for A(w).
d. Let A(w) be as described in part (c). Find the rate of change of A with
respect to w when w = 6.
3 2
186. Let f be the function given by f(x) = x - 6x + p, where p is an arbitrary
constant.
a. Write an expression for f(x) and use it to find the relative maximum and
minimum values of f in terms of p. Show the analysis that leads to your
conclusion.
b. For what values of the constant p does f have 3 distinct real roots?
c. Find the value of p such that the average value of f over the closed
interval [-1, 2] is 1.
187. The graph of a function f consists of a semicircle and two line segments as
x
shown below. Let g be the function given by 0 f (t )dt
a. Find g(3).
b. Find all values of x on the open interval (-2,5) at which g has a relative
maximum. Justify your answer.
c. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of g at x = 3.
d. Find the x-coordinate of each point of inflection of the graph of g on the
open interval (-2,5). Justify your answer.
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188. Let v(t) be the velocity, in feet per second, of a skydiver at time t seconds,
t > 0. After her parachute opens, her velocity satisfies the differential
dy
equation = -2v - 32, with initial condition v(0) = -50.
dx
a. Use separation of variables to find an expression for v in terms of t, where
t is measured in seconds.
b. Terminal velocity is defined as lim v(t ) . Find the terminal velocity of the
t
189. Let R be the region bounded by the x-axis, the graph of y x , and the
line x= 4.
a. Find the area of the region R.
b. Find the value of h such that the vertical line x= h divides the region R
into two regions of equal area.
c. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the
x-axis.
d. The vertical line x=k divides the region R into two regions such that
when these two regions are revolved about the x-axis, they generate
solids with equal volumes. Find the value of k.
2x
190. Let f be the function given by f(x) = 2x e .
a. Find lim f ( x) and lim f ( x) .
x x
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191. The graph of the velocity v(t), in ft/sec, of a car traveling on a straight road,
for 0 < t < 50, is shown above. A table of values for v(t), at 5-second intervals of
time t, is shown to the right of the graph.
a. During what intervals of time is the acceleration of the car positive?
Give a reason for your answer.
2
b. Find the average acceleration of the car, in ft/sec , over the interval 0
< t < 50.
2
c. Find one approximation for the acceleration of the car in ft/sec , at t =
40. Show the computations you used to arrive at your answer.
d. Approximate the integral from 0 to 50 of v(t) dt with a Riemann sum,
using the midpoints of five subintervals of equal length. Using correct
units, explain the meaning of this integral.
192. Let f be the function with f(1) = 4 such that for all points (x,y) on the graph
3x 2 1
of the slope is given by .
2y
a. Find the slope of the graph of f at the point where x = 1.
b. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at x = 1 and use
it to approximate f(1.2).
dy 3x 2 1
c. Find f(x) by solving the separable differential equation = with
dx 2y
the initial condition f(1) = 4.
d. Use your solution from part (c) to find f(1.2).
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193. The temperature outside a house during a 24-hour period is given by
t
F(t) = 80 -10 cos , 0 < t < 24, where F(t) is measured in degrees Fahrenheit and t
12
is measured in hours.
a. Sketch the graph of F on the grid provided.
b. Find the average temperature, to the nearest degree Fahrenheit,
between t = 6 and t = 14.
c. An air conditioner cooled the house whenever the outside temperature
was at or above 78 degrees Fahrenheit. For what values of t was the air
conditioner cooling the house?
d. The cost of cooling the house accumulates at the rate of $0.05 per hour
for each degree the outside temperature exceeds 78 degrees
Fahrenheit. What was the total cost, to the nearest cent, to cool the
house for this 24-hour period?
3 2 2
194. Consider the curve defined by 2y + 6x y - 12x + 6y = 1.
dy 4 x 2 xy
a. Show that = 2 .
dx x y 2 1
b. Write an equation of each horizontal tangent line to the curve.
c. The line through the origin with slope -1 is tangent to the curve at point P.
Find the x- and y-coordinates of point P.
195. A particle moves along the y-axis with velocity given by v(t ) t sin(t ) for
2
t > 0.
a. In which direction (up or down) is the particle moving at time t = 1.5?
Why?
b. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t = 1.5. Is the velocity of
the particle increasing at t = 1.5? Why or why not?
c. Given that y(t) is the position of the particle at time t and the y(0) = 3,
Find y(2).
d. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t = 2.
196. The shaded region, R, is bounded by the graph of y = x2 and the line y = 4.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving R about the x-axis.
c. There exists a number k, k > 4, such that when R is revolved about the
line y = k, the resulting solid has the same volume as the solid in part (b).
Write, but do not solve, an equation involving an integral expression
that can be used to find the value of k.
197. The rate at which water flows out of a pipe, in gallons per hour, is given by
a differentiable function R of time t. The table shows the rate as measured every
3 hours for a 24-hour period.
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t R(t)
(hours) (gallons per hour)
0 9.6
3 10.4
6 10.8
9 11.2
12 11.4
15 11.3
18 10.7
21 10.2
24 9.6
198. Suppose that the function f has a continuous second derivative for all x,
and that f (0) 2, f (0) 3, and f (0) 0. Let g be a function whose
derivative is given by g ( x) e (3 f ( x) 2 f ( x) for all x.
2 x
c. Given that g(0) = 4, write an equation of the line tangent to the graph
of g at the point where x = 0.
d. Show that g ( x) e (6 f ( x) f ( x) 2 f ( x) . Does g have a local
2 x
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199. The graph of the function f, consisting of three line segments, is given
below. Let
x
g ( x) f (t )dt .
1
200.
1
In the figure below, line l is tangent to the graph of y = at point P, with
x2
1
coordinates (w, ), where w > 0. Point Q has coordinates (w,0). Line l
w2
crosses the x-axis at the point R, with coordinates (k, 0).
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is increasing or decreasing at this instant.
201. Let R be the shaded region in the first quadrant enclosed by the
graphs of y e x , y = 1 – cos(x), and the y-axis.
2
202. Two runners, A and B, run on a straight racetrack for 0 < t < 10 seconds.
The graph below, which consists of two line segments, shows the velocity, in
meters per second, of Runner A. The velocity, in meters per second, of
24t
Runner B is given by the function v defined by v (t ) .
2t 3
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2 seconds. Indicate units of measure.
b. Find the acceleration of Runner A and the acceleration of Runner B
at time
t = 2 seconds. Indicate units of measure.
c. Find the total distance run by Runner A and the total distance run by
Runner B over the time interval 0 < t < 10 seconds. Indicate units of
measure.
203. The figure above shows the graph of f f , the derivative of the function
f, for –7 < x < 7.
The graph of f has horizontal tangent lines at x = -3, x = 2, and x = 5,
and a vertical tangent line at x = 3.
a. How many gallons of water leak out of the tank from time t= 0 to
t = 3 minutes?
b. How many gallons of water are in the tank at time t = 3 minutes?
c. Write an expression for A(t), the total number of gallons of water in
the tank at time t.
d. At what time t, for 0 < t < 120, is the amount of water in the tank a
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maximum? Justify your answer.
dy 3 x 2 y y 2
a. Show that .
dx 2 xy x 3
b. Find all points on the curve whose x-coordinate is 1, and write an
equation for the tangent line at each of these points.
c. Find the x-coordinate of each point on the curve where the tangent
line is vertical.
dy 3 x 2
206. Consider the differential equation .
dx e 2 y
1
a. Find a solution y = f(x) to the differential equation satisfying f(0) = .
2
b. Find the domain and range of the function f found in part (a).
207. Let R and S be the regions in the first quadrant shown in the figure above.
The region R is bounded by the x-axis and the graphs of y = 2 – x3 and y =
tan x. The region S is bounded by the y-axis and the graphs of y = 2 – x3
and y = tan x.
