Find an expression for when .
Find the gradient of at the points where
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Find the gradient of at the points where
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The curve C has equation
Find expressions for and .
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For the graph with equation , find the gradient of the tangent at the point where .
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Find the values of for which is an increasing function.
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Find the x-coordinates of the stationary points on the curve with equation
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Show that the point is a (local) maximum point on the curve with equation
.
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In a computer animation, the side length, , of a square is increasing at a constant rate of 2 millimetres per second.
Use the chain rule to find an expression for in terms of and hence find the rate at which the area is increasing when
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Find the value of and at the point where for the curve with equation
Explain why is not a stationary point.
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The side length, , of a cube increases at a constant rate of .
Use the chain rule to find an expression for in terms of and hence find the rate at which the volume is increasing when the side length of the cube is .
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The rate at which the radius, , of a sphere increases over time is directly proportional to the temperature of its immediate surroundings.
Write down an equation linking , and the constant of proportionality, .
When the surrounding temperature is , the radius of the sphere is increasing at a rate of .
Find the value of .
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The volume of a cube is decreasing at a constant rate of .
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Find the values of x for which is an increasing function.
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Show that the function is increasing for all .
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The curve C has equation.
Show that the point P(2, 9) lies on C.
Show that the value of at P is 16.
Find an equation of the tangent to C at P.
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The curve C has equation . The point P lies on C.
Find an expression for .
Show that an equation of the normal to C at point P is .
This normal cuts the x-axis at the point Q.
Find the length of PQ, giving your answer as an exact value.
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Given that , find
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A curve has the equation .
Find expressions forand .
Determine the coordinates of the local minimum of the curve.
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Show that (-1, 0) is a point on the curve and explain why those must be the coordinates of point C.
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A company manufactures food tins in the shape of cylinders which must have a constant volume of 150π cm3. To lessen material costs the company would like to minimise the surface area of the tins.
By first expressing the height h of the tin in terms of its radius r, show that the surface area of the cylinder is given by .
Use calculus to find the minimum value for the surface area of the tins. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
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Find the -coordinates of the stationary points on the graph with equation
Find the nature of the stationary points found in part (a).
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In a computer animation, the radius of a circle increases at a constant rate of 1 millimetre per second. Find the rate, per second, at which the area of the circle is increasing at the time when the radius is 8 millimetres. Give your answer as a multiple of .
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The side length of a cube increases at a rate of .
Find the rate of change of the volume of the cube at the instant the side length is 5 cm .
You may assume that the cube remains cubical at all times.
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In the production process of a glass sphere, hot glass is blown such that the radius, r cm, increases over time in direct proportion to the temperature of the glass.
Find an expression, in terms of and , for the rate of change of the volume of a glass sphere.
When the temperature of the glass is , a glass sphere has a radius of and its volume is increasing at a rate of
Find the rate of increase of the radius at this time.
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An ice cube, of side length , is melting at a constant rate of .
Assuming that the ice cube remains in the shape of a cube whilst it melts, find the rate at which its surface area is melting at the point when its side length is .
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A bowl is in the shape of a hemisphere of radius
The volume of liquid in the bowl is given by the formula
where is the depth of the liquid (ie the height between the bottom of the bowl and the level of the liquid).
Liquid is leaking through a small hole in the bottom of the bowl at a constant rate of . Find the rate of change of the depth of liquid in the bowl at the instant the height of liquid is .
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Find the values of x for which is a decreasing function.
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Show that the function is decreasing for all
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The curve C has equation . The point P(2, 2) lies on C.
Find an equation of the tangent to C at P.
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The curve C has equation The point P lies on C.
The normal to C at P intersects the x-axis at the point Q.
Find the coordinates of Q.
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Given that , find
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A curve has the equation
The point P is the stationary point of the curve.
Find the coordinates of P and determine its nature.
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The diagram below shows a part of the curve with equation , where
Point A is the maximum point of the curve.
Find .
Use your answer to part (a) to find the coordinates of point A.
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A garden bed is to be divided by fencing into four identical isosceles triangles, arranged as shown in the diagram below:
The base of each triangle is 2x metres, and the equal sides are each y metres in length.
Although x and y can vary, the total amount of fencing to be used is fixed at P metres.
Explain why .
Show that
where A is the total area of the garden bed.
Using your answer to (b) find, in terms of P, the maximum possible area of the garden bed.
Describe the shape of the bed when the area has its maximum value.
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Find the values of for which is a decreasing function, where .
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Show that the function, is increasing for all x in its domain.
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A curve has equation .
A is the point on the curve with x coordinate 0, and B is the point on the curve with x coordinate 6.
C is the point of intersection of the tangents to the curve at A and B.
Find the coordinates of point C.
Calculate the area of triangle ABC.
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A curve is described by the equation , where
P is the point on the curve such that the normal to the curve at P also passes through the origin.
Find the coordinates of point P. Give your answer in the form , where a and b are rational numbers to be found.
Write down the equation of the normal to the curve at P.
Show that an equation of the tangent to the curve at P is
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A curve is described by the equation , where
Find and .
P is the stationary point on the curve.
Find the coordinates of P and determine its nature.
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The diagram below shows the part of the curve with equation for which . The marked point P lies on the curve. O is the origin.
Show that
Find the minimum distance from O to the curve, using calculus to prove that your answer is indeed a minimum.
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The top of a patio table is to be made in the shape of a sector of a circle with radius r and central angle , where .
Although r and may be varied, it is necessary that the table have a fixed area of A m2.
Explain why .
Show that the perimeter, P, of the table top is given by the formula
Show that the minimum possible value for P is equal to the perimeter of a square with area A. Be sure to prove that your value is a minimum.
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Find the coordinates of the stationary points, and their nature, on the graph with equation Giving your answer to three significant figures.
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A plant pot in the shape of square-based pyramid (stood on its vertex) is being filled with soil at a rate of .
The plant pot has a height of and a base length of .
Find the rate at which the depth of soil is increasing at the moment when the depth is .
(The volume of a pyramid is a third of the area of the base times the height.)
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An expanding spherical air bubble has radius, , at a time, , determined by the function .
The bubble will burst if the rate of expansion of its volume exceeds .
Find, to one decimal place, the length of time the bubble expands for.
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A small conical pot, stood on its base, is being filled with salt via a small hole at its vertex. The cone has a height of and a radius of .
Salt is being poured into the pot at a constant rate of .
Find, to three significant figures, the rate of change in depth of the salt at the instant when the pot is half full by volume.
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A large block of ice used by sculptors is in the shape of a cuboid with dimensions The block melts uniformly with its surface area decreasing at a constant rate of . You may assume that as the block melts, the shape remains mathematically similar to the original cuboid.
Show that the rate of melting, by volume, is given by
.
In the case when the block of ice remains solid enough to be sculpted whilst the rate of melting, by volume, is less than .
Find the value of for the largest block of ice that can be used for ice sculpting under such conditions, giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.
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The volume of liquid in a hemispherical bowl is given by the formula
where is the radius of the bowl and is the depth of liquid.
(ie the height between the bottom of the bowl and the level of the liquid).
In a particular case, liquid is leaking through a small hole in the bottom of a bowl at a rate directly proportional to the depth of liquid.
When the bowl is full, the rate of volume loss is equal to .
Show that the rate of change of the depth of the liquid is inversely proportional to
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