If the tangent to the curve y = x + sin y at a point
(a, b) is parallel to the line joining $$\left( {0,{3 \over 2}} \right)$$ and $$\left( {{1 \over 2},2} \right)$$, then :

If p(x) be a polynomial of degree three that has a local maximum value 8 at x = 1 and a local minimum value 4 at x = 2; then p(0) is equal to :

A spherical iron ball of 10 cm radius is coated with a layer of ice of uniform thickness the melts at a rate of 50 cm³/min. When the thickness of ice is 5 cm, then the rate (in cm/min.) at which of the thickness of ice decreases, is :

The length of the perpendicular from the origin, on the normal to the curve,
x² + 2xy – 3y² = 0 at the point (2,2) is