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208. The temperature, in degrees Celsius (C), of the water in a pond is a
differentiable function W of time t. The table above shows the water
temperature as recorded every 3 days over a 15-day period.
a. Use data from the table to find an approximation for W(12). Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
b. Approximate the average temperature, in degrees Celsius, of the water
over the time interval 0 < t < 15 days by using a trapezoidal
approximation with subintervals of length t = 3 days.
c. A student proposes the function P, given by P(t) = 20 + 10te(-t/3), as a
model for the temperature of the water in the pond at time t, where t is
measured in days and P(t) is measured in degrees Celsius. Find P(12).
Using appropriate units, explain the meaning of your answer in terms of
water temperature.
d. Use the function P defined in part c to find the average value, in degrees
Celsius, of P(t) over the time interval 0 < t < 15 days.
209. A car traveling on a straight road with velocity 55 ft/sec at time t = 0. For
0 < t < 18 seconds, the car’s acceleration a(t), in ft/sec2, is the piecewise linear
function defined by the graph above.
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the car 55 ft/sec? Why?
c. On the time interval 0 < t < 18, what is the car’s absolute maximum
velocity, in ft/sec, and at what time does it occur? Justify your answer.
d. At what times in the interval 0 < t < 18, if any, is the car’s velocity equal to
zero? Justify your answer.
210. Let h be a function defined for all x 0 such that h(4) = -3 and the
x2 2
derivative of h is given by h(x) = for all x 0.
x
a. Find all values of x for which the graph of h has a horizontal tangent, and
determine whether h has a local maximum, a local minimum, or neither
at each of these values. Justify your answers.
b. On what intervals, if any, is the graph of h concave up? Justify your
answer.
c. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of h at x = 4.
d. Does the line tangent to the graph of h at x = 4 lie above or below the
graph of h for x > 4? Why?
0
b. If f ( x) dx 32 , what is the value of k?
1
212. The function f is differentiable for all real numbers. The point (3, ) is on the
4
dy
graph of y = f(x), and the slope at each point (x,y) on the graph is given by =
dx
y (6 – 2x).
2
d2y 1
a. Find 2
and evaluate it at the point (3, ).
dx 4
dy
b. Find y = f(x) by solving the differential equation = y2(6 – 2x) with the
dx
1
initial condition f(3) = .
4
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1
x= and x = 1.
2
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when the region enclosed by the
1
graphs of f and g between x = and x= 1 is revolved about the line
2
y = 4.
c. Let h be the function given by h(x) = f(x) – g(x). Find the absolute
1
minimum value of h(x) on the closed interval < x < 1, and find the
2
1
absolute maximum value of h(x) on the closed interval < x < 1. Show
2
the analysis that leads to your answers.
214. The rate at which people enter an amusement park on a given day is
modeled by the function E defined by
15600
E 2 .
t 24t 160
The rate at which people leave the same amusement park on the same day is
modeled by the function L defined by
9890
L 2 .
t 38t 370
Both E(t) and L(t) are measured in people per hour and time t is measured in
hours after midnight. These functions are valid 9 < t < 23, the hours during which
the park is open. At time t = 9, there are no people in the park.
a. How many people have entered the park by 5:00 p.m. (t = 17)?
Round answer to the nearest who number.
b. The price of admission to the park is $15 until 5:00 p.m. (t = 17). After
5:00 p.m., the price of admission to the park is $11. How many dollars
are collected from admissions to the park on the given day? Round
your answer to the nearest whole number.
1
c. Let H (t ) E ( x L( x)dx for 9 < t < 23. The value of H(17) to the nearest
0
whole number is 3725. Find the value of H’(17) and explain the
meaning of H(17) and H’(17) in the context of the park.
d. At what time t, for 9 < t < 23, does the model predict that the number
of people in the park is a maximum?
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215. An object moves along the x-axis with initial position x(0) = 2. The velocity
of the object at time t > 0 is given by v(t ) sin t .
3
a. What is the acceleration of the object at time t = 4?
b. Consider the following two statements.
Statement I: For 3 < t < 4.5, the velocity of the object is decreasing.
Statement II: For 3 < t < 4.5, the speed of the object is increasing.
Are either or both of these statements correct? For each statement
provide a reason why it is correct or not correct.
c. What is the total distance traveled by the object over the time interval
0 < t < 4?
d. What is the position of the object at time t = 4?
216. The graph of the function f shown consists of two line segments. Let g be
x
the function given by g ( x) f (t )dt .
0
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217. A container has the shape of an open right circular cone. The height of
the container is 10 cm and the diameter of the opening is 10 cm. Water in the
container is evaporating so that its depth h is changing at the constant rate of
3
cm/hr.
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a. Find the volume V of water in the container when h = 5 cm. Indicate
units of measure.
b. Find the rate of change of the volume of water in the container, with
respect to time, when h = 5 cm. Indicate units of measure.
c. Show that the rate of change of the volume of water in the container
due to evaporation is directly proportional to the exposed surface area
of the water. What is the constant of proportionality?
218.
x -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0 0.5 1.0 1.5
f ( x) -1 -4 -6 -7 -6 -4 -1
f ( x ) -7 -5 -3 0 3 5 7
Let f be a function that is differentiable for all real numbers. The table
above gives the values of f and its derivative f’ for selected points x in the
closed interval -1.5 < x < 1.5. The second derivative of f has the property
that f’’(x) > 0 for -1.5 < x < 1.5.
1.5
a. Evaluate 3 f ( x) 4 dx .
0
Show the work that leads to your answer.
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The graph of g passes through each of the points (x, f(x)) given in the
table above. Is it possible that f and g are the same function? Give a
reason for your answer.
x3
219. Let R be the region bounded by the y-axis and the graphs of y and
1 x2
y = 4 -2x.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the x-
axis.
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, each cross section
perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. Find the volume of this solid.
220. The number of gallons, P(t), of a pollutant in a lake changes at the rate
P(t ) 1 3e0.2 t gallons per day, where t is measured in days. There are 50 gallons
of the pollutant in the lake at time t = 0. The lake is considered to be safe when
it contains 40 gallons or less of pollutant.
a. Is the amount of pollutant increasing at time t = 9? Why or why not?
b. For what value of t will the number of gallons of pollutant be at its
minimum? Justify your answer.
c. Is the lake safe when the number of gallons of pollutant is at its
minimum? Justify your answer.
d. An investigator uses the tangent line approximation to P(t) at t = 0 as a
model for the amount of pollutant in the lake. At what time t does this
model predict that the lake becomes safe?
221. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity v at any time t, for
0 < t <16, is given by v(t) = e2 sin t – 1. At time t = 0, the particle is at the
origin.
a. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of v(t) for 0 < t <16.
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b. During what intervals of time is the particle moving to the left? Give a
reason for your answer.
c. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from t = 0 to t = 4.
d. Is there any time t, 0 < t <16, at which the particle returns to the origin?
Justify your answer.
g ( x) 5 f (t )dt for 3 x 15 .
6
t 3 .
dy 3 x
223. Consider the differential equation .
dx y
a. Let y = f(x) be the particular solution to the given differential equation for
1 < x < 5 such that the line y = -2 is tangent to the graph of f. Find the x-
coordinate of the point of tangency, and determine whether f has a local
maximum, local minimum, or neither at the point. Justify your answer.
b. Let y = g(x) be the particular solution to the given differential equation for
-2 < x < 8, with the initial condition g(6) = -4. Find y = g(x).
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km and y = 3 km.
b. Find the rate of change, in km/hr, of the distance between the two
ships when x = 4 km and y = 3 km.
c. Let be the angle shown in the figure. Find the rate of change of , in
radians per hour, when x = 4 km and y = 3 k
225. Let R be the shaded region bounded by the graphs of y x and y e3x
and the vertical line x = 1, as shown in the figure below.
226. A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at time t is given by
t2
v(t ) (t 1)sin . At time t = 0, the particle is at position x = 1.
2
a. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t= 2. Is the speed of the
particle increasing at t= 2? Why or why not?
b. Find all times t in the open interval 0 < t < 3 when the particle changes
direction. Justify your answer.
c. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from time t = 0 until time t
= 3.
d. During the time interval 0 < t < 3, what is the greatest distance between
the particle and the origin? Show the work that leads to your answer.
