CLASS : 12

TOPIC : maxima and minima problems

1. Find two positive numbers whose sum is 60 and product of the square of
one number and the other number is maximum
2. The sum of three positive numbers is 26 . the second number is thrice as
large as the first . if the sum of the square of these numbers is least. Find
the number [ 4 , 12 , 10 ]
3. A printed page is to have a total area of 80 [Link] with a margin of 1 cm at
the top and on each side and a margin of 1.5 cm at the bottom . what
should be the dimensions of the page so that the printed area will be
maximum? [ x = 8 ]
4. A give rectangular area is to be fenced off in a field whose length lies
alone a straight river . if no fencing is needed alone the river . shoe that
least amount of fencing will be required when the length of the field is
twice its breadth [ x = √2𝐴 ]
5. Prove that the area of a right angled triangle of given hypotenuse is
𝑙
maximum when the triangle is isosceles [ x = ]
√2
6. If the sum of the lengths of the hypotenuse and side of the triangle is
given , show that the area of the triangle is maximum when the angle b/w
𝜋 𝑘
is [x= ]
3 3
7. ABC is a right angled triangle of given area k . find the sides of the
triangle for which the area of the circumscribed circle is least [ x =
√2𝑘 ]
8. An open box with square base is to be made out of given quantity of
𝑐3
cardboard of area 𝑐 2 . show that the maximum volume of the box is
6√3
𝑐
. [x= ]
√3
9. A metal box with square base and vertical sides is to contain 1024 𝑐𝑚3 .
the material for the top and bottom costs RS 5 per 𝑐𝑚2 and the material
 for the sides costs RS 2.50 per 𝑐𝑚2 . find the least cost of the box . [ x =
8]
10.A closed rectangular box is made of aluminium sheet of negligible
thickness and the length of the box is twice its breath . if the capacity of
the box is 243 𝑐𝑚3 , compute the dimensions of the box of least surface
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area . [ x = ]
2
[Link] that a right circular cylinder which is open at the top , and has a
given surface area will have the greatest volume if its height is equal to
the radius of the base . [ s = 3π𝑟 2 ]
[Link] all closed right circular cylindrical cans of volume 128π 𝑐𝑚3 . find
the dimensions of the can which has minimum surface area . [ x = 4 ]
[Link] that the rectangular of maximum that can be inscribed in a circle of
radius r is square of side √2 r
14.A window is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircle . if the
perimeter of the window is 10 m . find the dimensions of the window so
10
that the maximum possible light is admitted [ x = ]
4 + 𝜋
15.A wire of length 50 m is to be cut into two pieces . one piece is bent in the
shape o a square and the other in the shape of a circle . what should be
lengths of each piece so that the combined area of the two shape is
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minimum . [ x = ]
2
16. A square tank of capacity 250 cubic meters has to be dug out . the cost
of the land RS 50 per sq.m . the cost of digging increase with the depth
and for the whole tank it is RS 400 x ℎ2 , where h meters is depth of the
tank . what should be the dimensions of the tank so that the cost would be
minimum [ x = 10 ]
17.A square piece of tin of side 18 cm is to be into box without top by
cutting a square from the each of the corner and folding up the flaps to
form a box . what should be the side of the square to be cut off so that the
volume of the box is maximum? [ x = 3 , 9 ]
[Link] that the height of a cylinder of maximum volume that can be
2𝑅
inscribed in a sphere of radius R is .
√3
[Link] that the radius of the right circular cylinder of greatest curved
surface area and which can be inscribed in a given right circular cone id
𝑟
half that of the cone [ x = ]
2
[Link] that the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum volume that
4𝑟
can inscribed in a sphere of radius r is . also show that the maximum
3
8
volume of the cone is of the volume of the sphere
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21. A cone is inscribed in a sphere of radius 12 cm . if the volume of the
cone is maximum , find its height
[Link] the maximum volume of the cylinder which can be inscribed in a
sphere of radius 3√3 cm
23.A closed right circular cylinder has a volume of 2156 cu .cm . what will
be the radius of its base so that its total surface area is minimum ? find the
height of the cylinder when its total surface area is minimum show that
the radius of the closed cylinder of given surface area and maximum
volume is equal to half of its radius
[Link] that a right circular cylinder of given volume , which is open at the
top , has minimum total surface area if its height is equal to radius of the
base
25.A tank with rectangle base and rectangular sides , open at the top , is to be
constructed so that its depth is 2m and volume is 8 𝑐𝑚3 . if building of
tank cost RS 70 per sq.m for the base and RS45 per sq.m for the sides ,
what is the cost of expensive tank
[Link] that the surface area of a closed cuboid with square base and given
volume is minimum , when it is a cube
[Link] sum of perimeters of a circle and square is k , where k is some
constant . prove that su of their areas is least when the side of the square
is double the radius of the circle
28.A sheet paper is to be contain 18 𝑐𝑚2 of printed matter . the margins at
the to and bottom are 2 cm each , and at the side 1 cm each . find the
dimensions of the sheet which required the least amount paper
[Link] that the perimeter of a right triangle of give hypotenuse is
maximum when triangle is isosceles
[Link] sum of two positive numbers is 20 . find the numbers i) if the sum
their squares is minimum ii) if the product of the square of one cube of
the other is maximum
31. Prove that the least perimeter of an isosceles triangle in which a
circle of radius r can be inscribed is 6√3 r
𝑥
[Link] sum of the surface area of a cuboid with sides x , 2x and and sphere
3
is given to be constant . prove that the sum of their volumes is minimum ,
f x is equal to three times the radius of the sphere . also find the minimum
value of the sum of their volumes
[Link] that the semi vertical angle of the cone of the maximum volume
1
and given slant height is cos −1
√3
[Link] that the semi vertical angle of right circular cone of given volume
and least curved surface area is cot −1 √2
[Link] is a diameter of a circle and C is ant point on the circle . show that the
area of ∆ABC is maximum , when it is isosceles
[Link] the length of three sides of a trapezium other than base is 10 cm each ,
then find the area of the trapezium , when it s maximum
37.A rectangular sheet of tin side 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
flags . what should be the side of the square to be cut off so that the
volume of the box is maximum
[Link] that of all the rectangles inscribed in a given fixed circle , the
square has maximum area
[Link] that the right circular cone of least curved surface area and given
volume has an altitude is √2 time the radius of the base
[Link] that the semi vertical angle of the cone maximum volume and
given slant height is tan−1 √2
[Link] that the vertical angle of the cone of given surface aera and
1
maximum volume is sin−1 ( )
3
[Link] the maximum area of the isosceles triangle inscribed in the ellipse
𝑥2 𝑦2
+ = 1 with its vertex at one end of major axis
𝑎2 𝑏2
43.