Calculus I · 2B · practice
Unit 2B Cumulative Applications Practice
Practice unit 2b cumulative applications practice with mixed problems, staged guidance, and source-linked solutions.
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Practice unit 2b cumulative applications practice with mixed problems, staged guidance, and source-linked solutions.
A complete response includes setup, calculus, candidates or rates, units, interpretation, and a reasonableness check.
Choose the governing relationship before calculating, then use the attempt-gated answer as feedback rather than as a shortcut.
Reading an answer before modeling the problem or treating every miss as algebra when the first error was conceptual.
Work in three passes
First, classify. Name the derivative idea or rule before writing algebra. This separates a recognition error from a calculation error.
Second, solve without the key. Record a complete attempt, including domains, units, or interpretation when the prompt asks for them.
Third, reveal one answer at a time. Compare the first line where your work differs, close the answer, and redo that item from a blank start.
Cumulative Practice Set
Part A: Interpretation and motion
Interpret and if is revenue in dollars and is units.
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For on , find velocity, acceleration, rest times, direction intervals, and speeding-up intervals.
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Sketch a position graph whose velocity is positive and decreasing.
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Estimate first and second derivatives at a central table entry using equally spaced data.
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A Ferris-wheel height is . Find vertical velocity at and interpret it.
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Part B: Approximation, error, and Newton's method
Linearize at and estimate .
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Linearize at and estimate .
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A sphere radius is measured as cm. Estimate absolute and percentage volume error.
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Use Newton's method from to approximate with two iterations.
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Explain one reason Newton's method can fail even when a real root exists.
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Part C: Related rates
A -foot ladder slides away from a wall at ft/s. Find the top rate when the bottom is feet from the wall.
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Water enters a cone of height m and radius m at m/min. Find the water-depth rate at depth m.
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A runner passes the closest point to a camera m away at m/s. Find the angular rate at the closest point.
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Two vehicles are km east and km north of an intersection. One moves east at km/h and the other south at km/h. Find the separation rate.
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Design a related-rate problem involving an expanding sphere and solve it with units.
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Part D: Theorems and graph shape
Find absolute extrema of on .
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Verify Rolle's Theorem for on and find the guaranteed point.
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Apply the Mean Value Theorem to on .
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Analyze increase, decrease, local extrema, concavity, and inflection points for .
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Perform a complete curve analysis of .
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Prove from the Mean Value Theorem that implies .
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Part E: Optimization and derivative-based limits
Maximize the area of a rectangle with perimeter .
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A farmer has m of fence for three sides of a rectangle along a river. Find maximum area dimensions.
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Minimize surface area of a closed cylinder with fixed volume .
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Find the closest point on to .
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For demand and cost , maximize feasible profit.
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Evaluate .
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Evaluate .
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Evaluate .
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Give an example where L'Hopital's Rule is unnecessary because direct substitution already works.
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