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227. The rate of fuel consumption, in gallons per minute, recorded during an
airplane flight is given by the twice-differentiable and strictly increasing function
R of time t. The graph of R and a table of selected values of R(t), for the time
interval 0 < t < 90 minutes, are shown below
a. Use data from the table to find an approximation for R(45). Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
b. The rate of fuel consumption is increasing fastest at time t = 45 minutes.
What is the value of R(45)? Explain your reasoning.
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c. Approximate the value of 0 R(t )dt using a left Riemann sum with the five
subintervals indicated by the data in the table. Is this numerical
90
approximation less than the value of 0 R(t )dt ? Explain your reasoning.
b
d. For 0 < b < 90 minutes, explain the meaning of 0 R(t )dt in terms of fuel
b
1
consumption for the plane. Explain the meaning of R(t )dt in terms of
b0
fuel consumption for the plane. Indicate units of measure in both
answers.
228. Let f be a function defined on the closed interval -3 < x < 4 with f(0) = 3.
The graph of f , the derivate of f , consists of one line segment and a
semicircle, as shown below.
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b. Find the x-coordinate of each point of inflection of the graph of f on
the open interval -3 < x < 4. Justify your answer.
c. Find an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
(0,3).
d. Find f (-3) and f (4). Show the work that leads to your answers.
229. A coffeepot has the shape of a cylinder with radius 5 inches, as shown in
the figure above. Let h be the depth of the coffee in the pot, measured in
inches, where h is a function of time t, measured in seconds. The volume V of
coffee in the pot is changing at the rate of 5 h cubic inches per second.
dh h
a. Show that .
dt 5
dh h
b. Given that h = 17 at time t = 0, solve the differential equation .
dt 5
for h as a function of t.
c. At what time t is the coffeepot empty?
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231. Let f be the function given by f ( x) 4 x 2 x 3 , and let l be the line y = 18 –
3x,where l is tangent to the graph of f . Let R be the region bounded by
the graph of f and the x-axis, and let S be the region bounded by the
graph of f ,the line l , and the x-axis, as shown below
232. A tank contains 125 gallons of heating oil at time t = 0. During the time
interval 0 < t < 12 hours, heating oil is pumped into the tank at the rate
10
H (t ) 2 gallons per hour. During the same time interval, heating oil
(1 ln(t 1))
t2
is removed from the tank at the rate R (t ) 12sin gallons per hour.
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a. How many gallons of heating oil are pumped into the tank during the
time interval 0 < t < 12 hours?
b. Is the level of heating oil in the tank rising or falling at time t = 6 hours?
Give a reason for your answer.
c. How many gallons of heating oil are in the tank at time t = 12 hours?
d. At what time t, for 0 < t < 12, is the volume of heating oil in the tank the
least? Show the analysis that leads to your conclusion.
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233.
A blood vessel is 360 millimeters (mm) long with circular cross sections of varying
diameter. The table above gives the measurements of the diameter of the
blood at selected points along the length of the blood vessel, where x
represents the distance from one end of the blood vessel and B(x) is a twice-
differentiable function that represents the diameter at that point.
a. Write an integral expression in terms of B(x) that represents the average
radius, in mm, of the blood vessel between x = 0 and x = 360.
b. Approximate the value of your answer from part (a) using the data from
the table and a midpoint Riemann sum with three subintervals of equal
length. Show the computations that lead to your conclusion;
275 2
B( x)
c. Using correct units, explain the meaning of dx in terms of the
125 2
blood vessel.
d. Explain why there must be at least one value x, for 0 < x < 360, such that
B( x) 0.
234.
A particle moves along the x-axis with velocity at time t > 0 given by
v(t ) 1 e1t .
a. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t = 3.
b. Is the speed of the particle increasing at time t = 3? Give a reason for
your answer.
c. Find all values of t at which the particle changes directions. Justify your
answer.
d. Find the total distance traveled by the particle over the time interval
0 < t < 3.
235. Let f be a function defined on the closed interval [0, 7]. The graph of
f consisting of four line segments, is shown below. Let g be the function given
x
by g ( x) f (t )dt .
2
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a. Find g (3), g (3), and g (3).
b. Find the average rate of change of g on the interval 0 < x < 3.
c. For how many values c, where 0 < c < 3, is g (c) equal to the average
rate found in part b? Explain your reasoning.
d. Find the x-coordinate of each point of inflection of the graph of g on the
interval 0 < x < 7. Justify your answer.
236.
Let f be the function satisfying f ( x) x f ( x) for all real numbers x, where
f (3) 25.
a. Find f (3).
b. Write an expression for y f ( x) by solving the differential equation
dy
x y with the initial condition f (3) 25.
dx
237.
Traffic flow is defined as the rate at which cars pass through an intersection,
measured in cars per minute. The traffic flow at a particular intersection is
t
modeled by the function F defined by F (t ) 82 4sin for 0 t 30, where F(t)
2
is measured in cars per minute and t is measured in minutes.
a. To the nearest whole number, how many cars pass through the
intersection over the 30-minute period?
b. Is the traffic flow increasing or decreasing at t = 7? Give a reason for
your answer.
c. What is the average value of the traffic flow over the time interval
10 < t < 15? Indicate units of measure.
d. What is the average rate of change of the traffic flow over the time
interval 10 < t < 15? Indicate units of measure.
238.
Let f and g be the functions given by
f ( x) 2x(1 x) and g ( x) 3( x 1) x for 0 x 1. The graphs of f and g are shown
in the figure below.
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a. Find the area of the shaded region enclosed by the graphs of f and g .
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when the shaded region
enclosed by the graphs of f and g is revolved about the horizontal line
y = 2.
c. Let h be the function given by h( x) kx(1 x) for 0 x 1. For each k > 0,
the region (not shown) enclosed by the graphs of h and g is the base of
a solid with square cross sections perpendicular to the x-axis. There is a
value of k for which the volume of this solid is equal to 15. Write, but do
not solve, an equation involving an integral expression that could be
used to find the value of k.
239.
A particle moves along the y-axis so that its velocity v at time t > 0 is given by
v(t ) 1 tan 1 (et ). At time t = 0, the particle is at y = -1.
a. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t = 2.
b. Is the speed of the particle increasing or decreasing at time t = 2? Give
a reason for your answer.
c. Find the time t > 0 at which the particle reaches its highest point. Justify
your answer.
d. Find the position of the particle at time t = 2. Is the particle moving
toward the origin or away from the origin at time t = 2? Justify your
answer.
240.
Consider the curve given by x 2 4 y 2 7 3xy.
dy 3 y 2 x
a. Show that .
dx 8 y 3x
b. Show that there is a point P with x-coordinate 3 at which the line
tangent to the curve at P is horizontal. Find the y-coordinate of P.
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d2y
c. Find the value of at the point P found in part b. Does the curve
dx 2
have a local maximum, a local minimum, or neither at the point P?
Justify your answer.
241.
The graph of the function f shown above consists of a semicircle and three line
x
segments. Let g be the function given by g ( x) f (t )dt.
3
a. Find g (0) and g(0).
b. Find all values of x in the open interval (-5, 4) at which g attains a
relative maximum. Justify your answer.
c. Find the absolute minimum value of g on the closed interval [-5, 4].
Justify your answer.
d. Find all values of x in the open interval (-5, 4) at which the graph of g
has a point of inflection.
242.
dy
Consider the differential equation x 2 ( y 1).
dx
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the twelve points indicated.
b. While the slope field in part a is drawn at only twelve points, it is defined
at every point in the xy-plane. Describe all points in the xy-plane for
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which the slopes are positive.
c. Find the particular solution y f ( x) to the given differential equation
with the initial condition f (0) 3.
243.
Let R be the region enclosed by the graph of y x 1 , the vertical line x = 10,
and the x-axis.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the
horizontal line y = 3.
c. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the
vertical line x = 10.
244.
