Maxima and Minima
Maxima and Minima: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Maxima and Minima of a Function, Existence of Maxima and Minima of a Function in an Interval, Maxima & Minima by Higher Order Derivative: Nth Derivative Test etc.
Important Questions on Maxima and Minima
Find the area of the right angled triangle of least area that can be drawn so as to circumscribe a rectangle of sides '' and '', the right angle of the triangle coinciding with one of the angles of the rectangle.

If be a polynomial of degree satisfying and has maximum at and has minima at . Find the distance between the local maximum and local minimum of the curve.

Find a point on the curve whose distance from the line , is minimum.

The plan view of a swimming pool consists of a semicircle of radius attached to a rectangle of length and width . If the surface area of the pool is fixed, for what value of and the perimeter of the pool is minimum.

Suppose f(x) real valued polynomial function of degree 6 satisfying the following conditions;
(a) f has minimum value at x = 0 and 2
(b) f has maximum value at x = 1
(c) For all .
Determine f(x).

Investigate for maxima & minima for the function, ,

A cubic vanishes at & has relative minimum/maximum at .
Find , if coefficient of in

A window has the shape of a rectangle surmounted by an equilateral triangle. If the perimeter of the window is 12 m. find the dimensions of the rectangle that will produce the largest areas of the window.

What would be the radius of the right circular cylinder of greatest curved surface area which can be inscribed in a given cone?

Choose the height of the cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius :

An open box with a square base is to be made out of a given quantity of cardboard of area square units. What would be the maximum volume of the box?

What would be the radius of the right circular cylinder of greatest curved surface area which can be inscribed in a given cone?

A wire length 28 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the two pieces is to be made into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of the two pieces so that the combined area of these is minimum?

What would be the point on the curve which is nearest to the point

A window is in the form of a rectangle with length and breadth surmounted by a semi-circle. If the total perimeter of the window is , then the dimensions of the window so that maximum light is admitted would be

An open box, with a square base, is to be made out of a given quantity of metal sheet of area The maximum volume of the box would be:

Let be the function defined as , where denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to . Then which of the following is(are) true?

Find the maximum value of .

Let and graph of function is shown below:
Let
Number of point of inflection of
Number of point local minima of
Number of point local maxima of
Number of critical point where neither maxima nor minima occurs
Then, the value of is

For the function , which of the following statement(s) are true?
