Khadijah Zahid Math 101 Fall 23 24

Assignment Optimization due 12/13/2023 at 11:59pm PKT

Problem 1. (1 point) Problem 3. (1 point)

An electronics store expects to sell 324 laptops at a steady rate Let f (x) be the perimeter of a rectangle with an area 36units2 and
next year. The manager of the store plans to order these laptops one side with length x.
from the manufacturer by placing several orders of the same size
spaced equally throughout the year. The ordering cost for each f (x) =
delivery is $22 for the setup costs and $4 per laptop. The carry-
ing costs, based on the average number of laptops in inventory, What is the minimum perimeter of all rectangles with this area?
amount to $11 per year for one laptop. Perimeter =

If C(x) is the inventory cost (which is the sum of the ordering costs (you will lose 50
and the carrying costs) and x is thenumber of orders . Answer(s) submitted:
C(x) = • (72+2xˆ2)/x
• 24
How many orders should the store manager place? (correct)

Problem 4. (1 point)
(you will lose 50 In this question you will derive a simple labour demand curve.
Answer(s) submitted:
• 22x+1782/x+1296 Suppose that the number of calculators a firm can produce per
• 9 hour (TP) given a certain number of workers (L), is given by:
(correct)
T P = 589 ln(L + 19) + 20L
Problem 2. (1 point)
Consider the demand for tickets to see a specific hockey team play. The cost of using each worker is just their hourly wage (w). So
The price of the ticket can be related to the quantity demanded (q) the total labour cost is C = wL.
by the function: p = 213 − 0.01q. When the arena is not close
to full capacity the total cost can be expressed by the function: If the price of each calculator is $14, find the profit maximizing
Cost = 53q + 5, 000, 000. wage as a function of number of workers used (L).
w=
Find marginal revenue (MR) as a function of quantity demanded. Answer(s) submitted:
MR = • 8246/(L+19)+280
(correct)
Let p∗ and q∗ be the price and quantity demanded where profit is
maximized. Problem 5. (1 point)
p∗ = q∗ = As a preparation for the long bright summer days, Dr. Acula plans
to store gourmet plasma in closed tin cans that have the shape of a
The hockey players union has negotiated a deal requiring the team cylinder with volume V . As an environmentally conscious mem-
owner to pay an extra $1,000,000 a year in salaries to the players. ber of the community, he wants to use as little metal as possible.
What should the new ticket price (p1 ) be to ensure that profit is
maximized. a. What is the height h(r) for the can with minimum surface area
in terms of the radius r of the bottom?
p1 = h(r) =
b. What is the minimum surface area for the can in terms of the
Answer(s) submitted: portion size V ?
• 213-0.01q Amin (V ) =
• Answer(s) submitted:
• • 2r
• • 6pi(V/(2pi))ˆ(2/3)
(score 0.25) (correct)

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Problem 6. (1 point) Problem 7. (1 point)
The FM radio station KAMB broadcast from an antennae atop a
300 meter tall radio tower at a frequency of 90 MHz with a total
radiated power of 30 kilowatts. Neighbors have complained about
problems they attribute to excessive radiation from the tower, but
the city engineer who measured the radiation level near the base
of the tower found it to be well below the accepted standard. You
have been hired by the HOA to assess the engineer’s report. You
know a few things about electromagnetic radiation and therefore
conclude that we must find the optimum place on the ground to
measure the maximum radiation emitted from the antennae. From
your extensive knowledge in physics, you know that the intensity
of radiation, I, is given by the formula:

12 sin2 (θ) You are given a rectangular piece of paper that has length x = 35.9
I= P cm and height y = 28 cm. The lower right corner is to be folded
32π r2
where P is the power output, r is the distance from the top of the to the top edge forming a triangle as shown. Determine the maxi-
tower to the point on the ground, and θ is the angle measured from mum and minimum area of a triangle that can be constructed.
the tower to r.