For 0 < t < 31, the rate of change of the number of mosquitoes on Tropical Island
t
at time t days is modeled by R (t ) 5 t cos mosquitoes per day. There are
5
1000 mosquitoes on Tropical Island at time t = 0.
a. Show that the number of mosquitoes is increasing at time t = 6.
b. At time t = 6, is the number of mosquitoes increasing at an increasing
rate, or is the number of mosquitoes increasing at a decreasing rate?
Give a reason for your answer.
c. According to the model, how many mosquitoes will be on the island at
time t= 31? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
d. To the nearest whole number, what is the maximum number of
mosquitoes for 0 < t < 31? Show the analysis that leads to your
conclusion.
245.
A test plane flies in a straight line with positive velocity v(t), in miles per minute at
time t minutes, where v is a differential function of t. Selected values of v(t) for
0 < t < 40 are shown in the table below.
a. Use a midpoint Riemann sum with four subintervals of equal length and
40
values from the table to approximate 0 v(t )dt. Show the computations
that lead to your answer. Using correct units explain the meaning of
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40
246.
The figure above shows the graph of f , the derivative of the function f , on the
closed interval -1 < x < 5. The graph of f has horizontal tangent lines at x = 1
and x =3. The function f is twice differentiable with f (2) 6.
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247.
dy
Consider the differential equation x 4 ( y 2).
dx
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the twelve points indicated.
b. While the slope field in part a is drawn at only twelve points, it is defined
at every point in the xy-plane. Describe all points in the xy-plane for
which the slopes are negative.
c. Find the particular solution y f ( x) to the given differential equation with
the initial condition f (0) 0.
248.
Let l be the line tangent to the graph of y x n at the point (1, 1), where n > 1,
as
shown above.
1
a. Find 0 x dx in terms of n.
n
b. Let T be the triangular region bounded by l , the x-axis, and the line
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1
x = 1. Show that the area of T is .
2n
c. Let S be the region bounded by the graph of y x n , the line l , and the
x-axis. Express the area of S in terms of n and determine the value of n
that maximizes the area of S.
249.
1
Let f and g be the functions given by f ( x) sin( x) and g ( x) 4 x (as shown
4
above). Let R be the shaded region in the first quadrant enclosed by the y-axis
and the graphs of f and g, and Let S be the shaded region in the first quadrant
enclosed by the graphs of f and g, as shown in the figure above.
250.
The tide moves sand from Sandy Point Beach at a rate modeled by the function
4t
R, given by R(t ) 2 5 sin . A pumping station adds sand to the beach at a
25
15t
rate modeled by the function S, given by S (t ) . Both R(t) and S(t) have
1 3t
units of cubic yards per hour and t is measured in hours for 0 < t < 6. At time t = 0,
the beach contains 2500 cubic yards of sand.
a. How much sand will the tide remove from the beach during this 6-hour
period? Indicate units of measure.
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b. Write an expression for Y(t), the total number of cubic yards of sand on
the beach at time t.
c. Find the rate at which the total amount of sand on the beach is
changing at time t = 4.
d. For 0 < t < 6, at what time t is the amount of sand on the beach a
minimum? What is the minimum value? Justify your answers.
251.
Distance x (cm) 0 1 5 6 8
Temperature T(x)
(oC) 100 93 70 62 55
A metal wire of length 8 centimeters (cm) is heated at one end. The table
above gives selected values of the temperature T(x), in degrees Celsius (oC), of
the wire x cm from the heated end. The function T is decreasing and twice
differentiable.
a. Estimate T (7 ) . Show the work that leads to your answer. Indicate units
of measure.
b. Write an integral expression in terms of T(x) for the average
temperature of the wire. Estimate the average temperature of the
wire using a trapezoidal sum with the four subintervals indicated by the
data in the table. Indicate units of measure.
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T ( x)dx
0
in terms of the temperature of the wire.
d. Are the data in the table consistent with the assertion that T ( x ) 0 for
every x in the interval 0 < x < 8? Explain your answer.
252.
Let f be a function that is continuous on the interval [0,4). The function f is twice
differentiable at x = 2. The function f and its derivatives have the properties
indicated in the table above, where DNE indicates that the derivatives of f do
not exist at x = 2.
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a. For 0 < x < 4, find all values of x at which f has a relative extremum.
Determine whether f has a relative maximum or a relative minimum at
each of these values. Justify your answer.
b. On the axes provided, sketch the graph of a function that has all the
characteristics of f.
x
c. Let g be the function defined by g ( x) f (t )dt on the open interval
1
(0, 4). For 0 < x < 4, find all values of x at which g has a relative
extremum. Determine whether g has a relative maximum or a relative
minimum at each of these values. Justify your answer.
d. For the function g defined in part c, find all values of x, for 0 < x < 4, at
which the graph of g has a point of inflection. Justify your answer.
253.
A car is traveling on a straight road. For 0 < t < 24 seconds, the car’s velocity
v(t), in meters per second, is modeled by the piecewise-linear function defined
by the graph above.
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b. For each v ( 4) and v ( 20) , find the value or explain why it does not exist.
Indicate units of measure.
c. Let a(t) be the car’s acceleration at time t, in meters per second per
second. For 0 < t < 24, write the piecewise-defined function for a(t).
d. Find the average rate of change of v over the interval 8 < t < 20. Does
the Mean Value Theorem guarantee a value of c, for 8 < t < 20, such
that v (c ) is equal to this average rate of change? Why or why not?
254.
dy 2x
Consider the differential equation .
dx y
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the twelve points indicated.
255.
Let R be the shaded region bounded by the graph of y ln x and the line
y x2.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the
horizontal line y 3.
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c. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that can be used to
find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the y-
axis.
256.
257.
The graph of the function f shown consists of six line segments. Let g be the
x
function given by g ( x) f (t )dt.
0
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258.
t 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
(seconds)
v(t ) 5 14 22 29 35 40 44 47 49
(feet per
second)
Rocket A has positive velocity v(t ) after being launched upward from an initial
height of 0 feet at time t 0 seconds. The velocity of the rocket is recorded for
selected values of t over the interval 0 t 80 seconds, as shown in the table
above.
a. Find the average acceleration of rocket A over the time interval
0 t 80 seconds. Indicate units of measure.
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b. Using correct units, explain the meaning of 10 v(t )dt in terms of the
rocket’s flight. Use a midpoint Riemann sum with 3 subintervals of equal
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length to approximate 10 v(t )dt .
c. Rocket B is launched upward with an acceleration of a(t ) 3 feet
t 1
per second per second. At time t 0 seconds, the initial height of the
rocket is 0 feet, and the initial velocity is 2 fee per second. Which of the
two rockets is traveling faster at time t 80 seconds? Explain your
answer.
259.
dy 1 y
Consider the differential equation , where x 0.
dx x
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the eight points indicated.
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b. Find the particular solution y f ( x) to the differential equation with
the initial condition f (1) 1and state its domain.
260.
The twice-differentiable function f is defined for all real numbers and satisfies
the following conditions:
f (0) 2, f (0) 4, and f (0) 3.
a. The function g is given by g ( x) eax f ( x) for all real numbers,
where a is a constant. Find g (0) and g (0) in terms of a .
b. The function h is given by h( x) cos(kx) f ( x) for all real numbers,
where k is a constant. Find h( x) and write an equation for the line
tangent to the graph of h at x 0.
261.
Let R be the region in the first and second quadrants bounded above by the
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graph of y and below by the horizontal line y 2.
1 x2
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the x-
axis.
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, the cross sections
perpendicular to the x-axis are semicircles. Find the volume of this
solid.
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262.
The amount of water in a storage tank, in gallons, is modeled by a continuous
function on the time interval 0 t 7 , where t is measured in hours. In this
model, rates are given as follows:
(i) The rate at which water enters the tank is
f (t ) 100t 2 sin t gallons per hour for 0 t 7
(ii) The rate at which water leaves the tank is
250 for 0 t 3
g (t ) gallons per hours.
