Maxima and Minima

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Maxima and Minima: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Existence of Maxima and Minima of a Function in an Interval, Critical Points for a Discontinuous Function, First Derivative Test: a Necessary Condition for an Extrema (Theorem), Maxima, etc.

Important Questions on Maxima and Minima

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Two particles P and Q located at the point with coordinates P t, t3-16t-3, Q t+1, t3-6t-6 are moving in a plane. The minimum distance between them in their motion is

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20 is divided into two parts so that product of cube of one quantity and square of the other quantity is maximum. The parts are

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The number that exceeds its square by the greatest amount is

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The point for the curve y=xex

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From a fixed point A on the circumference of a circle of radius r, the perpendicular AY is let fall on the tangent at P. The maximum area of the triangle APY is

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If the trinomial x2+px+q has a minimum at x=3 and minimum value is equal to 5, then p and q are -

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The largest term in the sequence an=n2n3+200 is given by

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If xy =10 then minimum value of 12x2 + 13y2 is equal to -

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The largest value of 2x3-3x2-12x+10 for -2x4 occurs at x =

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The minimum distance of the point a, b, c from x -axis is -

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If xy =c2, then minimum value of ax + by is -

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If 20 is divided into two parts such that product of one part and the cube of other is maximum, then ratio of the two parts is -

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Suppose f(x)=|x-1|+a if x12x+3       if x>1, if fx has a local minimum at x=1, then which of the following is most appropriate -

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If y=alnx+1+bx+12+x has its extremum value 4 at x=0 , then a, b is -

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If fx=alogx+bx2+x has extreme value at x =-1 and x =2 then find a and b .

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Let fx=a-x-389, then greatest value of fx is

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If hx =fx+f-x, then hx has got an extreme value where f'x is

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The greatest value of 14x2+2x+1, xR is -

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A triangular park is enclosed on two sides by a fence and on the third side by a straight river bank. The two sides having fence are of same length x. The maximum area enclosed by the park is -

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If 0  c  5 , then the minimum distance of the point 0, c from parabola y =x2 is -