A piece of wire 60 cm in length is cut into two pieces. The first piece forms a rectangle 5 times as wide as it is long. The second piece forms a square. Where should the wire be cut to? 1)minimize the total area 2)maximize the total area
The limit as
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Max Area:
Min Area:
Steps:
1) Draw out a rectangle and a square
2) Label all your variables based on the information from the question
- Since the length of the rectangle is five times as the width. Therefore, we know that
#5x# is the length and#x# is the width. - Since it is a square and we do not know the values of the sides, we can label the sides as
#y# .3) Find the helper equation for the equation which you are trying to optimize
- The wire
#"60 cm"# is the circumference for both the rectangle and the square #12x+4y=60 #
4) Find the equation for
#y# of the helper equation in terms of#x# #y = 15-3x#
5) Find the equation that you are trying to optimize
#"Area" = AR + AS = 5x^2 + y^2#
6) Plug the equation of
#y# into the equation you are trying to optimize#5x^2 + y^2# #5x^2 +(15-3x)^2 = 14x^2-90x+225#
7) Take the derivative of the equation and find the critical point(s) while determine whether they are max or min
#A' = 28x-90# 8) Check the endpoints!
Endpoints indicate the maximum and minimum value you can have for the rectangle
#12x = 60, x = 5# <-- indicating all material used to create the rectangle#x = 0 # <-- indicating all material used to create the square9) Find the answers by plugging in endpoints and critical number into the original area equation
#A(3.2143) = "80.36 cm"^3# #A(0) = "225 cm"^3# #A(5) = "125 cm"^3#
Therefore, the maximum of the total area we have is
#"225 cm"^3# and the minimum value we have is#"80.36 cm"^3# .
- The wire
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To minimize the total area, the wire should be cut into two equal parts, each measuring 30 cm.
To maximize the total area, the wire should be cut into two unequal parts, with one part measuring 45 cm and the other measuring 15 cm.
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