2000 for 3 t 7
The graphs of f and g , which intersect at t 1.617 and t 5.076 , are shown in
the figure above. At time t 0 , the amount of water in the tank is 5000 gallons.
a. How many gallons of water enter the tank during the time interval
0 t 7 ? Round your answer to the nearest gallon.
b. For 0 t 7 , find the time intervals during which the amount of water
in the tank is decreasing. Give a reason for each answer.
c. For 0 t 7 , at what time t is the amount of water in the tank
greatest? To the nearest gallon, compute the amount of water at this
time. Justify your answer.
263.
x f ( x) f ( x ) g ( x) g ( x)
1 6 4 2 5
2 9 2 3 1
3 10 -4 4 2
4 -1 3 6 7
The functions f and g are differentiable for all real numbers, and g is strictly
increasing. The table above gives values of the functions and their first
derivatives at selected values of x . The function h is given by
h( x) f ( g ( x)) 6.
a. Explain why there must be a value r for 1 r 3 such that h(r ) 5.
b. Explain why there must be a value c for 1 r 3 such that h(r ) 5.
g ( x)
c. Let w be the function given by w( x) 1 f (t )dt. Find the value of
w(3).
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d. If g 1 is the inverse of g , write an equation for the line tangent to the
graph of y g 1 ( x) at x 2.
264.
A particle moves along the x-axis with position at time t given by x(t ) e t sin t
for 0 t 2 .
a. Find the time t at which the particle is farthest to the left. Justify your
answer.
b. Find the value of the constant A for which x (t ) satisfies the equation
Ax(t ) x(t ) x(t ) 0 for 0 t 2 .
265.
t 0 2 5 7 11 12
(minutes)
r (t ) 5.7 4.0 2.0 1.2 0.6 0.5
(ft/ min)
The volume of a spherical hot air balloon expands as the air inside the balloon is
heated. The radius of the balloon, in feet, is modeled by a twice-differentiable
function r of time t , where t is measured in minutes. For 0 t 12 , the graph
of r is concave down. The table above gives selected values of the rate of
change, r (t ), of the radius of the balloon over the time interval 0 t 12. The
radius of the balloon is 30 feet when t 5. (Note: The volume of a sphere of
4
radius r is given by V r 3. )
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a. Estimate the radius of the balloon when t 5.4 using the tangent line
approximation at t 5. Is your estimate greater than or less than the
true value? Give a reason for your answer.
b. Find the rate of change of the volume of the balloon with respect to
time when t 5. Indicate units of measure.
c. Use a right Riemann Sum with the five subintervals indicated by the
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data in the table to approximate 0 r(t )dt. Using correct units, explain
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the meaning of 0 r(t )dt. in terms of the radius of the balloon.
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12
d. Is your approximation in part c greater than or less than 0 r(t )dt ?
Give a reason for your answer.
266.
267.
268.
A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity v at time t 0 is given by
v(t ) sin(t 2 ). The graph of v is shown above for 0 t 5 . The position of
the particle at time t is x (t ) and its position at time t 0 is x(0) 5.
a. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t 3.
b. Find the total distance traveled by the particle from time t 0 to t 3.
c. Find the position of the particle at time t 3.
d. For 0 t 5 , find the time t at which the particle is farthest to theer
right. Explain your answer.
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269.
The wind chill is the temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit 0 F , a human feels
based on the air temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, and the wind velocity v , in
miles per hour (mph). If the air temperature is 32 F , then the wind chill is given
0
270.
271.
dy 1
Consider the differential equation x y 1.
dx 2
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the nine points indicated.
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d2y
b. Find in terms of x and y . Describe the region in the xy -plane in
dx 2
which all solution curves to the differential equation are concave up.
c. Let y f ( x) be a particular solution to the differential equation with
the initial condition f (0) 1. Does f have a relative minimum, a
relative maximum, or neither at x 0 ? Justify your answer.
d. Find the values of the constants m and b , for which y mx b is a
solution to the differential equation.
272.
273.
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b. The horizontal line y 2 splits the region R into two parts. Write, but
do not integrate, an integral expression for the area of the part of R
that is below this horizontal line.
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, each cross section
perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. Find the volume of this solid.
d. The region R models the surface of a small pond. At all points R at a
distance x from the y-axis, the depth of the water is given by
h( x) 3 x . Find the volume of water in the pond.
274.
t (hours) 0 1 3 4 7 8 9
L(t ) 120 156 176 126 150 80 0
(people)
Concert tickets went on sale at noon ( t 0 and were sold out within 9 hours.
The number of people waiting in line to purchase tickets at time t is modeled by
a twice-differentiable function L for 0 t 9. Values of L(t ) at various times t
are shown in the table above.
a. Use the data in the table to estimate the rate at which the number of
people waiting in line was changing at 5:30 P.M. (t 5.5) . Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
b. Use a trapezoidal sum with three subintervals to estimate the average
number of people waiting in line during the first 4 hours that tickets
were on sale.
c. For 0 t 9, what is the fewest number of times at which L(t ) must
equal 0? Give a reason for your answer.
d. The rate at which tickets were sold for 0 t 9 is modeled by
t
r (t ) 550te 2 tickets per hour. Based on the model, how many tickets
were sold by 3 P.M. t 3 , to the nearest whole number?
275. Oil is leaking from a pipeline on the surface of a lake and forms an oil slick
whose volume increases at a constant rate of 2000 cubic centimeters per
minute. The oil slick takes the form of a right circular cylinder with both its radius
and height changing with time. (Note: The volume V of a right circular
cylinder with radius r and height h is given by V r 2 h.
a. At the instant when the radius of the oil slick is 100 centimeters and the
height is 0.5 centimeter, the radius is increasing at the rate of 2.5
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centimeters per minute. At this instant, what is the rate of change of
the height of the oil slick with respect to time, in centimeters per
minute?
b. A recovery device arrives on the scene and begins removing oil. The
rate at which oil is removed is R(t ) 400 t cubic centimeters per
minute, where t is the time in minutes since the device began working.
Oil continues to leak at the rate of 2000 cubic centimeters per minute.
Find the time t when the oil slick reaches its maximum volume. Justify
your answer.
c. By the time the recovery device began removing oil, 60,000 cubic
centimeters of oil had already leaked. Write, but do not evaluate, an
expression involving an integral that gives the volume of oil at the time
found in part b.
276.
A particle moves along the x-axis so that its velocity at time t , for 0 t 6, is
given by a differentiable function v whose graph is shown above. The velocity
is 0 at t 0, t 3, and t 5, and the graph has horizontal tangents at t 1 and
t 4. The areas of the regions bounded by the t -axis and the graph of v on the
intervals [0,3], [3,5], and [5,6] are 8, 3, and 2, respectively. At time t 0, the
particle is at x 2.
a. For 0 t 6, find both the time and the position of the particle when
the particle is farthest to the left. Justify your answer.
b. For how many values of t , where 0 t 6, is the particle at x 8?
Explain your reasoning.
c. On the interval 2 t 3 , is the speed of the particle increasing or
decreasing? Give a reason for your answer.
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d. During what time intervals, if any, is the acceleration of the particle
negative? Justify your answer.
277.
dy y 1
Consider the differential equation , where x 0 .
dx x2
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the nine points indicated.
278.
ln x
Let f be the function given by f ( x) for all x 0. The derivative of f is
x
1 ln x
given by f ( x) .
x2
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279.
Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graphs of y x and
x
y .
3
a. Find the area of R.
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is rotated about the
vertical line x 1.
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, the cross sections
perpendicular to the y-axis are squares. Find the volume of this solid.
280.
For time t 0 hours, let r (t ) 120 1 e10t
2
281.
A scientist measures the depth of the Doe River at Picnic Point. The river is 24
feet wide at this location. The measurements are taken in a straight line
perpendicular to the edge of the river. The data are shown in the table above.
The velocity of the water at Picnic Point, in feet per minute, is modeled by
v(t ) 16 2sin( t 10) for 0 t 120 minutes.
a. Use a trapezoidal sum with four subintervals indicated by the data in the
table to approximate the area of the cross section of the river at Picnic
Point, in square feet. Show the computations that lead to your answer.
