Maxima and Minima

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Maxima and Minima: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Critical Points for a Differentiable Function, Application of Maxima and Minima in Problems of Geometry, Critical Points for a Discontinuous Function, Local Maximum and Minimum of a Function, etc.

Important Questions on Maxima and Minima

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Find the area of the right angled triangle of least area that can be drawn so as to circumscribe a rectangle of sides 'a' and 'b', the right angle of the triangle coinciding with one of the angles of the rectangle.

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If Px be a polynomial of degree 3 satisfying P-1=10, P1=-6 and Px has maximum at x=-1 and P'x has minima at x=1. Find the distance between the local maximum and local minimum of the curve.

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The plan view of a swimming pool consists of a semicircle of radius r attached to a rectangle of length 2r and width s. If the surface area A of the pool is fixed, for what value of r and s the perimeter P of the pool is minimum.

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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 x,     limit x 0 1 x n f x x 1 0 0 1 x 1 1 0 1 x = 2 .

Determine f(x).

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Investigate for maxima & minima for the function, f x , f x = 1 x 2 t - 1 t - 2 3 + 3 t - 1 2 t - 2 2 dt

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A cubic fx vanishes at x=-2 & has relative minimum/maximum at x=-1, x=13.
Find -11fxdx , if coefficient of x3=1 in fx.

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Choose the height of the cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius 12 cm:

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An open box with a square base is to be made out of a given quantity of cardboard of area c2 square units. What would be the maximum volume of the box?

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

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What would be the point on the curve   x 2 =4y  which is nearest to the point   (1,2).

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An open box, with a square base, is to be made out of a given quantity of metal sheet of area   C 2 .  The maximum volume of the box would be:

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In the interval -2,92, the absolute maximum value of the function fx=4x-12x2 is equal to

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Of all the closed right circular cylindrical cans with volume 54 πcm3, the height of the can that has the maximum surface area is

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The absolute maximum of the function f:[0,4] defined by f(x)=x16-x2, that is, max{f(x):x[0,4]}, is

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The function f: defined by fx=1x4-2x2+7 has a local minimum at

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The least value of fx=x33abx occurs at x=

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A sector is removed from a metallic disc and the remaining region is bent into the shape of a circular conical funnel with volume 23π. The least possible diameter of the disc is

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Find local maxima of tan4x at critical point in (0,π4)

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Find local maxima of tan3x at critical point in 0,π2

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Find local maxima of tan2x at critical point in 0,π2