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Maxima and Minima Benjamin E. Swerdlow

For problems 1-5 nd all extrema (maxima and minima) of the following functions and state whether they are relative or absolute. 1) f (x) = x2 5x + 8 2) g(t) = (t2 3)(t + 3) 21t 3) h(u) = 4) y(z) = 5) r() = 10u2 u3 1 z2 + 1 4 e2z 0 2 1 u 2

2 2 sin3 + cos cos3 3 3

Use the following information for problems 6-7. An open box is made out of an index card 3 inches by 5 inches by cutting out a square from each corner of the card and folding up the sides. 6)What side length s will make a box with the greatest volume? 7)What is the greatest volume that the box can contain? You may leave your answer as 8)A NASA engineer is working on the exterior design for an additional room to the space station. Because of budget-cuts and fees for use of Russian rockets, NASA can only send up 500 m2 of metal for the outside shell of the addition. Assuming that the addition is in the form of a rectangular prism with a square base, what is the maximum volume that the additional room can contain? 9)A farmer wants to build a rectangular pen for his pigs on the side of his barn. He has 200 ft of fencing to enclose three sides and will use the side of his barn to enclose the fourth side. The side of his barn that he wants to build the pen is 200 ft long. What is the largest area that he could section o for his pigs?

10)Frito Lays wants to sell a new product line called Awesome Chips. The projected model for the C cost, in millions, of introducing Awesome Chips to the market in terms of d days after the press release of the new product line is C(d) = (d 5.5)2 d + 30 Chips to the market? d 0. Approximately how many days after the press release should Lays introduce Awesome

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