A piece of wire, of length 2 m, is divided into two pieces. One piece is bent to form a square of side.xm
and the other is bent to form a citcle of radius rm.
(@) Express rin temns of x and show that the total area, A m?, of the two shapes is given by
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Given that x can vary find
Gi) the stationary value of A, 4)
ii) the nature of this stationary value. By)EITHER
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‘A piece of wire, 125 cm long, is hent to form the shape shown in the diagram. This shape encloses
a plane region, of arca A cm, consisting ofa semi-circle of radius r em, a rectangle of length cm
and an isosccle triangle having two equal sides of length SE em,
(@ Express xin terms of rand hence show that Ax i252 IE, (6)
Given that r can vary,
Gi) calculate, to 1 decimal place, the value of r for which A has a maximum value. iaoR
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‘The diagram shows the cross-section of a hollow cone of height 30 cm and base radius 12 em and a
solid cylinder of radius r em and height /t cm. Both stand on a horizontal surface with the cylinder
inside the cone, The upper circular edge of the eylinder is in contact with the come,
(Express hin terms of r and hence show that the volume, Vem’, of the cylinder is given by
V = 30r?- fr). tal
Given that r can vary,
(U) ‘ind tne volume of the largest cylinder which can stand inside the cone and show tha, in this
case the cylinder occupies § ofthe volume of the cone. 161
(he volume, V. ofa cone of height H and radius & is given by V = § 7H.)