
Maximize area:
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Constraint:




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maximum at ![]()

Total width: 150 ft
Length: 100 ft

Minimize wall length:
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Constraint:




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a) Rooms should be 14.289 ft by 24.495 ft
b) 10 rooms: ![]()

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Maximize area:
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Constraints:

a) smallest when
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largest when using all fence except minimum used by square
(40 ft) so
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b)


[0, 100] x [0, 20000]
c)


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minimum at ![]()
Looking for maximum, so consider endpoints:
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maximum area is 17,522.222 sq. ft.
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Constraints:
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Maximum circle size

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minimum at ![]()
b) maximum must occur at endpoint
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maximum area when
(all fence used on
circle)
Maximize volume:
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Constraint:




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maximum at ![]()
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a) 6.325 cm by 6.325 cm by 3.162 cm
b) conjecture: Depth is half of width
Minimize cost:
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Constraint:




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Increases for ![]()
minimum at ![]()


Minimize area:
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Constraints:




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Decreasing for ![]()
maximum at ![]()
Minimum must occur at endpoint

[0, 150] x [0, 15000]
Smallest r is 20.
Largest r occurs when
least straight lengths are used (i.e.
).

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minimum occurs at ![]()
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Minimize length of ladder, l:
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Relate x and y using similar triangles:
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Re-write l in one variable:

Find minimum using derivative:
(minimum
is equivalent to
minimum l)
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*YUCK! TIME TO USE MY CALCULATOR!*
Graph
:

[0, 12] x [0, 200]
Minimum occurs at (5, 125)
Since minimum
is 125, minimum l is approximately 11.180 feet.
Maximize
volume of cylinder:
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Relate r and h using given perimeter:

Re-write V in one variable:
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Find maximum using derivative:


Max occurs when
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400 mm radius and 200 mm height
a)

b)
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Relate r and h:

Rewrite A in terms of r:

c) Find minimum using derivative:


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4.133 cm radius, 8.266 cm height
Can is short and fat
Ratio of diameter to altitude is 1 to 1
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The normal can uses close to the same amount of metal
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Normal can uses about 1.5% more metal
e) 
about $6.4 million