Important Questions On Applications of Derivative

Important Board Questions

4 marks questions

1. Question:  A balloon, which always remains spherical, has a variable diameter $\dfrac{3}{2}(2x + 1)$ . Find the rate of change of its volume with respect to x. 

   Answer:  

   $$Diameter = \frac{3}{2}(2x + 1)$$ $$r = \frac{3}{4}(2x + 1)$$ Volume of spherical balloon = $\dfrac{4}{3}\pi {r^3}$
   $$V = \frac{4}{3}\pi {\left[ {\frac{3}{4}(2x + 1)} \right]^3}$$ $$\frac{{dV}}{{dx}} = \frac{{9\pi }}{{16}}\left[ {3{{(2x + 1)}^2}} \right] \times 2$$ $$\frac{{dV}}{{dx}} = \frac{{27\pi }}{8}{(2x + 1)^2}$$

2. Question:  The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.7 cm/s. What is the rate of increase of its circumference? 

   Answer:

   Let any instant of time t, the radius of circle = r 
   Then, circumference C = 2 π r
   differentiating both sides w.r.t. to t, we get
   

   $$\frac{{dC}}{{dt}} = \frac{{d(2\pi r)}}{{dt}} = 2\pi \frac{{dr}}{{dt}}$$ $Here,\,\frac{{dr}}{{dt}} = 0.7\,cm/s$
   $$\frac{{dC}}{{dt}} = 2\pi \times 0.7 = 1.4\pi \,\,cm/s$$

3. Question:  Find the interval in which the function f(x) = (x + 1)³ × (x − 1)³ is: (i) strictly increasing (ii) strictly decreasing 

   Answer: f(x) = (x + 1)³ × (x − 1)³ 

   f(x) = (x² − 1)³

   f'(x) = 3×2x(x² − 1)²

   For strictly increasing f'(x) > 0

   f'(x) = 3×2x(x² − 1)² > 0
   x > 1
   $x \in (1,\infty )$
   so, f(x) is increasing in $x \in (1,\infty )$

   For strictly decreasing f'(x) < 0

   f'(x) = 3×2x(x² − 1)² > 0
   x > 1
   $x \in ( - \infty ,1)$
   so, f(x) is increasing in $x \in ( - \infty ,1)$ .

4. Question:  Find the interval in which the function f (x) = sinx + cosx, 0  ≤  x  ≤  2π is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing. 

   Answer: f(x) = sinx + cosx
   f'(x) = cosx − sinx 

   $$f'(x) = \sqrt 2 \sin \left( {\frac{\pi }{4} - x} \right)$$

   For strictly increasing f'(x) > 0

   $$f'(x) = \sqrt 2 \sin \left( {\frac{\pi }{4} - x} \right) > 0$$
   $$\pi < x - \frac{\pi }{4} < 2\pi$$ $$\frac{{5\pi }}{4} < x < \frac{{9\pi }}{4}$$ $$\frac{{5\pi }}{4} < x < 2\pi$$
   so, f(x) is increasing in $\left( {0,\dfrac{\pi }{4}} \right) \cup \left( {\dfrac{{5\pi }}{4},2\pi } \right)$

   For strictly decreasing f'(x) < 0

   $$f'(x) = \sqrt 2 \sin \left( {\frac{\pi }{4} - x} \right) < 0$$
   $$0 < x - \frac{\pi }{4} < \pi$$ $$\frac{\pi }{4} < x < \frac{{5\pi }}{4}$$
   so, f(x) is increasing in $\left( {\dfrac{\pi }{4},\dfrac{{5\pi }}{4}} \right)$

5. Question:  Find the equations of all lines having slope 0, which are tangent to the curve $y = \dfrac{1}{{{x^2} - 2x + 3}}$ 

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6. Question: Find the equation of tangent and normal to the hyperbola $\dfrac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} - \dfrac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} = 1$ at the point (x₀, y₀) 

   Answer:  

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7. Question:  Find the approximate value of f(5.001), where f(x) = x³ – 7x² +15 

   Answer:  

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8. Question: If the radius of sphere is measured as 7 mtr with error of 0.02 m, than find the approximate error in calculating its volume. 

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9. Question: The length x of a rectangle is decreasing at the rate of 5 cm/min and the width y is increasing at the rate of 4 cm/min. When x = 8 cm and y = 6 cm, find the rates of change of (i) Perimeter (ii) area of the rectangle. 

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10. Question: A ladder 5m long is leaning against a wall. Bottom of ladder is pulled along the ground away from wall at the rate of 2m/s. How fast is the height on the wall decreasing when the foot of ladder is 4m away from the wall? 

    Answer:  

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6 marks questions

1. Question:  Find the area of the greatest rectangle that can be inscribed in an ellipse $\dfrac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \dfrac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} = 1$

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2. Question: A window is in the form of rectangle surmounted by a semicircular opening. The total perimeter of the window is 10 m. Find the dimensions of the window to admit maximum sunlight through the whole opening. Explain the importance of sunlight. 

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3. Question:  Find the point on the curve y²= 2x which is at minimum distance from the point (1, 4)

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4. Question:  Show that the semivertical angle of a cone of maximum volume and of given slant height is ${\tan ^{ - 1}}\sqrt 2$

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5. Question: Show that the height of cylinder of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius R is $\dfrac{{2R}}{{\sqrt 3 }}$

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HOTS

1. Prove that: $y = \dfrac{{4\sin \theta }}{{2 + \cos \theta }} - \theta$ is an incresing function in $\left[ {0,\frac{\pi }{2}} \right]$

2. Prove that the curves 𝑥 = 𝑦² 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥𝑦 = 𝑘 are orthogonal if 8k² = 1
   ( HINT: If the curves are Orthogonal , the tangents at point of intersection to the given curves are perpendicular i.e the product of slopes of the tangents = -1) 

3. Prove that the volume of the largest cone that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius a is $\frac{8}{{27}}$ of the volume of the sphere. 

4. Find the sub intervals of $\left[ {0,\dfrac{\pi }{2}} \right]$ in which the function f(x) = sin⁴ + cos⁴ is (i) Strictly incresing (ii) Strictly decreasing 

5. Find the maximum area of the isosceles triangle inscribed in the ellipse $\dfrac{{{x^2}}}{{{a^2}}} + \dfrac{{{y^2}}}{{{b^2}}} = 1$ with its vertex at one end of the major axis 

6. Show that the semi-vertical angle of the right circular cone of given total surface area and maximum volume is ${\sin ^{ - 1}}\dfrac{1}{3}$ .

7. Show that the volume of the greatest cylinder that can be inscribed in acone of height h and semi vertical angle α is $\dfrac{4}{{27}}\pi {h^3}{\tan ^2}\alpha$ 

8. Find the point on the curve $y = \dfrac{x}{{1 + {x^2}}}$ where the tangent to the curve has the greatest slope. 

9. Find the value of p for which the curves 𝑥² = 9𝑝(9 − 𝑦) and 𝑥² = 𝑝(𝑦 + 1) cut each other at right angle. 

10. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve $y = \dfrac{{x - 7}}{{(x - 2)(x - 3)}}$ at the point where it cuts the x-axis 

 

 

 

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