TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

QUEZON CITY
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
1. Determine the derivative of (x+2)3/x. 17. Find a point of inflection for the curve y = 3x4 – 8x3 +
A. [(x+1) (x+2)2]/ x2 C. [2(x-1) (x+2)2]/ x2 6x2
2 2
B. [(3x-2) (x+2) ]/ x D. [(2x-1) (x+2)2]/ x2 A. (1/4, 1/2) C. (1/2, 11/24)
2. Determine the derivative of sin4(3x). B. (1/5, 1/8) D. (1/3, 11/27)
A. 12sin3(3x)cos(3x)C. 12sin(3x)cos(3x) 18. Find the point in parabola y2 = 4x at which the rate of
B. 4sin3(3x)cos(3x) D. 4sin(3x)cos(3x) change of the ordinate and abscissa are equal.
3. Differentiate: 𝑦 = 𝑒 x (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 2 ) A. (1, 2) C. (-1, 4)
A. ex(cosx2 – 2xsinx2) C. ex(cosx – 2xsinx2) B. (2, 1) D. (4, 4)
B. e (cosx – xsinx )
x 2 2
D. ex(cosx2 – 2xsinx) 19. A rectangular poster, which is to contain 50 in2 of
4. What is the 50th derivative of y = cosx? print, must have margins of 2 inch on each side and
A. –sinx C. cosx 4 inch on the top and bottom. What dimensions will
B. sinx D. –cosx minimize the amount of the material used?
5. Find the second derivative of y from the A. 12 in x 8 in C. 18 in x 6 in
equation 4𝑥 2 − 8𝑦 2 = 36. B. 16 in x 12 in D. 18 in x 9 in
A. y’’ = - (9/4y2) C. y’’ = - (4/9y2)
20. A fencing is limited to 20 ft. length. What is the
B. y’’ = - (9/4y3) D. y’’ = - (4/9y3)
maximum rectangular area that can be fenced in
6. Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the using two perpendicular corner sides of an existing
function 𝑥𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 + 6. wall?
A. xy2 C. y A. 50ft2 C. 150ft2
B. xy4 D. y2 B. 100ft 2
D. 200ft2
𝑥 3 − 2𝑥+9
7. Evaluate: lim 21. It costs a bus company P125 to run a bus on a certain
𝑥→∞ 2𝑥 3 − 8
A. 1/2 C. 1/3 tour, plus P15 per passenger. The capacity of the bus
B. 1/4 D. 1/5 is 20 persons and the company charges P35 per
ticket if the bus is full. For each empty seat, however,
8. Evaluate limit of sin(9x)/(2x) as x approaches zero.
the company increase the ticket price by P2. For
A. indeterminate C. infinity
B. 9/2 D. zero maximum profit how many empty seats would the
1 company like to see?
9. Evaluate: lim (1 + 𝑥)3x A. 5 C. 15
𝑥→∞
A. e2 C. e B. 12 D. 8
B. e3 D. ∞
22. The speed of the traffic flowing past a certain
10. Compute the horizontal asymptote of the curve y = downtown exit between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and
(2x – 1) / (x + 2). 6:00 P.M. is approximately V = t3 – 10.5t2 + 30t + 20
A. y = 2 C. y – 1 = 0 miles per hour, where t is the number of hours past
B. y = 0 D. y – 3 = 0 noon. At what time between 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.
11. What is the slope of the curve x2 + y2 – 6x – 10y + 5 is the speed of the traffic fastest?
= 0 at (1, 0). A. 2:00 P.M. C. 4:00 P.M.
A. -5/2 C. 5/2 B. 3:00 P.M. D. 5:00 P.M.
B. -2/5 D. 2/5
23. A cylindrical can is to contain 2000 in.3 of liquid. What
12. Find the equation of the line tangent to y = x2 – 3x – 5 height will minimize the cost of metal to be used in the
and parallel to the line y = 3x – 2. construction of the can?
A. y = 3x – 14 C. y = 3x – 13 A. 8.60 C. 6.83
B. y = 3x – 12 D. y = 3x – 11 B. 13.66 D. 17.20
13. What is the equation of normal to the curve 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 24. A picture 7 ft. in height is hung on a wall with the lower
25 at (4, 3). edge 9 ft. above the level of the observer’s eye.
A. 4x - 3y = 0 C. 3x - 4y = 0 Height of observer is 6 ft. How far from the wall should
B. 4x + 3y = 0 D. 3x + 4y = 0 the observer stand in order to obtain the most
14. Find the maximum point of the curve y = 4 + 3x – x3. favorable view?
A. (-3, 22) C. (-1, 2) A. 12 ft. C. 13 ft.
B. (-2, 6) D. (1, 6) B. 16 ft. D. 15 ft.
15. The function y = f(x) has a maximum value of x = 2 if 25. A wall 2.245 m high is ‘x’ meters away from a building.
f’(2) = 0 and f’’(2) is The shortest ladder that can reach the building with
A. less than zero C. equal to zero one end resting on the ground outside the wall is 6 m.
B. unity D. greater than zero What is the value of ‘x’?
A. 2 m C. 3 m
16. At the inflectional point, the value of the second
B. 2.6 m D. 4 m
derivative of the function is ___________.
