Question 1: Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = 7 x + 1 at x = 5.

x−3
A curve has the equation y = .
x +1
Question 5:
dy 4
(a) Show that = and find the gradient of the curve at a
Find the equation of the normal to the curve y =7 + 4 x − x 2 at the
dx ( x + 1) 2
point P where the curve crosses the y-axis. point where x = 1.
(b) Find the equation to the normal at the point P.
(c) Show that the curve has no stationary point.
Question 6:

Question 2: When the height of liquid in a container is h metres, the volume of

liquid is V m 3, where V = 0.05[(3h + 2) 3 − 8] .
a
The gradient of the curve y = + bx 2 at the point (1, 1) is 5.
x dV
(a) Find an expression for .
dh
(a) Find the values of a and of b. (b) The liquid enters the container at a constant rate of 0.081 m 3/s.
(b) Given that 12y + hx + k = 0 is the normal to the curve at the point Find the rate at
1 which the height of the liquid is increasing when V = 0.95 m3.
where x = , find the value of h and of k.
2

Question 3:

The tangent to the curve y = 2x2 + ax + b at the point (−2, 11) is parallel
to the line y − x − 7 = 0 . Find the value of a and of b.
Question 7:
Question 4:
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 When the depth of water in the container is h cm the volume of water
is V cm 3, where V = h2(h + 2). Given that the depth of the water
increases at a rate of 4 cm/s, calculate the rate of increase of the
volume when h = 2.
A ladder PQ of length 6 m has one end Q leaning against a vertical wall
and the other end P resting on the horizontal ground. The height from
Q to the ground is h and the length from P to the wall is x. Given that Q
slides down the wall at the rate of 0.5 ms −1 when h = 4 m, find the rate
which the other end P slides along the horizontal ground.

Question 8:

Find the range of values of x for which the function

f ( x) = 2 x 3 + 3 x 2 − 12 x + 7 is decreasing.
Q

6m h
Question 9:

Liquid is poured into a container at a rate of 12 cm 3/s. The volume of

1 2
liquid in the container is V cm 3, where V = (h + 4h) and h cm is the
2 P x
height of the liquid in the container. Find, when V = 16,

(a) the value of h,

(b) the rate at which h is increasing.

Question 10:
Question 11:
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 A P B

x cm R
y cm
r cm

A piece of wire, 36 cm in length, is bent into the shape of a triangular θ

prism.
The cross-section of the prism is an equilateral triangle of side x cm
and the length of the prism is y cm.
(a) Express y in terms of x. D C
(b) Show that the volume, V cm 3, of the prism is given by
3 (a) Find the length of PB in terms of r and θ . Hence, find the area of
V= (6 x 2 − x 3 )
2 triangle PBC.
(c) Find the stationary value of V. (b) Find the area of the shaded region PBQ.
(d) Hence, determine whether this stationary value is a maximum or a (c) Write down an expression for A, the sum of area of the shaded
minimum. region and sector RCQ. Find the value of θ for which A is
stationary and explain whether this stationary value of A is a
maximum or a minimum.
Question 12:

The diagram shows a square ABCD of side r cm where r is a constant.
Arc BD has centre C. P is a variable point on AB such that
∠PCB = θ radians . The line PC cuts the arc BD at Q and the line AC
cuts the arc BD at R.
Question 13:
The equation of a curve is y = e5x sin x, 0 < x < π .
(a) Find the x-coordinate of the stationary point on the curve.
(b) Determine the nature of this stationary point.

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 Question 14:

4x
(a) Given that y = , find the values of p and of q for which
2x − 3
dy px + q
= .
dx (2 x − 3) 3
(b) Hence find the coordinates of the stationary point on the curve
and determine the nature of this point.

Question 15:

Find the x-coordinates of the stationary points on the curve

y = x( x − 1) 2 and determine the nature of each of these points.

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