Maximum Area =

Minimum Area =
Answer(s) submitted:
•
•
Find the distance R from the base of the tower to the optimum lo- (correct)
cation for taking the radiation reading. m
What is the maximum radiation reading from the ground?
kW
m2
If the city code requires that electromagnetic radiation be under
200 microwatts per square meter, is this antennae operating within
city code? Yes or No Problem 8. (1 point)
Answer(s) submitted: Let f (x) be the perimeter of a rectangle with an area 36units2 and
• 300 one side with length x.
• 0.00001774
• no f (x) =
(score 0.666667)
What is the minimum perimeter of all rectangles with this area?
Perimeter =

(you will lose 50

Answer(s) submitted:
• 2(36/x)+2x
• 24
(correct)

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Problem 9. (1 point) Problem 12. (1 point)
The diagonals of a convex quadrilateral are mutually perpendicu-
Find the maximal area of a right triangle with hypotenuse of length lar. The sum of the lengths of the diagonals is 10. We want to find
1. the maximum possible area of such a quadrilateral.
Let us denote by x and y the lengths of the two diagonals. Then
the area of the quadrilateral is the following function of x and y:
Answer(s) submitted:
• 1/4 If we solve for y in terms of x, we can reexpress this area as the
(correct) following function of x alone:
Problem 10. (1 point)
Thus we find that the maximum area is
Consider a window the shape of which is a rectangle of height h
surmounted by a triangle having a height T that is 0.9 times the
Answer(s) submitted:
width w of the rectangle (as shown in the figure below).
•
•
•
(incorrect)

Problem 13. (1 point)

Find the distance from the origin to the closest point(s) on the
graph of
15x2 + 2xy + 15y2 = 20
If the cross-sectional area is A, determine the dimensions of the
window which minimize the perimeter. dy
We begin by computing dx implicitly for points (x, y) on the graph,
obtaining:
h= dy
w= =
Answer(s) submitted:
dx
We need to minimize the following function of x and y:
• p/2 f (x, y) =
• 0 There are four critical points, in increasing order:
(incorrect) x1 =
Problem 11. (1 point) x2 =
A wire 5 meters long is cut into two pieces. One piece is bent into x3 =
a square for a frame for a stained glass ornament, while the other x4 =
piece is bent into a circle for a TV antenna. To reduce storage Thus there is/are point(s) closest to the origin, one of which is
space, where should the wire be cut to minimize the total area of (x, y) = ( , )
both figures? Give the length of wire used for each: and its distance from the origin is
For the square:
For the circle:
(for both, include units) Answer(s) submitted:
•
Where should the wire be cut to maximize the total area? Again, •
•
give the length of wire used for each:
•
For the square:
•
For the circle: •
(for both, include units) •
Answer(s) submitted: •
• 4m •
• 1m •
• 0m (correct)
• 5m
(score 0.5)
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Problem 14. (1 point) Problem 16. (1 point)
The Nearsighted Cow Problem: A Calculus Classic. An aluminum can is to be constructed to contain 2600 cm3 of liq-
uid.
A rectangular billboard 5 feet in height stands in a field so that its Let r and h be the radius of the base and the height of the can
bottom is 11 feet above the ground. A nearsighted cow with eye respectively.
level at 4 feet above the ground stands x feet from the billboard.
Express θ, the vertical angle subtended by the billboard at her eye, a) Express h in terms of r. (If needed you can enter π as pi.)
in terms of x. Then find the distance x0 the cow must stand from
the billboard to maximize θ. h=

θ(x) = b) Express the surface area of the can in terms of r.

