English

Find the maximum and minimum of the following functions : f(x) = x log x - Mathematics and Statistics

Advertisements
Advertisements

Question

Find the maximum and minimum of the following functions : f(x) = x log x

Sum
Advertisements

Solution

f(x) = x log x

∴ f'(x) = `d/dx (x log x)`

= `x.d/dx (log x) + logx.d/dx(x)`

= `x xx (1)/x + (log x) xx 1`
= 1 + log x
and
f"(x) = `d/dx(1 + log x)`

= `0 + (1)/x = (1)/x`

Now, f'(x) = 0, if 1 + log x = 0
i.e. if log x = – 1 = – log e

i.e. if log x = `log(e^-1) = log(1)/e`

i.e. if x = `(1)/e`

When `x = (1)e, f"(x) = (1)/((1/e)` = e > 0

∴ by the second derivative test, f is minimum at x = `(1)/e`.

Minimum value of f at x = `(1)/e`

 = `(1)/elog(1/e)`

= `(1)/e.log(e^-1)`

= `(1)/e.(-1)log e`

= `-(1)/e`.                 ...[∵ log e = 1]

shaalaa.com
  Is there an error in this question or solution?
Chapter 2: Applications of Derivatives - Exercise 2.4 [Page 90]

APPEARS IN

Video TutorialsVIEW ALL [2]

RELATED QUESTIONS

Find the local maxima and local minima, if any, of the following function. Find also the local maximum and the local minimum values, as the case may be:

f(x) = x3 − 6x2 + 9x + 15


Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value of the following function in the given interval:

`f(x) =x^3, x in [-2,2]`


Find the absolute maximum value and the absolute minimum value of the following function in the given interval:

`f(x) = 4x - 1/x x^2, x in [-2 ,9/2]`


Find two numbers whose sum is 24 and whose product is as large as possible.


Find the points at which the function f given by f (x) = (x – 2)4 (x + 1)3 has

  1. local maxima
  2. local minima
  3. point of inflexion

Find the absolute maximum and minimum values of the function f given by f (x) = cos2 x + sin x, x ∈ [0, π].


Show that the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius r is `(4r)/3.`


Show that the cone of the greatest volume which can be inscribed in a given sphere has an altitude equal to \[ \frac{2}{3} \] of the diameter of the sphere.


 A rod of 108 meters long is bent to form a rectangle. Find its dimensions if the area is maximum. Let x be the length and y be the breadth of the rectangle. 


 Find the point on the straight line 2x+3y = 6,  which is closest to the origin. 


Show that the height of a cylinder, which is open at the top, having a given surface area and greatest volume, is equal to the radius of its base. 


Find the maximum and minimum of the following functions : f(x) = 2x3 – 21x2 + 36x – 20


Find the maximum and minimum of the following functions : f(x) = x3 – 9x2 + 24x


Find the maximum and minimum of the following functions : f(x) = `logx/x`


Divide the number 20 into two parts such that sum of their squares is minimum.


Find the largest size of a rectangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle of radius 1 unit, so that two vertices lie on the diameter.


The perimeter of a triangle is 10 cm. If one of the side is 4 cm. What are the other two sides of the triangle for its maximum area?


Choose the correct option from the given alternatives : 

If f(x) = `(x^2 - 1)/(x^2 + 1)`, for every real x, then the minimum value of f is ______.


Solve the following:

A wire of length l is cut into two parts. One part is bent into a circle and the other into a square. Show that the sum of the areas of the circle and the square is the least, if the radius of the circle is half of the side of the square.


Solve the following : Show that the altitude of the right circular cone of maximum volume that can be inscribed in a sphere of radius r is  `(4r)/(3)`.


Determine the maximum and minimum value of the following function.

f(x) = 2x3 – 21x2 + 36x – 20


A metal wire of  36 cm length is bent to form a rectangle. Find its dimensions when its area is maximum.


If f(x) = x.log.x then its maximum value is ______.


Examine the function for maxima and minima f(x) = x3 - 9x2 + 24x


If f(x) = `x + 1/x, x ne 0`, then local maximum and x minimum values of function f are respectively.


Twenty meters of wire is available for fencing off a flowerbed in the form of a circular sector. Then the maximum area (in sq. m) of the flower-bed, is ______


The maximum and minimum values for the function f(x) = 4x3 - 6x2 on [-1, 2] are ______


Let f have second derivative at c such that f′(c) = 0 and f"(c) > 0, then c is a point of ______.


