TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
1. Determine the derivative of (x+2)3/x. 15. An open box is made from a square piece of
A. [(x+1) (x+2)2]/ x2 C. [2(x-1) (x+2)2]/ x2 cardboard (of side 1) by cutting out four equal (small
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B. [(3x-2) (x+2) ]/ x 2 D. [(2x-1) (x+2)2]/ x2 squares) at the corners and then folding. How big
2. Differentiate: 𝑦 = 𝑒 x (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 2 ) should the small sqaures be in order that the volume
A. ex(cosx2 – 2xsinx2) C. ex(cosx – 2xsinx2) of the box be as large as possible?
B. e (cosx – xsinx )
x 2 2 D. ex(cosx2 – 2xsinx) A. 1/8 C. 1/6
B. 1/10 D. NOTG
3. Find the partial derivatives with respect to x of the
function 𝑥𝑦 2 − 5𝑦 + 6. 16. The speed of the traffic flowing past a certain
A. xy2 C. y downtown exit between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and
B. xy4 D. y2 6:00 P.M. is approximately V = t3 – 10.5t2 + 30t + 20
4. Compute the derivative of the given function at the miles per hour, where t is the number of hours past
indicated point. Y = (x3 – x + 1)/(x3 + 1) at x = 2. noon. At what time between 1:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.
A. 4/28 C. 2/19 is the speed of the traffic fastest?
B. 5/27 D. NOTG A. 2:00 P.M. C. 4:00 P.M.
B. 3:00 P.M. D. 5:00 P.M.
𝑥 3 − 2𝑥+9
5. Evaluate: lim
𝑥→∞ 2𝑥 3 − 8 17. A picture 7 ft. in height is hung on a wall with the lower
A. 1/2 C. 1/3 edge 9 ft. above the level of the observer’s eye.
B. 1/4 D. 1/5 Height of observer is 6 ft. How far from the wall should
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 the observer stand in order to obtain the most
6. Evaluate: lim
𝑥→0 𝑥2 favorable view?
A. 1/2 C. 1/3
A. 12 ft. C. 13 ft.
B. 1/4 D. 1/5
B. 16 ft. D. 15 ft.
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7. Evaluate: lim (1 + )3x 18. A balloon is released from the ground 100 meters
𝑥→∞ 𝑥
A. e2 C. e from an observer. The balloon rises directly upward
B. e3 D. ∞ at the rate 4 meters per second. How fast is the
8. What is the slope of the curve x2 + y2 – 6x – 10y + 5 balloon receding from the observer 10 seconds later?
= 0 at (1, 0). A. 9.41 m/s C. 1.49 m/s
A. -5/2 C. 5/2 B. 4.19 m/s D. 1 m/s
B. -2/5 D. 2/5
19. Mercury light hangs 12 ft. above the island at the
9. Find the point on the curve y = x2 + 8x – 12 where the center of Ayala Avenue which is 24 ft. wide. A
tangent line is parallel to the x – axis. cigarette vendor 5 ft. tall walks along the curb of the
A. (4, 36) C. (-4, -28) street at a speed of 420 fpm. How fast is the shadow
B. (-4, 28) D. NOTG lengthening when it is 16 ft. up the street?
10. Find the equation of the normal line ; given y = 3 + 2x A. 4 fps C. 6 fps
– x2 at (2, 3). B. 8 fps D. 10 fps
A. 2x + y = 7 C. x – 2y = - 4 20. Water is flowing into a conical cistern at the rate of
B. 2x – y = 7 D. x + 2y = 4 8m3/min. If the height of the inverted cone is 12 m and
11. Find the maximum point on the curve y = x 3 – 3x2 – the radius of its circular opening is 6 m. How fast is
9x + 5. the water level rising when the water is 4 m deep?
A. (1, 15) C. (3, -22) A. 0.64 m/min C. 0.75 m/min
B. (-1, 10) D. (-3, 21) B. 0.56 m/min D. 0.45 m/min

12. A man wants to fence a rectangular area as SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS

inexpensively as possible. If the fencing material cost sin 5𝑥
21. Evaluate: lim
Php 38 per meter and Php 1,520 is available for the 𝑥→0 𝑥

