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Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer from the given choices.

1. We need to enclose a rectangular field with a fence. We have 500 feet of fencing material and a building is on
one side of the field and so won’t need any fencing. Determine the dimensions of the field that will enclose the
largest area.
A. 250 x 125 B. 125 x125 C. 250 x 250 D. None of these

2. We want to construct a box whose base length is 3 times the base width. The material used to build the top and
bottom cost Php 10/ft2 and the material used to build the sides cost Php 6/ft 2. If the box must have a volume of
50ft3 determine the width that will minimize the cost to build the box.
A. 5.65 B. 4.71 C. 1.88 D. 3.46

3. What is the length of the box in Problem 2?

A. 5.65 B. 4.71 C. 1.88 D. 4.38

4. What about the height of the box in Problem 2?

A. 5.65 B. 4.71 C. 1.88 D. 2.99

5. Suppose we would like to find the minimum cost to build the box in Problem 2, what should be the minimum
cost?
A. Php 1237.88 B. Php 402.71 C. Php 363.76 D. Php 637.60

6. A box with a square base is to be constructed from a 10 m 2 of material. Assuming that all the material is used in
the construction process, what is the maximum volume that the box can have?
A. 2.15 m3 B. 1.29 m3 C. 3.27 m3 D. 2.71 m3

7. A manufacturer needs to make a cylindrical can that will hold 1.5 liters of liquid. What are the dimensions of the
can that will minimize the amount of material used in its construction?
A. 6.00 by 12.00 cm B. 12.21 by 24.42 cm C. 6.20 by 12.41cm D. 6.40 by 12.80cm

8. A piece of cardboard is 14 inches by 10 inches and the corners are cut out and fold up the sides to form a box.
Determine the height of the box that will give a maximum volume.
A. 2.02 in B. 1.54 in C. 2.41 in D. 1.92 in

9. A printer needs to make a poster that will have a total area of 200 in 2 and will have 1 inch margins on the sides, a
2 inch margin on the top and a 1.5 inch margin on the bottom. What dimensions will give the largest printed
area?
A. 10.7 by 18.7 B. 11.1 by 20.2 C. 10.0 by 10.0 D. None of these

10. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 300 and whose product is a maximum.
A. 100 and 200
B. 150 and 150
C. 125 and 175
D. 75 and 225

11. What are the two positive numbers whose product is 750 and for which the sum of one and 10 times the other is a
minimum?
A. 50 √ 3 ,5 √ 3 B. 50 √ 2, 5 √ 2 C. 125 √ 3 ,125 √ 3 D. None of these

12. Let x and y be two positive numbers such that and is a maximum.
53 47 55 45
A. 10 and 20 B. and C. and D. None of these
2 4 2 4

13. We are going to fence in a rectangular field. If we look at the field from above the cost of the vertical sides are
$10/ft, the cost of the bottom is $2/ft and the cost of the top is $7/ft. If we have $700 determine the dimensions of
the field that will maximize the enclosed area.
55 171 550 25 350 55 350 35
A. and B. and C. and D. and
2 4 9 2 9 4 9 2

14. We have 45 m2 of material to build a box with a square base and no top. Determine the height of the box that will
maximize the enclosed volume.
A. 3.87 B. 1.94 C. 5.81 D. 3.99

15. We want to build a box whose base length is 6 times the base width and the box will enclose 20 in 3. The cost of
the material of the sides is $3/in2 and the cost of the top and bottom is $15/in2. What is the length of the box that
will minimize the cost?
 A. 0.73 B. 2.78 C. 4.38 D. 6.26

16. We want to construct a cylindrical can with a bottom but no top that will have a volume of 30 cm 3. Determine the
dimensions of the can that will minimize the amount of material needed to construct the can.
A. 2.12 by 2.12 B. 1.06 and 4.24 C. 4.24 and 4.24 D. 1.06 and 1.06

17. We have a piece of cardboard that is 50 cm by 20 cm and we are going to cut out the corners and fold up the sides
to form a box. Determine the height of the box that will give a maximum volume.
A. 4.40 B. 2.20 C. 6.60 D. 8.80

18. A window is being built and the bottom is a rectangle and the top is a semicircle. If there is 12 meters of framing
materials what must the radius of the window be to let in the most light?
A. 3.36 B. 2.24 C. 1.68 D. 5.04

19. Which of the following is the area of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 4?
A. 16 B. 32 C. 64 D. 256
20. One of the points on that is closest to (0,2) is _____.

A. ( −1
√2 2 )
,−
3
B. ( −1
√2 2)
,
3
C. ( √12 , √32 ) D. ( 12 , 32 )
21. A 2 feet piece of wire is cut into two pieces and one piece is bent into a square and the other is bent into an
equilateral triangle. Where should the wire cut so that the total area enclosed by both is minimum?
A. 1.00 B. 0.99 C. 1.27 D. 0.87

22. A piece of pipe is being carried down a hallway that is 10 feet wide. At the end of the hallway there is a right-
angled turn and the hallway narrows down to 8 feet wide. What is the longest pipe that can be carried (always
keeping it horizontal) around the turn in the hallway?
A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 35

23. Two poles, one 6 meters tall and one 15 meters tall, are 20 meters apart. A length of wire is attached to the top of
each pole and it is also staked to the ground somewhere between the two poles. Where should the wire be staked
so that the minimum amount of wire is used?
40 50 37 41
A. B. C. D.
7 7 5 5