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b. The volumetric flow at a location along the river is the product of the
cross-sectional area and the velocity of the water at that location. Use
your approximation from part (a) to estimate the average value of the
volumetric flow at Picnic Point, in cubic feet per minute, from t 0 to t 120
minutes.
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c. The scientist proposes the function f , given by f ( x) 8sin , as a
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model for the depth of the water, in feet, at Picnic Point x feet from the
river’s edge. Find the area of the cross section of the river at Picnic Point
based on this model.
d. Recall that the volumetric flow is the product of the cross-sectional area
and the velocity of the water at a location. To prevent flooding, water
must be diverted if the average value of the volumetric flow at Picnic
Point exceeds 2100 cubic feet per minute for a 20-minute period. Using
you answer from part (c ), find the average value of the volumetric flow
during the time interval 40 t 60 minutes. Does this value indicate that
the water must be diverted?
282.
3x
The functions f and g are given by f ( x)
0
4 t 2 dt and g ( x ) f (sin x ) .
283.
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Let g be a continuous function with g 2 5. The graph of the piecewise-linear
function g , the derivative of g , is shown above for 3 x 7.
a. Find the x-coordinate of all points of inflection of the graph of
y g ( x ) for 3 x 7. Justify your answer.
b. Find the absolute maximum value of g on the interval 3 x 7. Justify
your answer.
c. Find the average rate of change of g ( x ) on the interval 3 x 7.
d. Find the average rate of change of g on the interval 3 x 7. Does the
Mean Value Theorem applied on the interval 3 x 7 guarantee a value
of c , for 3 c 7 , such that g (c ) is equal to this average rate of change?
Why or why not?
284.
285.
Caren rides her bicycle along a straight road from home to school, starting at
home at time t = 0 minutes and arriving at school at time t = 12 minutes. During
the time interval 0 t 12 minutes, her velocity v (t ) , in miles per hour, is
modeled by the piecewise-linear function whose graph is shown above.
a. Find the acceleration of Caren’s bicycle at time t = 7.5 minutes. Indicate
units of measure.
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286.
The rate at which people enter an auditorium for a rock concert is modeled by
the function R given by R(t ) 1380t 2 675t 3 for 0 t 2 hours; R(t) is
measured in people per hour. No one is in the auditorium at time t = 0, when the
doors open. The doors close and the concert begins at time t = 2.
a. How many people are in the auditorium when the concert begins?
b. Find the time when the rate at which people enter the auditorium is a
maximum. Justify your answer.
c. The total wait time for all the people in the auditorium is found by adding
the time each person waits, starting at the time the person enters the
auditorium and ending when the concert begins. The function w
models the total wait time for all the people who enter the auditorium
before time t. The derivative of w is given by w(t ) (2 t ) R(t ) . Find
w(2) w(1) , the total wait time for those who enter the auditorium after
time t = 1.
d. On average, how long does a person wait in the auditorium for the concert
to begin? Consider all people who enter the auditorium after the doors
open, and use the model for total wait time from part (c).
287.
Mighty Cable Company manufactures cable that sells for $120 per meter. For a
cable of fixed length, the cost of producing a portion of the cable varies with its
distance from the beginning of the cable. Mighty reports that the cost to
produce a portion of a cable that is x meters from the beginning of the cable is
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6 x dollars per meter. (Note: Profit is defined to be the difference between the
amount of money received by the company for selling the cable and the
company’s cost of producing the cable.)
a. Find Mighty’s profit on the sale of a 25-meter cable.
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problem.
c. Write an expression, involving an integral, that represents Mighty’s profit
on the sale of a cable that is k meters long.
d. Find the maximum profit that Mighty could earn on the sale of one cable.
Justify your answer.
288.
Let R be the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the graphs of y 2 x and
y x 2 , as shown in the figure above.
a. Find the area of R.
b. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, at each x the cross section
perpendicular to the x-axis has area A( x ) sin x . Find the volume
2
of the solid.
c. Another solid has the same base R. For this solid, the cross sections
perpendicular to the y-axis are squares. Write, but do not evaluate, an
integral expression for the volume of the solid.
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289.
x 2 3 5 8 13
f ( x) 1 4 -2 3 6
Let f be a function that is twice differentiable for all real numbers. The table
Above gives values of f for the selected points in the closed interval 2 x 13 .
a. Estimate f (4) . Show the work that leads to your answer.
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b. Evaluate 3 5 f ( x) dx .
2
Show the work that leads to your answer.
c. Use a Left Riemann sum with subintervals indicated by the data in the
13
answer.
d. Suppose f (5) 3 and f ( x ) 0 for all x in the closed interval 5 x 8 . Use
the line tangent to the graph of f at x 5 to show that f (7) 4. Use the
4
secant line for the graph of f on 5 x 8 to show that f (7) .
3
290.
g ( x) for 4 x 0
The derivative of a function f is defined by f ( x) x
5e 3 for 0 x 4
3
The graph of the continuous function f , shown in the figure above, has
5
x-intercepts at x 2 and x 3ln . The graph of g on 4 x 0 is a
3
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semicircle, and f (0) 5.
a. For 4 x 4 , find all values of x at which the graph of f has a point of
inflection. Justify your answer.
b. Find f (4) and f (4).
c. For 4 x 4 , find the value of x at which f has an absolute maximum.
Justify your answer.
291.
At a certain height, a tree trunk has a circular cross section. The radius R(t) of
that cross section grows at a rate modeled by the function
dR 1
dt 16
3 sin t 2 centimeters per year for 0 t 3 , where time t is
measured in years. At time t = 0, the radius is 6 centimeters. The area of the
cross section at time t is denoted by A(t).
a. Write an expression, involving an integral, for the radius R(t) for 0 t 3 .
Use your expression to find R(3).
b. Find the rate at which the cross-sectional area A(t) is increasing at time
t = 3 years. Indicate units of measure.
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292.
A storm washed away sand from a beach, causing the edge of the water to get
closer to a nearby road. The rate at which the distance between the road and
the edge of the water was changing during the storm is modeled by
f (t ) t cos t 3 meters per hour, t hours after the storm began. The edge of
the water was 35 meters from the road when the storm began, and the storm
1
lasted 5 hours. The derivative of f (t ) is f (t ) sin t.
2 t
a. What was the distance between the road and the edge of the water at
the end of the storm?
b. Using correct units, interpret the value f (4) 1.007 in terms of the
distance between the road and the edge of the water.
c. At what time during the 5 hours of the storm was the distance between
the road and the edge of the water decreasing most rapidly? Justify your
answer.
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d. After the storm, a machine pumped sand back onto the beach so that
the distance between the road and the edge of the water was growing at
a rate of g(p) meters per day, where p is the number of days since
pumping began. Write an equation involving an integral expression whose
solution would give the number of days that sand must be pumped to
restore the original distance between the road and the edge of the water.
293.
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294.
x
Let R be the region bounded by the graphs of y x and y , as shown in
2
the figure above.
a. Find the area of R.
b. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, the cross sections
perpendicular to the x-axis are squares. Find the volume of this solid.
c. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression for the volume of the
solid generated when R is rotated about the horizontal line y = 2.
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positive, negative, or zero? Justify your answer.
d. Find the average rate of change of g , the derivative of g , over the
interval 1,3.
296.
t 0 8 20 25 32 40
(seconds)
v (t ) 3 5 -10 -8 -4 7
m/sec
The velocity of a particle moving along the x-axis is modeled by a differentiable
function v , where the position x is measured in meters. And time t is measured
in seconds. Selected values of v (t ) are given in the table above. The particle is
at position x 7 meters when t 0 seconds.
a. Estimate the acceleration of the particle at t 36 seconds. Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
40
b. Using correct units, explain the meaning of v(t )dt in the context of this
20
problem. Use a trapezoidal sum with three subintervals indicated by the
40
297.