project, how much area can be enclosed? A. 2 C. 3

A. 100 m2 C. 110 m2 B. 4 D. 5
B. 105 m 2 D. NOTG 22. Two vertices of a rectangle are on the x-axis. The
13. The height and base radius of a right circular cylinder other two vertices are on the lines whose equation are
are 20 cm and 8 cm respectively. If the height y = 2x, 3x + y = 30. If the area of the rectangle is
decreases at the rate of 3 cm/s and its base radius maximum, find the value of ‘y’.
increases at the rate of 2 cm/s, at what rate is its A. 4 C. 6
volume changing? B. 8 D. 5
A. 448 π C. 428 π 23. The height of a projectile thrown vertically at any
B. 438 π D. 418 π given time is define by the equation h (t) = -16t2 +
14. A cylindrical can is to contain 2000 in.3 of liquid. What 256t, in ft. What is the maximum height reach by the
height will minimize the cost of metal to be used in the projectile?
construction of the can? A. 1920 ft. C. 1567 ft.
A. 8.60 C. 6.83 B. 1247 ft. D. 1024 ft.
B. 13.66 D. 17.20
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
24. A wall 2.245 m high is ‘x’ meters away from a building. 36. A man on a wharf 6 m above the water pulls in a rope
The shortest ladder that can reach the building with to w/c a boat is attached at a rate of 1.2 m/sec. At
one end resting on the ground outside the wall is 6 m. what rate is the boat approaching the wharf where
What is the value of ‘x’? there are 10 m of rope out?
A. 2 m C. 3 m A. 1.5 m/sec C. 0.67 m/sec
B. 2.6 m D. 4 m B. 0.11 m/sec D. 1.04 m/sec
25. It costs a bus company P125 to run a bus on a certain 37. A triangle has a base of 24 m and an altitude of 18m.
tour, plus P15 per passenger. The capacity of the bus A rectangle is inscribed in it such that its base
is 20 persons and the company charges P35 per coincides with the 24 m base. Determine the largest
ticket if the bus is full. For each empty seat, however, possible area of the rectangle.
the company increase the ticket price by P2. For A. 118 m2 C. 90 m2
maximum profit how many empty seats would the B. 108 m 2 D. 135 m2
company like to see? 38. Car A moves due east at 30 kph at the same instant
A. 5 C. 15 car B is moving S 300 E with a speed of 60 kph. The
B. 12 D. 8 distance from A to B is 30 km. Find how fast is the
26. A rectangular poster, which is to contain 50 in2 of distance between them are separating after 1 hr.
print, must have margins of 2 inch on each side and A. 45 kph C. 50 kph
4 inch on the top and bottom. What dimensions will B. 55 kph D. 60 kph
minimize the amount of the material used? 39. The position of the particle in inches along the x-axis
A. 12 in x 8 in C. 18 in x 6 in is given by the expression x(t) = 24t2 – t3 + 10.
B. 16 in x 12 in D. 18 in x 9 in Determine the average velocity of the particle in
27. Find the abscissa of the center of the curvature of the inches per sec at t = 3 secs.
parabola y2 = 4x at (1, 2). A. 63 C. 72
A. 5 C. 6 B. 36 D. 54
B. 7 D. 8 40. Find the perimeter of the largest rectangle that can be
28. At the inflectional point, the value of the second inscribed in x/400 + y/16 = 1.
derivative of the function is ___________. A. 530 C. 265
A. infinite C. positive B. 375 D. 416
B. negative D. zero 41. A river is 1 mile wide. Boyet wants to get from point A
29. Determine the derivative of sin4(3x). to point B on the opposite side of the river, 3 miles
A. 12sin3(3x)cos(3x) C. 12sin(3x)cos(3x) downstream. If Boyet can run 5 miles per hour and
B. 4sin3(3x)cos(3x) D. 4sin(3x)cos(3x) can swim 3 miles per hour, what is the least amount
30. A spherical snowball is melting in such a way that its of time in which he can get from A to B?
surface area decreases at the rate of 1 in2/min. How A. 11/15 hr. C. 13/15 hr.
fast is the radius shrinking when it is 3 in? B. 12/15 hr. D. 14/15 hr.
A. -1/(24π) rad/min C. -1/(12π) rad/min 42. A steel girder 16 m long is moved on rollers along a
B. -1/(36π) rad/min D. -1/(48π) rad/min passageway 8 m wide and into corridor at a right
31. Find a point of inflection for the curve y = 3x4 – 8x3 + angle with the passageway. Neglecting the width of
6x2 the girder how wide must the corridor be?
A. (1/4, 1/2) C. (1/5, 1/8) A. 3.6 m C. 1.8 m
B. (1/2, 11/24) D. (1/3, 11/27) B. 1.4 m D. 2.8 m

32. The cost per hour of running a motorboat is 43. Find the tangent line to the parabola x 2 – 6y = 10
proportional to the cube of the speed. At what speed through (3, 5).
will the boat run against a current of 8km/hr in order A. x – y = -2 C. 3x – 2y = 11
to go a given distance most economically? B. 2x – y = 9 D. x – y = 4
A. 15kph C. 8kph 44. What is the 50th derivative of y = cosx?
B. 12kph D. 20kph A. –sinx C. cosx
B. sinx D. –cosx
33. What is the maximum length of the perimeter if the
hypotenuse of a right triangle is 5 m long? 45. A boy rides a bicycle along the Quezon Bridge at a
A. 12.08 m C. 15.09 m rate of 6 m/s, 24 meters directly below the bridge and
B. 20.09 m D. 8.99 m running at a right angles to it is a high way along w/c
an automobile is travelling at a rate of 80 m /s. How
34. A window is in the shape of a rectangle, surmounted
far is the distance between the boy and the
by a semi-circle. If the perimeter of the window is 20
automobile changing when the boy is 6 m past the
ft., what is its maximum area?
point directly over the path of the automobile and the
A. 24 ft.2 C. 28 ft.2
automobile is 8 m past the point directly under the
B. 26 ft.2 D. 30 ft.2
path of the boy?
𝑥 2 −1
35. Evaluate: lim A. 36 m/s C. 26 m/s
𝑥→1 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥−4
A. 2/3 C. 2/5 B. 46 m/s D. 56 m/s
B. 3/5 D. 1/2