24. Two poles, one 6 meters tall and one 15 meters tall, are 20 meters apart. A length of wire is attached to the top of
each pole and it is also staked to the ground somewhere between the two poles. Where should the wire be staked
so that the angle formed by the two pieces of wire at the stake is a maximum?
A. 12.78 B. 9.78 C. 11.12 D. 14.12

25. A trough for holding water is to be formed by taking a piece of sheet metal 60 cm wide and folding the 20 cm on
either end up. Determine the angle that will maximize the amount of water that the trough can hold.
π π π π
A. B. C. D.
4 6 2 3

26. Air is being pumped into a spherical balloon at a rate of 5 cm 3/min. What is the rate at which the radius of the
balloon is increasing when the diameter of the balloon is 20 cm?
3 3 1 1
A. cm/min B. cm/min C. cm/min D.
16 π 14 π 80 π 16 π
cm/min

27. A 15-foot ladder is resting against the wall. The bottom is initially 10 feet away from the wall and is being
pushed towards the wall at a rate of ft/sec. How fast is the top of the ladder moving up the wall 12 seconds after
we start pushing?
A. 0.75 ft/sec B. 0.13 ft/sec C. 0.26 ft/sec D. 0.73 ft/sec

28. Two people are 50 feet apart. One of them starts walking north at a rate so that the angle is changing at a constant
rate of 0.01 rad/min. At what rate is distance between the two people changing when radians?
A. 0.31 ft/min B. 0.53 ft/min C. 1.21ft/min D. 0.62 ft/min

29. A tank of water in the shape of a cone is leaking water at a constant rate of . The base radius of the
tank is 5 ft and the height of the tank is 14 ft. At what rate is the depth of the water in the tank changing when the
depth of the water is 6 ft?
A. -0.14 ft/hr B. 0.14 ft/hr C. 0.12 ft/hr D. -0.12 ft/hr
30. A tank of water in the shape of a cone is leaking water at a constant rate of . The base radius of the
tank is 5 ft and the height of the tank is 14 ft. At what rate is the radius of the top of the water in the tank changing
when the depth of the water is 6 ft?
A. 0.050 ft/hr B. -0.056 ft/hr C. -0.076 ft/hr D. -0.050 ft/hr

31. A trough of water is 8 meters in length and its ends are in the shape of isosceles triangles whose width is 5 meters
and height is 2 meters. If water is being pumped in at a constant rate of . At what rate is the height of
the water changing when the water has a height of 120 cm?
A. 0.35 m/sec B. 0.25 m/sec C. 0.15 m/sec D. None of these

32. A light is on the top of a 12 ft tall pole and a 5ft 6in tall person is walking away from the pole at a rate of 2 ft/sec.
At what rate is the tip of the shadow moving away from the pole when the person is 25 ft from the pole?
A. 3.9632 ft/sec B. 3.2323 ft/sec C. 3.6923 ft/sec D. 6.4923 ft/sec

33. A spot light is on the ground 20 ft away from a wall and a 6 ft tall person is walking towards the wall at a rate of
2.5 ft/sec. How fast is the height of the shadow changing when the person is 8 feet from the wall?
A. -2.08 ft/sec B. 2.08 ft/sec C. 4.16 ft/sec D. -4.16 ft/sec

34. Two people on bikes are separated by 350 meters. Person A starts riding north at a rate of 5 m/sec and 7 minutes
later Person B starts riding south at 3 m/sec. At what rate is the distance separating the two people changing 25
minutes after Person A starts riding?
A. 9.0 m/sec B. 8.0 m/sec C. 10.0 m/sec D. 11.0 m/sec

35. For a certain rectangle the length of one side is always three times the length of the other side. If the shorter side
is decreasing at a rate of 2 inches/minute at what rate is the longer side decreasing?
A. -9 in/min B. -8 in/min C. -7 in/min D. -6 in/min

36. A thin sheet of ice is in the form of a circle. If the ice is melting in such a way that the area of the sheet is
decreasing at a rate of 0.5 m2/sec at what rate is the radius decreasing when the area of the sheet is 12 m 2 ?
A. -0.500 m/sec B. -0.051m/sec C. -0.041 m/sec D. -1.045 m/sec

37. A person is standing 350 feet away from a model rocket that is fired straight up into the air at a rate of 15 ft/sec.
At what rate is the distance between the person and the rocket increasing 20 seconds after liftoff?
A. 9.76 ft/sec B. 10.76 ft/sec C. 8.76 ft/sec D. 7.96 ft/sec

38. Two people are at an elevator. At the same time one person starts to walk away from the elevator at a rate of 2
ft/sec and the other person starts going up in the elevator at a rate of 7 ft/sec. What rate is the distance between
the two people changing 15 seconds later?
A. 7.28 ft/sec B. 8.98 ft/sec C. 12.13 ft/sec D. 7.79 ft/sec

39. Two people on bikes are at the same place. One of the bikers starts riding directly north at a rate of 8 m/sec. Five
seconds after the first biker started riding north the second starts to ride directly east at a rate of 5 m/sec. At what
rate is the distance between the two riders increasing 20 seconds after the second person started riding?
A. 9.10 m/sec B. 10.93 m/sec C. 9.39 m/sec D. 11.39 m/sec

40. A light is mounted on a wall 5 meters above the ground. A 2-meter tall person is initially 10 meters from the wall
and is moving towards the wall at a rate of 0.5 m/sec. After 4 seconds of moving, is the tip of the shadow
moving towards or away from the person?
A. -4/5 m/sec B. -2/3 m/sec C. 3/5 m/sec D. -1/3 m/sec