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per hour, at which Janet removes snow from the driveway at time t hours after
0 for 0 t 6
midnight is modeled by g (t ) 125 for 6 t 7 .
108 for 7 t 9
a. How many cubic feet of snow have accumulated on the driveway by
6 A.M.?
b. Find the rate of change of the volume of snow on the driveway at 8 A.M.
c. Let h(t) represent the total amount of snow, in cubic feet, that Janet has
removed from the driveway at time t hours after midnight. Express h as a
piecewise-defined function with domain 0 t 9. .
d. How many cubic feet of snow are on the driveway at 9 A.M.?
298.
t (hours) 0 2 5 7 8
E (t )
(hundreds 0 4 13 21 23
of entries)
A zoo sponsored a one-day contest to name a new baby elephant. Zoo visitors
deposited entries in a special box between noon (t = 0) and 8 P.M. (t = 8). The
number of entries in the box t hours after noon is modeled by a
differentiable function E for 0 t 8. Values of E (t ) , in hundreds of entries, at
various times t are shown in the table above.
a. Use the data in the table to approximate the rate, in hundreds of entries
per hour, at which entries were being deposited at time t 6. Show the
computations that lead to your answer.
b. Use a trapezoidal sum with the four subintervals given by the table to
8
1
approximate the value of E (t ) dt . Using correct units, explain the
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8
1
meaning of E (t ) dt . in terms of the number of entries.
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c. At 8 P.M., volunteers began to process the entries. They processed the
entries at a rate modeled by the function P, where
P(t ) t 3 30t 2 298t 976 hundreds of entries per hour for 8 t 12.
According to the model, how many entries had not yet been processed by
midnight ( t 12 ) ?
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d. According to the model from part (c), at what time were the entries being
processed most quickly? Justify your answer.
299.
There are 700 people in line for a popular amusement-park ride when the ride
begins operation in the morning. Once it begins operation, the ride accepts
passengers until the park closes 8 hours later. While there is a line, people move
onto the ride at a rate of 800 people per hour. The graph above shows the rate,
r (t ) , at which people arrive at the ride throughout the day. Time t is measured
in hours from the time the ride begins operation.
a. How many people arrive at the ride between t 0 and t 3 ? Show the
computations that lead to your answer.
b. Is the number of people waiting in line to get on the ride increasing or
decreasing between t 2 and t 3 ? Justify your answer.
c. At what time t is the line for the ride the longest? How many people are in
line at that time? Justify your answers.
d. Write, but do not solve, an equation involving an integral expression of r
whose solution gives the earliest time t at which there is no longer a line for
the ride.
300.
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Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the graph of y 2 x , the
horizontal line y 6 , and the y-axis, as shown in the figure above.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the volume of
the solid generated when R is rotated about the horizontal line y 7 .
c. Region R is the base of a solid. For each y, where 0 y 6 , the cross
section of the solid taken perpendicular to the y-axis is a rectangle whose
height is 3 times the length of its base in region R . Write, but do not
evaluate, an integral expression that gives the volume of the solid.
301.
The function g is defined and differentiable on the closed interval [-7, 5] and
satisfies g (0) 5 . The graph of y g ( x) , the derivative of g , consists of a
semicircle and three line segments, as shown in the figure above.
a. Find g (3) and g ( 2) .
b. Find the x-coordinate of each point of inflection of the graph of y g ( x)
on the interval 7 x 5 . Explain your reasoning.
1
c. The function h is defined by h( x) g ( x) x 2 . Find the x-coordinate of
2
each critical point of h , where 7 x 5 , and classify each critical point
as the location of a relative minimum, relative maximum, or neither a
minimum nor a maximum. Explain your reasoning.
302.
dy d2y
Solutions to the differential equation xy also satisfy
3
2
y 3 (1 3 x 2 y 2 ).
dx dx
dy
Let y f ( x ) be a particular solution to the differential equation xy 3 with
dx
f (1) 2.
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a. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of y f ( x ) at x 1.
b. Use the tangent line equation from part (a) to approximate f (1.1). Given
that f ( x) 0 for 1 x 1.1, is the approximation for f (1.1) greater than
or less than f (1.1) ? Explain your reasoning.
c. Find the particular solution y f ( x ) with initial condition f (1) 2.
303.
In the figure above, R is the shaded region in the first quadrant bounded by the
graph of y 4 ln(3 x ) , the horizontal line y 6 , and the vertical line x 2 .
a. Find the area of R .
b. Find the volume of the solid generated when R is revolved about the
horizontal line y 8. .
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, each cross section
perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. Find the volume of the solid.
304.
1
The function g is defined for x 0 with g (1) 2 , g ( x ) sin x , and
x
1 1
g ( x ) 1 2 cos x .
x x
a. Find all values of x in the interval 0.12 x 1 at which the graph of g has
a horizontal tangent line.
b. On what subintervals of (0.12,1) , if any, is the graph of g concave down?
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Justify your answer.
c. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of g at x 0.3 .
d. Does the line tangent to the graph of g at x 0.3 lie above or below the
graph of g for 0.3 x 1 ? Why?
305.
t 0 2 4 6 8 10 12
P(t ) 0 46 53 57 60 62 63
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306.
307/
dy x 1
Consider the differential equation .
dx y
a. On the axes provided, sketch a slope field for the given differential
equation at the twelve points indicated, and for 1 x 1 , sketch the
solution curve that passes through the point (0, 1).
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b. While the slope field in part (a) is drawn at only twelve points, it is defined
at every point in the xy -plane for which y 0. Describe all points in the
dy
xy -plane, y 0 , for which 1.
dx
c. Find the particular solution y f ( x ) to the given differential equation
with the initial condition f (0) 2.
308.
Two particles move along the x-axis. For 0 t 6 , the position of particle P at
time t is given by p (t ) 2 cos t , while the position of particle R at time t is
4
given by r (t ) t 6t 9t 3. .
3 2
a. For 0 t 6 find all times t during which particle R is moving to the right.
b. For 0 t 6 , find all times t during which the two particles travel in
opposite directions.
c. Find the acceleration of particle P at time t 3 . Is particle P speeding
up, slowing down, or doing neither at time t 3 ? Explain your reasoning.
d. Write, but do not evaluate, an expression for the average distance
between the two particles on the interval 1 t 3.
309.
100
310.
t (minutes) 0 2 5 9 10
H (t )
(degrees 66 60 52 44 43
Celsius)
311.
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LetR be the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the graphs of f ( x) 8x3
and g ( x) sin x , as shown in the figure above.
1
a. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at x .
2
b. Find the area of R .
c. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression for the volume of the
solid generated when R is rotated about the horizontal line y 1.
312.
above. Let g ( x ) 2 x f (t ) dt .
0
a. Find g ( 3) . Find g ( x ) and evaluate g ( 3) .
b. Determine the x-coordinate of the point at which g has an absolute
maximum on the interval 4 x 3. Justify your answer.
c. Find all values of x on the interval 4 x 3. for which the graph of g has
a point of inflection. Give a reason for your answer.
d. Find the average rate of change of f on the interval 4 x 3. There is no
point c , 4 c 3 , for which f ( c ) is equal to that average rate of
change. Explain why this statement does not contradict the Mean Value
Theorem.
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313.
At the beginning of 2010, a landfill contained 1400 tons of solid waste. The
increasing function W models the total amount of solid waste stored at the
landfill. Planners estimate that W will satisfy the differential equation
dW 1
(W 300) for the next 20 years. W is measured in tons, and t is
dt 25
measured in years from the start of 2010.
314.
1 2sin x for x 0
Let f be a function defined by f ( x ) 4 x .
e for x 0
315.
