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50395 1) A rectangle has two of its vertices on the x axis and the other two above the x axis and

Math 2211 Homework 8 Solutions

on the graph of the parabola y = 16 x 2 . Find the dimensions of the rectangle with the maximum area. 4 A = xy. A = x(16 x 2 ) = 16x x 3 . A' = 16 3x 2 . A' = 0 when x = 3 16 32 y = 16 = 3 3 2) Find two numbers x and y whose difference is 10 and whose product is minimum. P = xy. x y = 10 x = 10 + y P = (10 + y)y = 10y + y 2 . P ' = 10 + 2y P ' = 0 when y = 5 x = 10 3) A square bottomed box without a top has a fixed volume of 32 cm 3 . What dimensions minimize the surface area. SA = x 2 + 4xy. V = 32 = x 2 y y = 32x 2 SA = x 2 + 4x(32x 2 ) = x 2 + 128x 1 128 2x 3 128 SA' = 2x 2 = SA' = 0 when x = 4 y = 2. Dimensions 4 4 2 x x2 4) To construct a closed tin can (right circular cylinder) from 150 cm 3 of material, what dimensions maximize volume? 150 2 r 2 = 75r 1 r 2 r 2 1 3 V = r 75r r = 75 r r V ' = 75 3 r 2 V ' = 0 when r = 5 V = r 2 h. SA = 150 = 2 rh + 2 r 2 h =

h = 10 Dimensions r h 5 10 5) An advertising sign is allowed to be 50sf, but it must be bordered on the top and bottom by 6" of blank area and on the left and righ sides by 1' again for blank area to allow for installation, what dimensions allow the largest area inside these borders for the advertisement? PA = xy. TA = (x + 1)(y + 2) = 50 y = PA' = 50 2 PA = x +1 50 50x x 2 = 2x x +1 x +1

50 50 2(x + 1)2 2x 2 4x + 49 102 2= = PA' = 0 when x = 1 2 2 2 (x + 1) (x + 1) (x + 1) 2 102 4.05 y 7.9 2

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6) Describe the concavity of f (x) = 2x 3 9x 2 + 12x 3 f '(x) = 6x 2 18x + 12 f ''(x) = 12x 18 f ''(x) = 0 when x = 3 3 f (x) is concave down x < 2 2 5 3 7) Describe the concavity of f (x) = 6x 5x f (x) is concave up x > f '(x) = 30x 4 15x 2 f ''(x) = 120x 3 30x f ''(x) = 0 when x = 0, f (x) is concave up 1 2 3 2

1 1 < x < 0 and < x < f (x) is concave down < x < 2 2 4x 2 8) Describe the concavity of f (x) = 2 x +1 2 8x 8 24x 1 f '(x) = 2 f ''(x) = 2 f ''(x) = 0 when x = 2 3 (x + 1) (x + 1) 3 1 1 f (x) is concave up <x< 3 3 1 1 f (x) is concave down < x < and <x< 3 3 9) Describe the concavity of f (x) = x 4 x 3 + 1 1 f '(x) = 4x 3 3x 2 f ''(x) = 12x 2 6x f ''(x) = 0 when x = 0, 2 1 f (x) is concave up < x < 0 and < x < f (x) is concave down 0 < x < 2 10) Find the shortest distance from the point (2, 3) to the curve x 2 + y 2 = 1 Distance from origin to (2, 3) = distance is 13 1 4 + 9 = 13 radius of circle is 1, shortest

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