HSC Science Class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for Mathematics

Find the smallest possible value of x² + y² given that x + y = 10

A garden is to be laid out in a rectangular area and protected by a wire fence. What is the largest possible area of the fenced garden with 40 meters of wire?

A rectangular page is to contain 24 cm² of print. The margins at the top and bottom of the page are 1.5 cm and the margins at the other sides of the page are 1 cm. What should be the dimensions’ of the page so that the area of the paper used is minimum?

A farmer plans to fence a rectangular pasture adjacent to a river. The pasture must contain 1,80,000 sq. mtrs in order to provide enough grass for herds. No fencing is needed along the river. What is the length of the minimum needed fencing material?

Find the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum area that can be inscribed in a circle of radius 10 cm

Prove that among all the rectangles of the given perimeter, the square has the maximum area

Find the dimensions of the largest rectangle that can be inscribed in a semi-circle of radius r cm

A manufacturer wants to design an open box having a square base and a surface area of 108 sq.cm. Determine the dimensions of the box for the maximum volume

The volume of a cylinder is given by the formula V = `pi"r"^2"h"`. Find the greatest and least values of V if r + h = 6

A hollow cone with a base radius of a cm and’ height of b cm is placed on a table. Show that) the volume of the largest cylinder that can be hidden underneath is `4/9` times the volume of the cone

Find the asymptotes of the following curves:

f(x) = `x^2/(x + 1)`

Find the asymptotes of the following curves:

f(x) = `(x^2 - 6x - 1)/(x + 3)`

Choose the correct alternative:

One of the closest points on the curve x² – y² = 4 to the point (6, 0) is

Find the area of the region bounded by 3x – 2y + 6 = 0, x = – 3, x = 1 and x-axis

Find the area of the region bounded by 2x – y + 1 = 0, y = – 1, y = 3 and y-axis

Find the area of the region bounded by the curve 2 + x – x² + y = 0, x axis, x = – 3 and x = 3

Find the area of the region bounded by the line y = 2x + 5 and the parabola y = x² – 2x

Find the area of the region bounded between the curves y = sin x and y = cos x and the lines x = 0 and x = π

Find the area of the region bounded by y = tan x, y = cot x and the lines x = 0, x = `pi/2`, y = 0

Find the area of the region bounded by the parabola y² = x and the line y = x – 2