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which the height of the water is rising in the can is given by
S (t ) 2sin(0.03t ) 1.5.
a. According to the model, what is the height of the water in the can at the
end of the 60-day period?
b. According to the model, what is the average rate of change in the
height of water in the can over the 60-day period? Show the
computations that lead to your answer. Indicate units of measure.
c. Assuming no evaporation occurs, at what rate is the volume of water in
the can changing at time t 7 ? Indicate units of measure.
d. During the same 60-day period, rain on Monsoon Mountain accumulates
in a can identical to the one in Stormville. The height of the water in the
can on Monsoon Mountain is modeled by the function M , where
1
M (t ) (3t 3 30t 2 330t ). The height M (t ) is measured in millimeters,
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and t is measured in days for 0 t 60 . Let D(t ) M (t ) S (t ). Apply the
Intermediate Value Theorem to the function D on the interval 0 t 60 to
justify that there exists a time t, 0 t 60 , at which the heights of water in
the two cans are changing at the same rate.
316.
317.
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The functions f andg are given by f ( x) x and g ( x) 6 x. Let R be the
region bound by the x -axis and the graphs of f and g , as shown in the figure
above.
a. Find the area of R .
b. The region R is the base of a solid. For each y , where 0 y 2 , the
cross section of the solid taken perpendicular to the y -axis is a rectangle
whose base lies in R and whose height is 2 y . Write, but do not evaluate,
an integral expression that gives the volume of the solid.
c. There is a point P on the graph of f at which the line tangent to the
graph of f is perpendicular to the graph of g . Find the coordinates of
point P.
318.
Consider a differentiable function f having domain all positive real numbers, and
for which it is known thatf ( x) (4 x) x3 for x 0.
a. Find the x-coordinate of the critical point of f . Determine whether the
point is a relative maximum, a relative minimum, or neither for the function
f . Justify your answer.
b. Find all intervals on which the graph of f is concave down. Justify your
answer.
c. Given that f (1) 2 , determine the function f .
319.
t (seconds) 0 10 40 60
B(t ) (meters) 100 136 9 49
v (t ) (meters
per second) 2.0 2.3 2.5 4.6
Ben rides a unicycle back and forth along a straight east-west track. The twice-
differentiable function B models Ben’s position on the track, measured in meters
from the western end of the track, at time t , measured in seconds from the start
of the ride. The table above gives values for B(t ) and Ben’s velocity, v (t ) ,
measured in meters per second, at selected times t.
a. Use the data in the table to approximate Ben’s acceleration at time t 5
seconds. Indicate units of measure.
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60
320.
a. Find f ( x)dx.
2
Show the computations that lead to your answer.
b. Find all x -values in the open interval 2 , 4 for which f has a
critical point.
3x
d. Let h( x) 0 g ( t ) dt . Find h .
3
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321.
t (minutes) 0 4 9 15 20
W(t) (degrees Fahrenheit) 55.0 57.1 61.8 67.9 71.0
322.
Let R be the region in the first quadrant bounded by the x-axis and the graphs of
y ln( x ) and y 5 x , as shown in the figure above.
a. Find the area of R.
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b. Region R is the base of a solid. For the solid, each cross section
perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. Write, but do not evaluate, an
expression involving one or more integrals that gives the volume of the
solid.
c. The horizontal line y k divides R into two regions of equal area. Write, but
do not solve, an equation involving one or more integrals whose solution
gives the value of k.
323.
324.
The function f is defined by f ( x) 25 x 2 for 5 x 5.
a. Find f ( x ).
b. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at x 3.
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f ( x ) for 5 x 3
c. Let g be the function defined by g ( x )
x 7 for 3 x 5.
Is g continuous at x 3? Use the definition of continuity to explain your
answer.
5
d. Find the value of x
0
25 x 2 dx.
325.
The rate at which a baby bird gains weight is proportional to the difference
between its adult weight and its current weight. At time t 0 , when the bird is
first weighed, its weight is 20 grams. If B(t) is the weight of the bird, in grams, at
dB 1
time t days after it is first weighed, then (100 B). Let y B (t ) be the
dt 5
solution to the differential equation above with initial condition B (0) 20.
a. Is the bird gaining weight faster when it weighs 40 grams or when it weighs
70 grams? Explain your reasoning.
d 2B d 2B
b. Find 2 in terms of B. Use to explain why the graph of B cannot
dt dt 2
resemble the following graph.
326.
For 0 t 12, a particle moves along the x-axis. The velocity of the particle at
time t is given by v(t ) cos t . The particle is at position x 2 at time t 0.
6
a. For 0 t 12, when is the particle moving to the left?
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b. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the total
distance traveled by the particle from t 0 to time t 6.
c. Find the acceleration of the particle at time t . Is the speed of the particle
increasing, decreasing, or neither at time t 4? Explain your reasoning.
d. Find the position of the particle at time t 4.
327.
On a certain workday, the rate, in tons per hours, at which unprocessed gravel
t2
arrives at a gravel processing plant is modeled by G (t ) 90 45cos , where t
18
is measured in hours and 0 t 8. At the beginning of the workday t 0 , the
plant has 500 tons of unprocessed gravel. During the hours of operation,
0 t 8, the plant processes gravel at a constant rate of 100 tons per hour.
a. Find G (5). Using correct units, interpret your answer in the context of the
problem.
b. Find the total amount of unprocessed gravel that arrives at the plant
during the hours of operation on this workday.
c. Is the amount of unprocessed gravel at the plant increasing or decreasing
at t 5 hours? Show work that leads to your answer.
d. What is the maximum amount of unprocessed gravel at the plant during
the hours of operation on this workday? Justify your answer.
328.
A particle moves along a straight line. For 0 t 5 , the velocity of the particle is
6
given by v(t ) 2 t 2 3t 5 t 3 , and the position of the particle is given by s (t ). It
is known that s (0) 10.
a. Find all values of t in the interval 2 t 4 for which the speed of the
particle is 2.
b. Write an expression involving an integral that gives the position s (t ). Use
this expression to find the position of the particle at time t 5.
c. Find all times t in the interval 0 t 5 at which the particle changes
direction. Justify your answer.
d. Is the speed of the particle increasing or decreasing at time t 4? Give a
reason for your answer.
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329.
Hot water is dripping through a coffeemaker, filling a large cup with coffee. The
amount of coffee in the cup at time t , 0 t 6, is given by a differentiable
function C , where t is measured in minutes. Selected values of C (t ),
measured in ounces, are given in the table above.
a. Use the data in the table to approximate C (3.5). Show the
computations that lead to your answer, and indicate units of measure.
b. Is there a time t , 2 t 4, at which C (t ) 2 ? Justify your answer.
c. Use a midpoint sum with three subintervals of equal length indicated by
6
1
6 0
the data in the table to approximate the value of C (t )dt in the context
of the problem.
d. The amount of coffee in the cup, in ounces, is modeled by
B (t ) 16 16e 0.4t . Using this model, find the rate at which the amount of
coffee in the cup is changing when t 5.
330.
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graph of f and the x-axis are labeled in the figure. The function f is defined
for all real numbers and satisfies f 8 4.
a. Find all values of x on the open interval 0 x 8 for which the function
f has a local minimum. Justify your answer.
b. Determine the absolute minimum value of f on the closed interval
0 x 8. Justify your answer.
c. On what open interval contained in 0 x 8 is the graph of f both
concave down and increasing? Explain your reasoning.
d. The function g is defined by g ( x) f x . If f (3) , find the slope of
3 5
2
the line tangent to the graph of g at x 3.
331.
1
Let f ( x) 2 x 2 6 x 4 and g ( x) 4 cos x . Let R be the region bounded by the
4
graphs of f and g , as shown in the figure above.
a. Find the area of R.
b. Write, but do not evaluate, an integral expression that gives the volume of
the solid generated when R is rotated about the horizontal line y 4.
c. The region R is the base of a solid. For this solid, each cross sectin
perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. Write, but do not evaluate, an
integral expression that gives the volume of the solid.
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332.
e y 3x 2 6 x . Let y f ( x ) be the
dy
Consider the differential equation
dx
particular solution to the differential equation that passes through 1, 0 .
a. Write an equation for the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
1, 0 . Use the tangent line to approximate f 1.2 .
b. Find y f ( x ), the particular solution to the differential equation that
passes through 1, 0 .
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