The smallest value of the polynomial x3 – 18x2 + 96x in [0, 9] is ______.


The function f(x) = 2x3 – 3x2 – 12x + 4, has ______.


Maximum slope of the curve y = –x3 + 3x2 + 9x – 27 is ______.


The curves y = 4x2 + 2x – 8 and y = x3 – x + 13 touch each other at the point ______.


Find all the points of local maxima and local minima of the function f(x) = (x - 1)(x + 1)2


Find both the maximum and minimum values respectively of 3x4 - 8x3 + 12x2 - 48x + 1 on the interval [1, 4].


The coordinates of the point on the parabola y2 = 8x which is at minimum distance from the circle x2 + (y + 6)2 = 1 are ____________.


The function `"f"("x") = "x" + 4/"x"` has ____________.


The maximum value of `[x(x - 1) + 1]^(2/3), 0 ≤ x ≤ 1` is


Divide 20 into two ports, so that their product is maximum.


Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.


The temperature of a person during an intestinal illness is given by f(x) = 0.1x2 + mx + 98.6, 0 ≤ x ≤ 12, m being a constant, where f(x) is the temperature in °F at x days.

  1. Is the function differentiable in the interval (0, 12)? Justify your answer.
  2. If 6 is the critical point of the function, then find the value of the constant m.
  3. Find the intervals in which the function is strictly increasing/strictly decreasing.
    OR
    Find the points of local maximum/local minimum, if any, in the interval (0, 12) as well as the points of absolute maximum/absolute minimum in the interval [0, 12]. Also, find the corresponding local maximum/local minimum and the absolute ‘maximum/absolute minimum values of the function.

Let f: R → R be a function defined by f(x) = (x – 3)n1(x – 5)n2, n1, n2 ∈ N. Then, which of the following is NOT true?


Let A = [aij] be a 3 × 3 matrix, where

aij = `{{:(1, "," if "i" = "j"),(-x, "," if |"i" - "j"| = 1),(2x + 1, ","    "otherwise"):}` 

Let a function f: R→R be defined as f(x) = det(A). Then the sum of maximum and minimum values of f on R is equal to ______.


If the function y = `(ax + b)/((x - 4)(x - 1))` has an extremum at P(2, –1), then the values of a and b are ______.


The lateral edge of a regular rectangular pyramid is 'a' cm long. The lateral edge makes an angle a. with the plane of the base. The value of a for which the volume of the pyramid is greatest, is ______.


Find two numbers whose sum is 15 and when the square of one number multiplied by the cube of the other is maximum.


The rectangle has area of 50 cm2. Complete the following activity to find its dimensions for least perimeter.

Solution: Let x cm and y cm be the length and breadth of a rectangle.

Then its area is xy = 50

∴ `y =50/x`

Perimeter of rectangle `=2(x+y)=2(x+50/x)`

Let f(x) `=2(x+50/x)`

Then f'(x) = `square` and f''(x) = `square`

Now,f'(x) = 0, if x = `square`

But x is not negative.

∴ `x = root(5)(2)   "and" f^('')(root(5)(2))=square>0`

∴ by the second derivative test f is minimum at x = `root(5)(2)`

When x = `root(5)(2),y=50/root(5)(2)=root(5)(2)`

∴ `x=root(5)(2)  "cm" , y = root(5)(2)  "cm"`

Hence, rectangle is a square of side `root(5)(2)  "cm"`


Find the maximum and the minimum values of the function f(x) = x2ex.


Determine the minimum value of the function.

f(x) = 2x3 – 21x2 + 36x – 20


Sumit has bought a closed cylindrical dustbin. The radius of the dustbin is ‘r' cm and height is 'h’ cm. It has a volume of 20π cm3.

  1. Express ‘h’ in terms of ‘r’, using the given volume.
  2. Prove that the total surface area of the dustbin is `2πr^2 + (40π)/r`
  3. Sumit wants to paint the dustbin. The cost of painting the base and top of the dustbin is ₹ 2 per cm2 and the cost of painting the curved side is ₹ 25 per cm2. Find the total cost in terms of ‘r’, for painting the outer surface of the dustbin including the base and top.
  4. Calculate the minimum cost for painting the dustbin.

Share
Notifications

Englishहिंदीमराठी


      Forgot password?
Use app×