Exam 4: Applications of the Derivative
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You are given the graph of a function f.Determine the intervals where f is concave upward. 

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Find the relative extrema of the following function.Use the second derivative test, if applicable. 

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Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value, if any, of the given function. 

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A wooden beam has a rectangular cross section of height
in.and width
in.(see the figure).The strength
of the beam is directly proportional to its width and the square of its height. What are the dimensions of the cross section of the strongest beam that can be cut from a round log of diameter 24 in.? Hint:
, where
is a constant of proportionality. 






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A truck gets
mpg when driven at a constant speed of x mph (between 50 and 70 mph).If the price of fuel is $1/gallon and the driver is paid $8/hour, at what speed between 50 and 70 mph is it most economical to drive?
__________ mph

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A city's main well was recently found to be contaminated with trichloroethylene (a cancer-causing chemical) as a result of an abandoned chemical dump leaching chemicals into the water.A proposal submitted to the city council indicated that the cost, measured in millions of dollars, of removing x% of the toxic pollutants is given by
. Find the vertical asymptote of C(x).Is it possible to remove 99% of the toxic pollutant from the water?

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Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value, if any, of the given function. 

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The number of major crimes committed in the city between 1997 and 2004 is approximated by the function
where N(t) denotes the number of crimes committed in year t (
corresponds to 1997).Enraged by the dramatic increase in the crime rate, the citizens, with the help of the local police, organized "Neighborhood Crime Watch" groups in early 2001 to combat this menace.
Show that the growth in the crime rate was maximal in 2003, giving credence to the claim that the Neighborhood Crime Watch program was working.


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The level of ozone, an invisible gas that irritates and impairs breathing, present in the atmosphere on a certain May day in the city was approximated by
where
is measured in pollutant standard index (PSI) and
is measured in hours, with
corresponding to
a.m. Use the second derivative test to find the approximate value of
where the function
has a relative maximum.Round to the nearest integer.







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Determine the relative maxima and relative minima, if any. 

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Find the horizontal and vertical asymptotes of the graph of the function. 

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Determine where the function is concave upward and where it is concave downward. 

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The average cost per disc (in dollars) incurred by Herald Records in pressing x DVDs is given by the average cost function.
Find the horizontal asymptote of
and the limiting value of the average cost.


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Sketch the graph of the function having the given properties.
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,
,
,
on
,
on
, inflection point at 









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Find the relative maxima and relative minima, if any, of the function.Otherwise, answer none.
Relative minima: __________
Relative maxima: __________

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Find the relative maxima and relative minima, if any, of the function.Otherwise, answer none.
Relative minima: __________
Relative maxima: __________

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The average cost per disc (in dollars) incurred by Herald Records in pressing x DVDs is given by the average cost function
Find the horizontal asymptote of
.
__________
What is the limiting value of the average cost?
__________


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The average speed of a vehicle on a stretch of a route between 6
A.M.At what time of the morning commute is the traffic moving at the slowest rate? What is the average speed of a vehicle at that time?
time = __________
A.M.average speed = __________ mph
A.M.and 10
A.M.on a typical weekday is approximated by the function
, where f (t) is measured in miles per hour and t is measured in hours, with t = 0 corresponding to 6

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