Questions from General Calculus


Q: A cone-shaped drinking cup is made from a circular piece

A cone-shaped drinking cup is made from a circular piece of paper of radius R by cutting out a sector and joining the edges CA and CB. Find the maximum capacity of such a cup.

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Q: A cone-shaped paper drinking cup is to be made to

A cone-shaped paper drinking cup is to be made to hold 27 cm3 of water. Find the height and radius of the cup that will use the smallest amount of paper.

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Q: A cone with height h is inscribed in a larger cone with

A cone with height h is inscribed in a larger cone with height H so that its vertex is at the center of the base of the larger cone. Show that the inner cone has maximum volume when h = 1/3 H.

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Q: Differentiate the function. F(t) = (ln

Differentiate the function. F(t) = (ln t)2 sin t

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Q: A boat leaves a dock at 2:00 pm and travels

A boat leaves a dock at 2:00 pm and travels due south at a speed of 20 km/h. Another boat has been heading due east at 15 km/h and reaches the same dock at 3:00 pm. At what time were the two boats clo...

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Q: Solve the problem in Example 4 if the river is 5 km

Solve the problem in Example 4 if the river is 5 km wide and point B is only 5 km downstream from A. Example 4: A man launches his boat from point A on a bank of a straight river, 3 km wide, and want...

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Q: A woman at a point A on the shore of a circular

A woman at a point A on the shore of a circular lake with radius 2 mi wants to arrive at the point C diametrically opposite A on the other side of the lake in the shortest possible time (see the figur...

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Q: An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight

An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight river that is 2 km wide. A pipeline is to be constructed from the refinery to storage tanks located on the south bank of the river 6 km east...

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Q: Suppose the refinery in Exercise 51 is located 1 km north of

Suppose the refinery in Exercise 51 is located 1 km north of the river. Where should P be located? Exercise 51: An oil refinery is located on the north bank of a straight river that is 2 km wide. A p...

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Q: The illumination of an object by a light source is directly proportional

The illumination of an object by a light source is directly proportional to the strength of the source and inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source. If two light sources, o...

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