Maxima and Minima
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
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.

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

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?

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

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:

In the interval , the absolute maximum value of the function is equal to

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

The absolute maximum of the function defined by , that is, , is

The function defined by has a local minimum at

The least value of occurs at

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

Find local maxima of at critical point in

Find local maxima of at critical point in

Find local maxima of at critical point in
