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61 If x = a cos t and y = a sin t, then d²y/dx² equals Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Second-order derivatives
Hard
62 The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to its radius r, when r = 5 cm, is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Rate of change
Easy
63 A particle moves so that s = t³ − 3t metres after t seconds. Its velocity at t = 2 s is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Rate of change
Easy
64 The radius of a circle increases at 0.5 cm/s. How fast is its area increasing when the radius is 4 cm? Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Rate of change
Medium
65 Each side of a cube increases at 3 cm/s. At what rate is the volume increasing when a side is 10 cm? Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Rate of change
Medium
66 Air is pumped into a spherical balloon so that its volume increases at 900 cm³/s. How fast is the radius incr… Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Rate of change
Hard
67 The function f(x) = 3x + 7 is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Increasing and decreasing functions
Easy
68 On which interval is f(x) = x² strictly decreasing? Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Increasing and decreasing functions
Easy
69 The function f(x) = x³ − 3x is strictly decreasing on Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Increasing and decreasing functions
Medium
70 The function f(x) = 2x³ − 9x² + 12x + 1 is strictly decreasing on Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Increasing and decreasing functions
Medium
71 For which values of a is f(x) = x³ + ax + 5 strictly increasing on all of R? Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Increasing and decreasing functions
Hard
72 The minimum value of x² + 4x + 9 is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Maxima and minima
Easy
73 If f′(c) = 0 and f″(c) > 0, then at x = c the function f has Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Maxima and minima
Easy
74 The local maximum value of f(x) = x³ − 3x is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Maxima and minima
Medium
75 Two positive numbers have a sum of 20. What is the largest possible value of their product? Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Maxima and minima
Medium
76 The absolute maximum value of f(x) = 2x³ − 15x² + 36x + 1 on the interval [1, 5] is Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Maxima and minima
Hard
77 ∫ x⁴ dx equals Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Indefinite integrals
Easy
78 ∫ sec²x dx equals Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Indefinite integrals
Easy
79 ∫ (2x + 3/x) dx equals Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Indefinite integrals
Medium
80 ∫ e^(2x) dx equals Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Indefinite integrals
Medium