Arts (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Important Questions for Mathematics

The total cost C(x) in rupees associated with the production of x units of an item is given by C(x) = 0.007x³ – 0.003x² + 15x + 4000. Find the marginal cost when 17 units are produced

A window is in the form of a rectangle surmounted by a semicircular opening. The total perimeter of the window is 10 m. Find the dimensions of the window to admit maximum light through the whole opening

The volume of a sphere is increasing at the rate of 8 cm³/s. Find the rate at which its surface area is increasing when the radius of the sphere is 12 cm.

A metal box with a square base and vertical sides is to contain 1024 cm³. The material for the top and bottom costs Rs 5 per cm2 and the material for the sides costs Rs 2.50 per cm2. Find the least cost of the box

Verify Rolle's theorem for the following function on the indicated interval f (x) = log (x² + 2) − log 3 on [−1, 1] ?

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 given quantity of metal is to be cast into a half cylinder with a rectangular base and semicircular ends. Show that in order that the total surface area may be minimum the ratio of the length of the cylinder to the diameter of its semi-circular ends is \[\pi : (\pi + 2)\].

Show that the function f given by f(x) = tan^–1 (sin x + cos x) is decreasing for all \[x \in \left( \frac{\pi}{4}, \frac{\pi}{2} \right) .\]

The radius r of a right circular cylinder is increasing uniformly at the rate of 0·3 cm/s and its height h is decreasing at the rate of 0·4 cm/s. When r = 3·5 cm and h = 7 cm, find the rate of change of the curved surface area of the cylinder. \[\left[ \text{ Use } \pi = \frac{22}{7} \right]\]

Find the intervals in which the function \[f(x) = \frac{3}{2} x^4 - 4 x^3 - 45 x^2 + 51\] is

(a) strictly increasing
(b) strictly decreasing

Show that a cylinder of a given volume, which is open at the top, has minimum total surface area when its height is equal to the radius of its base.

Find the intervals in which function f given by f(x)  = 4x³ - 6x² - 72x + 30 is (a) strictly increasing, (b) strictly decresing .

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. 

Show that height of the cylinder of greatest volume which can be inscribed in a right circular cone of height h and semi-vertical angle α is one-third that of the cone and the greatest volume of the cylinder is `(4)/(27) pi"h"^3 tan^2 α`.

Find the intervals in which the function `f("x") = (4sin"x")/(2+cos"x") -"x";0≤"x"≤2pi` is strictly increasing or strictly decreasing. 

The maximum value of `(1/x)^x` is ______.

A man 1.6 m tall walks at the rate of 0.3 m/sec away from a street light that is 4 m above the ground. At what rate is the tip of his shadow moving? At what rate is his shadow lengthening?

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

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.

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.

1. If the length and the breadth of the rectangular field be 2x and 2y respectively, then find the area function in terms of x.
2. Find the critical point of the function.
3. Use First derivative Test to find the length 2x and width 2y of the soccer field (in terms of a and b) that maximize its area.
   OR
   Use Second Derivative Test to find the length 2x and width 2y of the soccer field (in terms of a and b) that maximize its area.

If the circumference of circle is increasing at the constant rate, prove that rate of change of area of circle is directly proportional to its radius.