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Show that the semi-vertical angle of the cone of the maximum volume and of given slant height is $\tan^{-1} \sqrt {2}$.

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Show that the right circular cone of least curved surface and given volume has an altitude equal to $\sqrt 2$ time the radius of the base.

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Prove that the volume of the largest cone that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius R is$\large\frac{8}{27}$ of the volume of the sphere.

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A wire of length 28 m is to be cut into two pieces. One of the 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 the square and the circle is minimum?

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Of all the closed cylindrical cans (right circular), of a given volume of 100 cubic centimetres, find the dimensions of the can which has the minimum surface area?

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Show that the right circular cylinder of given surface and maximum volume is such that its height is equal to the diameter of the base.

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Show that of all the rectangles inscribed in a given fixed circle, the square has the maximum area.

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A rectangular sheet of tin 45 cm by 24 cm is to be made into a box without top, by cutting off square from each corner and folding up the flaps. What should be the side of the square in cms to be cut off so that the volume of the box is maximum ?

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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A square piece of tin of side 18 cm is to be made into a box without top, by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the flaps to form the box. What should be the side of the square to be cut off so that the volume of the box is the maximum possible.

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Find two positive numbers whose sum is 16 and the sum of whose cubes is minimum.

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Find two positive numbers $x$ and $y$ such that their sum is 35 and the product $x^2 y^5$ is a maximum.

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Find two positive numbers $x$ and $y$ such that $x + y = 60$ and $xy^3$ is maximum.

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Find two numbers whose sum is 24 and whose product is as large as possible.

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the maximum and minimum values of $ x + \sin\: 2x$ on $[0, 2\pi].$

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It is given that at $x = 1$, the function $x^4 – 62x^2 + ax + 9$ attains its maximum value, on the interval $[0, 2].$ Find the value of $a.$

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the maximum value of $2x^3 – 24x + 107$ in the interval $[1, 3]$.

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What is the maximum value of the function $\sin \: x + \cos x$?

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At what points in the interval $[0, 2\pi]$, does the function $\sin\: 2x$ attain its maximum value?

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Find both the maximum value and the minimum value of $3x^4 - 8x^3 + 12x^2 - 48x + 25$ on the interval $[0, 3].$

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the maximum profit that a company can make, if the profit function is given by $ p(x) = 41 - 72x - 18x^2$

asked Nov 27, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value of the following functions in the given intervals: $\: f (x) = x^3, x \in [– 2, 2] $

asked Nov 26, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Prove that the following functions do not have maxima or minima: $ (i)\: f (x) = e^x $

asked Nov 26, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the local maxima and local minima, if any, of the following functions. Find also the local maximum and the local minimum values, as the case may be: $ (i)\: f (x) = x^2 $

asked Nov 26, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the maximum and minimum values, if any, of the following functions given by $ f (x) = |x + 2| - 1$

asked Nov 26, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the maximum and minimum values, if any, of the following functions given by?$\;f(x)=(2x-1)^2+3$

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If $u,\: v$ and $w$ are functions of $x$, then show that $\large\frac{d}{dx} $$( u.v.w) =\large \frac{du}{dx} $$v.w + u . \large\frac{dv}{dx} $$. w + u.v. \large\frac{dw}{dx} $ in two ways - first by repeated application of product rule, second by logarithmic differentiation.

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate $ (x^2 - 5x + 8) (x^3 + 7x + 9 ) $ in three ways mentioned below:\begin{array}{1 1} (i)\;by\;using\;product\;rule & \;\\(ii)\;by\;expanding\;the\;product\;to\;obtain\;a\;single\;polynomial. & \;\\ (iii)\;by\;logarithmic\;differentiation. & \;\end{array} Do they all give the same answer?

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find the derivative of the function given by $f(x) =( 1 + x )( 1 + x^2) ( 1 + x^4) ( 1 + x^8)$ and hence find $ f' (1).$

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find $\large\frac{dy}{dx}$ of the function $xy = e^{\large(x-y)}$

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find $\large\frac{dy}{dx}$ of the function $(\cos x)^{\large y} = (\cos y)^{\large x}$

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Find $\large\frac{dy}{dx}$ of the functions given in $ y^{\large x} = x^{\large y} $

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Find $\large\frac{dy}{dx}$ of the functions given in $ x^{\large y }+ y^{\large x }= 1 $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ (x \cos x )^{\large x} + (x\sin x)^{\Large\frac{1}{x}} $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ x^{\large x \cos x} + \large\frac{x^2 + 1}{x^2 - 1} $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ x ^{\large\sin x} + (\sin x)^{\large\cos x} $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x$ : $ (\sin x )^{\large x} + \sin^{-1} \sqrt x $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $y=(\log x)^{\large x}+x^{\large\log x}$

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ (x + \large\frac{1}{x})^{\large x}$$ + x ^{\large (1 + \Large\frac{1}{x})} $

asked Nov 17, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ (x + 3)^2 \: . \: (x + 4)^3 \: . \: (x + 5)^4 $

asked Nov 16, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ x^{\large x} - 2^{\large sin \: x} $

asked Nov 16, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ ( \log \; x )^{\large cos \: x} $

asked Nov 16, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x :$ $ \sqrt {\large\frac{(x-1)(x-2)}{(x-3)(x-4)(x-5)}} $

asked Nov 16, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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Differentiate the functions given in w.r.t. $x : $ $ \cos \: x \: . \cos \: 2x \:. \cos \: 3x $

asked Nov 16, 2012 by thanvigandhi_1

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