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Question: `qQuery 4.5.8 (problem 6 p 275) 3000 ft^2 rect region costing $25/ft on 3 sides and $10/ft on fourth; min cost. What is the minimum total cost?

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Your solution:

Let a and b be 2 sides of the rectangle

The area of the rectangle A will be = a * b ft^2

Given that the area of the rectangle is 3000 ft^2

Thus we have

3000 = a*b

b = 3000/a feet

Let sides b have a cost of $10/feet and $25/feet

And sides a have cost of $25/feet and $25/feet

Thus the total cost per feet for sides with length b = $35/feet

The total cost per feet for sides with length a = $50/feet

Thus the total cost of fencing the rectangle C = 35b + 50a

Since b = 3000/a, we have

C(a) = 35(3000/a) + 50a

To minimize the value of C(a) we need to find the derivative of the function

Using rules of differentiation we get

C’(a) = 50 - 105000/a^2

To find the critical points C’(a) = 0

a^2 = 105000 / 50 = 2100

a = 45.826 approximate feet.

We find the second derivative function

C”(a) = 0 + 210000/a^3

C”(45.826) is positive which proves that a = 45.826 would give us the minimum value of the cost function

The corresponding value of b is

b = 3000/45.826 = 65.465

The total value of the cost when a = 45.826 and b = 65.465 is

C = 35*65.465 + 50*45.826 = $4,582.575

Thus the minimum cost of fencing the rectangle with 3000 sq feet is $4582.575

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Given Solution:

`aIf x stands for the length of the fourth side of the region and y for the other side then we have area = x * y = 3000, so that y = 3000 / x.

The cost of fencing the two sides of length x are $10 / ft and $25 / ft, for a total of 10 x + 25 x = 35 x. The cost of fencing the two sides of length y is $25 / ft for a total of 25 ( 2y) = 50 y.

The total cost is therefore 35 x + 50 y. Using the fact that y = 3000 / x we find that

total cost = C(x) = 35 x + 50 ( 3000 / x) = 35 x + 150000 / x.

The minimum cost is found by minimizing this expression. We first find the derivative C ' (x) = 35 - 150000 / x^2. Setting this derivative equal to zero we have

35 - 150000 / x^2 = 0. Multiplying both sides by x^2 we obtain

35 x^2 - 150000 = 0 so that

x^2 = 150000 / 35 and

x = sqrt(150000 / 35) = 65, approx..

We see that this is a minimum, since the second derivative of C(x) is C ''(x) = 450000 / x^3, which is positive for all positive x.

The other side is y = 3000 / x = 3000 / 65 = 46, approx..

So the fence is about 65 ft in the x direction, 46 ft in the other.

The cost associated with the solution x = 65 is

C(65) = 35 * 65 + 150 000 / 65 = $4582.69

To double-check this:

The fourth side has length 65 ft. At $10/ft it will cost $650 to fence it.

The other three sides have total length 65 ft + 46 ft + 46 ft = 157 ft. At $25/foot it will cost $25 * 157 = $3925.

The total cost is therefore $4575.

The 65 ft result is approximate, so we don't expect an exact result. $4575 is within a small fraction of a percent of $4582.69, so the two results appear to agree.

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Question: `qQuery 4.5.21 (was problem 18 p 276 ) towns at (0,-1) and (4,-4), river on x axis; find min dist of pipe to supply both.

What is the minimum total length of pipe?

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Your solution:

Let (x,0) be the point on the x axis that is the river which corresponds to the coordinate with the min distance to supply water.

First town is at (0,-1).

The length of the pipe from this point is sqrt(1 + x^2)

The second town is (4,-4)

The length of the pipe from this point is sqrt(x^2 - 8x + 32)

Thus the total length of the pipe L will be

L = sqrt(1 + x^2) + sqrt(x^2 - 8x + 32)

To find the minimum value of L we need to find the critical points

Using the rule of differentiation we get

L’ = x / sqrt(1 + x^2) + (x - 4)/sqrt(x^2 - 8x + 32)

To find the critical points L’ = 0

x / sqrt(1 + x^2) = (4 - x) / sqrt(x^2 - 8x + 32)

Squaring both sides we get

x^2 / (1 + x^2) = (x^2 + 16 - 8x) / (x^2 - 8x + 32)

x^4 - 8x^3 + 32x^2 = x^2 + 16 - 8x + x^4 + 16x^2 - 8x^3

We get 15x^2 + 8x - 16 = 0

Using the quadratic formula to find roots we get

The positive value of x = 0.8

When substituted in the second derivative function of L we get L”(0.8) positive, which indicate that x = 0.8 will give the minimum length of the pipe.

