Stewart – Calculus 8e ET Chapter 3 Form A
1. Find the first and the second derivatives of the function.
2. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve.
3. Find
4. Find all points at which the tangent line is horizontal on the graph of the function.
5. Calculate
.
6. Differentiate the function.
7. The position function of a particle is given by
When does the particle reach a velocity of m/s?
8. If a tank holds 5000 gallons of water, and that water can drain from the tank in 40 minutes, then
Torricelli’s Law gives the volume V of water remaining in the tank after t minutes as
.
Find the rate at which water is draining from the tank after minutes.
9. A baseball diamond is a square with side 90 ft. A batter hits the ball and runs toward first base with
a speed of ft/s. At what rate is his distance from second base decreasing when he is halfway to
first base? Round the result to the nearest hundredth.