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Title: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: instructor on December 06, 2009, 05:01:20 PM

Neat solutions to Fiesta 15: Optimization (http://www.scribd.com/full/23676305?

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Title: Re: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: jchoi12 on December 12, 2009, 01:32:55 AM

does anyone know how to solve problem #4 ?

i tried to use the distance formula but couldnt get the answer..

Title: Re: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: jchoi12 on December 12, 2009, 01:48:05 AM

Problem #2

to get the slope of the tangent line

we need to get the derivative of y

since the tangent line has the largest slope

generally, this is not true. the second derivative must change sign!

Justify using the derivative test for Absolute Extrema!

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Title: Re: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: instructor on December 12, 2009, 11:52:49 AM
Q uote from : jchoi12 on De ce m be r 12, 2009, 01:32:55 AM
doe s anyone k now how to solve proble m #4 ?

i trie d to use the distance form ula but couldnt ge t the answe r..

Why don't you show all the work you have done so far, so we can see where

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the mistake is?

Title: Re: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: jchoi12 on December 12, 2009, 01:49:37 PM

problem #4
i think the graph should be ( )
since the problem tells us that the graph is a line segement and is cut off by the
first quadrant.
and the distance between y-intercept and x-intercept of the graph has to be
minimized.

i dont know what i should do next.. :(

Title: Re: Fiesta 15 | Fall 2009

Post by: mikim11 on December 12, 2009, 02:58:28 PM

Problem#4

First, you could substitute a and b to the equation:

And you could set x and y interepts as

Then you could get the distance formula using two intercepts.

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