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Practice Sheet - 2 (Maxima and Minima)

1. To maximize the volume of an open-top box made by cutting squares from the corners of a 12x12 sheet and bending up the sides, the squares cut should be as large as possible without overlapping, which is 4 inches. 2. To minimize the material used for a 1-liter right circular cylinder can, it should be designed with a height of 4 inches and diameter of 4 inches. 3. To minimize the total cost of a rectangular open-top rainwater catchment tank with area 1125 ft^2 and excavation costs proportional to xy, the optimal dimensions are x=25 ft and y=45 ft.

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Practice Sheet - 2 (Maxima and Minima)

1. To maximize the volume of an open-top box made by cutting squares from the corners of a 12x12 sheet and bending up the sides, the squares cut should be as large as possible without overlapping, which is 4 inches. 2. To minimize the material used for a 1-liter right circular cylinder can, it should be designed with a height of 4 inches and diameter of 4 inches. 3. To minimize the total cost of a rectangular open-top rainwater catchment tank with area 1125 ft^2 and excavation costs proportional to xy, the optimal dimensions are x=25 ft and y=45 ft.

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Practice Sheet – 2

(Maxima and Minima)

1. An open-top box is to be made by cutting small congruent squares from the corners of a 12-in.-by-
12-in. sheet of tin and bending up the sides. How large should the squares cut from the corners be
to make the box hold as much as possible? Geometry is as below:

2. You have been asked to design a one-liter can shaped like a right circular cylinder (see figure
below). What dimensions will use the least material? (Note can is closed for top and bottom)

3. Catching rainwater : A 1125 ft open-top rectangular tank with a square base x ft on a side and y
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ft deep is to be built with its top flush with the ground to catch runoff water. The costs associated
with the tank involve not only the material from which the tank is made but also an excavation
charge proportional to the product xy. If the total cost is c = 5(x2 + 4xy) + 10xy, what values
of x and y will minimize it?

4. Designing a poster : You are designing a rectangular poster to contain 50 in of printing with a
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4-in. margin at the top and bottom and a 2-in. margin at each side. What overall dimensions will
minimize the amount of paper used?

5. Designing a box with a lid : A piece of cardboard measures 10 in. by 15 in. Two equal squares
are removed from the corners of a 10-in. side as shown in the figure below. Two equal rectangles
are removed from the other corners so that the tabs can be folded to form a rectangular box with
lid.

a. Write a formula V(x) for the volume of the box.


b. Find the domain of V for the problem situation and graph V over this domain
c. Find the maximum volume and the value of x that gives it.
6. The trough in the figure below is to be made to the dimensions shown. Only the angle θ can be
varied. What value of θ will maximize the trough’s volume?

(Note the length 20 units and each side 1 units)

7. Airplane landing path An airplane is flying at altitude H when it begins its descent to an airport
runway that is at horizontal ground distance L from the airplane, as shown in the figure. Assume
that the landing path of the airplane is the graph of a cubic polynomial function
y = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where y(-L) = H and y(0) = 0.

a. What is dy/dx at x = 0?
b. What is dy/dx at x = -L?
c. Use the values for dy/dx at x = 0 and x = -L together with y(0) = 0 and y(-L) = H to show that

8. The ladder problem What is the approximate length (in feet) of the longest ladder you can carry
horizontally around the corner of the corridor shown here? Round your answer down to the
nearest foot.

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