A. infinite C. positive
B. negative D. zero
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QUEZON CITY
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

26. A triangle has a base of 24 m and an altitude of 18m. 37. The height of a projectile thrown vertically at any
A rectangle is inscribed in it such that its base given time is define by the equation h (t) = -16t2 +
coincides with the 24 m base. Determine the largest 256t, in ft. What is the maximum height reach by the
possible area of the rectangle. projectile?
A. 118 m2 C. 90 m2 A. 1920 ft. C. 1567 ft.
2
B. 108 m D. 135 m2 B. 1247 ft. D. 1024 ft.
27. A balloon is released from the ground 100 meters 38. Two vertices of a rectangle are on the x-axis. The
from an observer. The balloon rises directly upward other two vertices are on the lines whose equation are
at the rate 4 meters per second. How fast is the y = 2x, 3x + y = 30. If the area of the rectangle is
balloon receding from the observer 10 seconds later? maximum, find the value of ‘y’.
A. 9.41 m/s C. 1.49 m/s A. 4 C. 6
B. 4.19 m/s D. 1 m/s B. 8 D. 5
28. Mercury light hangs 12 ft. above the island at the 39. A river is 1 mile wide. Boyet wants to get from point A
center of Ayala Avenue which is 24 ft. wide. A to point B on the opposite side of the river, 3 miles
cigarette vendor 5 ft. tall walks along the curb of the downstream. If Boyet can run 5 miles per hour and
street at a speed of 420 fpm. How fast is the shadow can swim 3 miles per hour, what is the least amount
lengthening when it is 16 ft. up the street? of time in which he can get from A to B?
A. 4 fps C. 6 fps A. 11/15 hr. C. 13/15 hr.
B. 8 fps D. 10 fps B. 12/15 hr. D. 14/15 hr.
29. A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its 40. The cost per hour of running a motorboat is
surface area decreases at the rate of 1 in2/min. How proportional to the cube of the speed. At what speed
fast is the radius shrinking when it is 3 in? will the boat run against a current of 8km/hr in order
A. -1/(24π) rad/min C. -1/(12π) rad/min to go a given distance most economically?
B. -1/(36π) rad/min D. -1/(48π) rad/min A. 15kph C. 8kph
30. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of B. 12kph D. 20kph
8m3/min. If the height of the inverted cone is 12 m and 41. A man on a wharf 6 m above the water pulls in a rope
the radius of its circular opening is 6 m. How fast is to w/c a boat is attached at a rate of 1.2 m/sec. At
the water level rising when the water is 4 m deep? what rate is the boat approaching the wharf where
A. 0.64 m/min C. 0.75 m/min there are 10 m of rope out?
B. 0.56 m/min D. 0.45 m/min A. 1.5 m/sec C. 0.67 m/sec
B. 0.11 m/sec D. 1.04 m/sec
SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS
42. Two houses A and B are to be connected to a water
31. A window is in the shape of a rectangle, surmounted main 1200 m long and it is desired to tap it at the main
by a semi-circle. If the perimeter of the window is 20 in one place only. If houses A and B are 300 m and
ft., what is its maximum area? 900 m directly across the water main pipe. At what
A. 24 ft.2 C. 28 ft.2 distance across house A from water main the pipe
2
B. 26 ft. D. 30 ft.2 must be tapped to use the least length of pipe.
32. Evaluate: lim
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 A. 300 m C. 600 m
𝑥→0 𝑥2
B. 900 m D. 250 m
A. 1/2 C. 1/3
B. 1/4 D. 1/5 43. The position of the particle in inches along the x-axis
is given by the expression x(t) = 24t2 – t3 + 10.
33. Differentiate: y = tan-1(3x).
Determine the average velocity of the particle in
A. 3/(1 – 9x2) C. 9/(1 + 3x2)
inches per sec at t = 3 secs.
B. 3/(1 + 9x2) D. 9/(1 – 3x2)
A. 63 C. 72
34. Find the maximum point on the curve y = x3 – 3x2 – B. 36 D. 54
9x + 5.
44. Find the perimeter of the largest rectangle that can be
A. (1, 15) C. (3, -22)
inscribed in x/400 + y/16 = 1.
B. (-1, 10) D. (-3, 21)
A. 530 C. 265
35. Find the tangent line to the parabola x2 – 6y = 10 B. 375 D. 416
through (3, 5).
45. A steel girder 16 m long is moved on rollers along a
A. x – y = -2 C. 3x – 2y = 11
passageway 8 m wide and into corridor at a right
B. 2x – y = 9 D. x – y = 4
angle with the passageway. Neglecting the width of
36. A parabola has an equation of y = ax2 + bx + c. Find the girder how wide must the corridor be?
the value of ‘a’ if the line y = 4x+1 is to be tangent to A. 3.6 m C. 1.8 m
the parabola at (-1,-3) and is to have a critical point B. 1.4 m D. 2.8 m
when x = -2.
A. 1 C. -1
B. -2 D. 2