θ is maximized when x0 =
Surface area =

c) Approximate the value of r that will minimize the amount of

required material (i.e. the value of r that will minimize the sur-
face area).
What is the corresponding value of h?

r=
h=
Answer(s) submitted:
• 2600/(pirˆ2)
• (5200/r)+2pirˆ2
• 7.45
• 14.9
(correct)
Problem 17. (1 point)
The top and bottom margins of a poster are 4 cm and the side mar-
gins are each 8 cm. If the area of printed material on the poster is
(Click on image for a larger view ) fixed at 380 square centimeters, find the dimensions of the poster
with the smallest area.
Answer(s) submitted:
• Width = Height =
• Answer(s) submitted:
(incorrect) •
•
(incorrect)
Problem 15. (1 point) Problem 18. (1 point)
Find the point (x, y) of x2 + 14xy + 49y2 = 100 that is closest to Find the dimensions of the rectangle with area 324 square inches
the origin and lies in the first quadrant. that has minimum perimeter, and then find the minimum perime-
ter.

x= 1. Dimensions:
y= 2. Minimum perimeter:

Answer(s) submitted: Enter your result for the dimensions as a comma separated list of
• 1/5 two numbers. Do not include the units.
• 7/5 Answer(s) submitted:
(correct) • 18,18
• 72
(correct)
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Problem 19. (1 point) Problem 21. (1 point)
An open box is to be made out of a 8-inch by 14-inch piece of According to U.S. postal regulations, the girth plus the length of a
cardboard by cutting out squares of equal size from the four cor- parcel sent by mail may not exceed 108 inches, where by ”girth”
ners and bending up the sides. Find the dimensions of the resulting we mean the perimeter of the smallest end. What is the largest
box that has the largest volume. possible volume of a rectangular parcel with a square end that can
be sent by mail? Such a package is shown below, with x and y
Dimensions of the bottom of the box: x measured in inches. Assume y > x. What are the dimensions of
Height of the box: the package of largest volume?
Answer(s) submitted:
• 10
• 1.64
(score 0.5)

Find a formula for the volume of the parcel in terms of x and y.

Volume = cubic inches

The problem statement tells us that the parcel’s girth plus length
may not exceed 108 inches. In order to maximize volume, we as-
sume that we will actually need the girth plus length to equal 108
Problem 20. (1 point) inches. What equation does this produce involving x and y?
Find two numbers differing by 30 whose product is as small as Equation:
possible.
Solve this equation for y in terms of x.
Enter your two numbers as a comma separated list, e.g. 2, 3. y=

The two numbers are . Find a formula for the volume V (x) in terms of x.
Answer(s) submitted: V (x) = cubic inches
• 15,-15
(correct) What is the domain of the function V ? Note that x must be positive
and y > x; consider how these facts, and the constraint that girth
plus length is 108 inches, limit the possible values for x. Give your
answer using interval notation.
Domain:

Find the absolute maximum of the volume of the parcel on the

domain you established above and hence also determine the di-
mensions of the box of greatest volume.
Maximum Volume = cubic inches
Optimal dimensions: x = and y = inches

Answer(s) submitted:
• xˆ2y
• 4x+y=108
• 108-4x
• (xˆ2)(108-4x)
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• 11664 Problem 25. (1 point)
• 18
• 36 Find the maximum area of a rectangle that can be circumscribed
(correct) about a given rectangle with length L and width W. (Your answer
Problem 22. (1 point) may depend on L and W.)

Find the maximum area of a triangle formed in the first quad-

rant by the x-axis, y-axis and a tangent line to the graph of
f = (x + 7)−2 .

Area =
Answer(s) submitted:
•
(incorrect) Area =
Problem 23. (1 point) Answer(s) submitted:
• 0.5(L+W)ˆ2
If an isosceles triangle has perimeter P, how long must the legs of (correct)
the triangle be to maximize its area? (Your answer may depend
on P).
Problem 26. (1 point)
The top and bottom margins of a poster are 6 cm and the side mar-
Answer(s) submitted: gins are each 4 cm. If the area of printed material on the poster is
• 4 fixed at 390 square centimeters, find the dimensions of the poster
(incorrect) with the smallest area.
Problem 24. (1 point)

A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a sphere of radius r. Find

printed
the dimensions of such a cylinder with the largest possible volume
material
(your answer may depend on r).

base radius =
Width = (include units)
height = Height = (include units)
Answer(s) submitted: Answer(s) submitted:
• (2rˆ2/3)ˆ0.5 •
• 2r/(3)ˆ0.5 •
(correct) (incorrect)

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