MATHEMATICS TEST-XII (Sub.

)
TOPIC Application of darivative

Max.Mark-30

Date 17/09/2015

Max.Time: 1Hrs.

1. Find two positive numbers x and y such that, (x+y) = 60 and xy3 is maximum.
2. Prove that the area of a right triangle of a given hypotenuse is maximum when the
triangle is isosceles.
3. If the sum of the hypotenuse and a side of a right angled triangle is given show
that the area of the triangle is maximum when the angle between them is (/3).
4. Show that, of all the rectangle inscribed in a given fixed circle, the square has the
maximum area.
5. The combined resistance R of two resistors R1 and R2 where R1,R2>0 is given by,
1 1 1
= +
if R1+R2 = C (constant), show that the maximum resistance R is
R R1 R2
obtained by choosing R1 = R2.
6. A wire of length 25m is to be cut into two pieces. one of the wires is to be made
into a square and the other into a circle. What should be the length of two pieces
so that the combined area of the square and the circle is minimum?
7. Show that a cylinder of a given volume which is open at the top, has minimum
total surface area, provided its height is equal to the radius of its base.
8. Show that the semivertical angle of a cone of maximum volume and of given slant
height is tan-1

2 .

9. Show that the semivertical angle of a right circular cone of given surface area and
maximum volume is sin-1(1/3).
10.
Show that the height of a closed cylinder of given surface and maximum
volume, is equal to the diameter of its base.
11.
Show that the height of the cylinder of maximum volume that can be
inscribed in a sphere of radius R is

2R
3

.find the volume of the largest cylinder

inscribed in a sphere of radius R.

12.
Find the point on the curve y2=4x where is nearest to the point (2,-8).
13.
Find the local maxima or local minima, if any, of
1
2
(I) f(x) = ( x + 2)
(II) f(x) = (x3-3x)
In each case, find the local maximum or the local minimum values, as the case
may be.

14.
Find the local maxima or minima of f(x) = x3-6x2+9x+15. Also find the local
maximum or minimum values as the case may be.
15.
Show that (x5-5x4+5x3-1) has a local maximum when x=1, a local minimum
when x=3 and neither when x=0.
16.
Find the points of local maxima and local minima as well as the
corresponding local maximum and local minimum values of the function
F(x) = (x-1)3(x+1)2.
17.
Find all the points of local maxima and minima and the corresponding
maximum and minimum values of the function f(x)

3 4
45
x 8 x 3 x2 +105.
4
2

18.
Find the local maxima and local minima of the functions
(i) f(x) = sin 2x, where 0<x<;

(II) f(x) = (sin 2x-x), where 2 x 2 .

19.

Find the local maxima and minima of the functions

(I) f(x) = (sin x cos x), where 0<x< 2 ;

(II) f(x) = (2cos x+x), where 0<x<;

20.
Find the points of local maxima or local minima of the function

F(x) = (sin4x+cos4x) in 0<x< 2 ;

21.
Find the local maxima and local minima and the corresponding local
maximum and local minimum value of the following functions;
x
(I) f(x) = x 1x , where x>0
(II) f(x) = ( x1)(x4 ) , where 1<x<4
1 x
( )
x

is e1/e

22.

Prove that the maximum value of

23.
24.

Find the point on the parabola y2 = 2x which is closest to the point (1,4).
Show that none of the following functions has a maxima or minima.

(i)
25.

ex

(II) log x

(III) x3+x2+x+1

Show that sinp cosq attains a maximum, when = tan-1

p
q

26.
Find the maximum and minimum values of
4
(3x -8x3+12x2-48x+25) on [0,3].
27.
Find the maximum and minimum values of (x+sin 2x) in [0,2].
28.
Show that sin x(1+cos x), x [0,] is maximum at x=(/3).