Derivation - practice problems

Number of problems found: 25

Martians
A sphere-shaped spaceship with a diameter of 6 m landed in the meadow. In order not to attract attention, the Martians covered it with a roof in the shape of a regular cone. How high will this roof be so that the consumption of roofing is minimal?
Megapizza
Megapizza will be divided among 100 people. First gets 1%, 2nd 2% of the remainder, 3rd 3% of the remainder, etc. Last 100th 100% of the remainder. Which person got the biggest portion?
Sleep vs. watch TV time
Using a data set relating about number of episodes I watch of TV in a day (x) versus number of hours of sleep I get that night (y), I construct the linear model y=−0.6x+11 Which of the following is a general observation that you can make from this model?
Ascend vs. descent
Which function is growing? a) y = 2-x b) y = 20 c) y = (x + 2). (-5) d) y = x-2
Maximum of volume
The shell of the cone is formed by winding a circular section with a radius of 1. For what central angle of a given circular section will the volume of the resulting cone be maximum?
The shooter
The shooter shoots at the target, assuming that the individual shots are independent of each other and the probability of hitting each of them is 0.2. The shooter fires until he hits the target for the first time, then stop firing. (a) What is the most li
Derivative problem
The sum of two numbers is 12. Find these numbers if: a) The sum of their third powers is minimal. b) The product of one with the cube of the other is maximal. c) Both are positive and the product of one with the other power of the other is maximal.
Shopping malls
The chain of department stores plans to invest up to 24,000 euros in television advertising. Ads will place all commercials on a television station where the broadcast of a 30-second spot costs EUR 1,000 and is watched by 14,000 potential customers. Durin
Secret treasure
Scouts have a tent in the shape of a regular quadrilateral pyramid with a side of the base 4 m and a height of 3 m. Find the container's radius r (and height h) so that they can hide the largest possible treasure.
Alien ship
The alien ship has the shape of a sphere with a radius of r = 3000m, and its crew needs the ship to carry the collected research material in a cuboid box with a square base. Determine the length of the base and (and height h) so that the box has the large
The position
The position of a body at any time T is given by the displacement function S=t³-2t²-4t-8. Find its acceleration at each instant time when the velocity is zero.
Curve and line
The equation of a curve C is y=2x² -8x+9, and the equation of a line L is x+ y=3 (1) Find the x coordinates of the points of intersection of L and C. (2) Show that one of these points is also the stationary point of C?
Cylindrical container
An open-topped cylindrical container has a volume of V = 3140 cm³. Find the cylinder dimensions (radius of base r, height v) so that the least material is needed to form the container.
Ladder
4 m long ladder touches the cube 1mx1m at the wall. How high reach on the wall?
Rectangle pool
Find dimensions of an open pool with a square bottom with a capacity of 32 m³ to have painted/bricked walls with the least amount of material.
Minimum of sum
Find a positive number that the sum of the number and its inverted value was minimal.
Paper box
The hard rectangular paper has dimensions of 60 cm and 28 cm. The corners are cut off equal squares, and the residue was bent to form an open box. How long must beside the squares be the largest volume of the box?
Carpet
The room is 10 x 5 meters. You have the role of carpet width of 1 meter. Make rectangular cut of roll that piece of carpet will be longest possible and it fit into the room. How long is a piece of carpet? Note .: carpet will not be parallel with the diago
Goat
Meadow is a circle with a radius r = 19 m. How long must a rope tie a goat to the pin on the perimeter of the meadow to allow the goat to eat half of the meadow?
Sphere in cone
A sphere of radius 3 cm describes a cone with minimum volume. Determine cone dimensions.

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