The length of the pipe will be

L(0.8) = sqrt(1.64) + sqrt(26.24) = 5.40312 units is the approx. value of the minimum length of the pipe.

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Given Solution:

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If the pipes are run from the point (x, 0) along the river, then

the pipe running to the first town will have length sqrt(1^2 + x^2) and

the pipe to the second town will have length sqrt(4-x)^2 + 4^2), so total pipe length will be

L(x) = sqrt(1^2 + x^2) + sqrt(4^2 + (4-x)^2).

The derivative of this expression is

L ' (x) = x / sqrt(1 + x^2) - ( 4 - x) / sqrt(16 + (4-x)^2).

Setting this expression equal to 0 and multiplying by the common denominator sqrt(1+x^2) * sqrt( 16 + (4-x)^2 ) we obtain the equation

x sqrt(16 + (4-x)^2 ) + ( x - 4) sqrt(1 + x^2) = 0. Placing the two expressions on opposite sides of the = sign we obtain

sqrt(16 + (4-x)^2 ) = -( x - 4) sqrt(1 + x^2). Squaring both sides we obtain

x^2 ( 16 + (4-x)^2 ) = (x-4)^2 (1 + x^2). Expanding we have

x^2 ( 32 - 8 x + x^2 ) = ( x^2 - 8 x + 16 ) (1 + x^2), and further expanding we have

x^4 - 8•x^3 + 32•x^2 = x^4 - 8•x^3 + 17•x^2 - 8•x + 16. Subtracting x^4 - 8 x^3 from both sides gives us

32 x^2 = 17 x^2 - 8 x + 16, which we simplify to the basic form of a quadratic function

15 x^2 + 8 x - 16 = 0.

This function has two solutions, x = .8 and x = -4/3. We reject the second solution and accept the first, concluding that L ' (x) = 0 when x = .8.

A second derivative test or a first derivative test tells us that L(x) indeed has a minimum at x = .8.

The total length of pipe is therefore L(.8) = 6.4 miles, approx..

The pipe runs from (0, -1) to (.8, 0), then to (4, -4). You can use the Pythagorean Theorem with each of the resulting right triangles to verify that the total length is about 6.4 miles.

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Question: `qQuery 4.6.16. (was problem 12 p 280 ) family a cosh(x/a), a>0.

Describe your graphs.

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Your solution:

Given family of curves y = cosh(x/a), and a > 0

cosh(x) = (e^x + e^-x)/2

From the value of cosh(x), it can be determined that the value of a cosh(x/a) will have a graphs that are reflections of each other about the y axis. The value of all the function at x = 0 is a so each graph in the family of the curves will pass through a point (a,0). Each function tend to infinity as x tends to infinity. Since e^x and e^-x function are differentiable for all value of x, cosh(x) is differentiable for all values of x. For high values of x, the value of e^-x becomes very small and it can thus be neglected. Thus the function tends towards the graph of the curve as x takes high values.

Let a = 1

The curve become cosh(x)

This curve passes through the point (1,0) and tends towards infinity from either sides of x with a concave up graph

Let a = 2

The curve becomes 2cosh(x/2)

The curve passes through the point (2,0), has a graph below the curve of cosh(x) for majority values of x. it is above the cosh(x) curve only for values very close to x = 0. The graph thus wider as compared to the graph of cosh(x) due to the factor of x/2.

Let a = 3

The curve becomes 3cosh(x/3)

The curve passes through the point (3,0), and has a graph above the graph with a = 1 and a = 2 for x values near x = 0. The curve keeps getting wider and below the graph of the function with a = 1 and a = 2.

As a increase the factor x/a decreases and the graph keeps getting wider having y intercept equal to a.

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Given Solution:

`a** a cosh(x/a) = a ( e^(x/a) + e^(-x/a) ) / 2.

The exponential functions are reflections of one another about the y axis. Both are continuous at x=0, both equal 1 at x = 0. So at x = 0 the function y = a cosh(x/a) takes value a ( 1 + 1) / 2 = a.

The function is increasing for positive x, and since for large x the expression e^(-x/a) approaches 0 (as a result of a being positive), a cosh (x/a) becomes very close to the exponential function a e^(x/a) as x increases. For increasing a, for any given positive x the slope sinh(x/a) becomes less since x/a becomes less and sinh is an increasing function for positive x.

For negative x the graph is the reflection through the y axis of the positive-x graph.

The function is everywhere continuous and differentiable. **

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