Fourth quarter

Performance
Task
In
Calculus

Submitted by: Jessica Brion Submitted to: Ms. Batas

12 – Paraclete March 7, 2018
 Extreme Values
i. Sample Problem (Screenshots)
 ii. Formulated Problem

The daily profit, y, of a cookie shop is given by

y = 1000(x) - 50x2
where x is the number of boxes of cookies. How many boxes of cookies will give the
maximum profit and what is the maximum profit per day ?
y’= 1000 – 50x
0 = 1000 – 50x
50x = 1000
50𝑥 1000
=
50 50
x = 20
Is it maximum?
y’ = 1000 – 50x
y’’ = -50
-50 > 0 : Therefore, it is a maximum.
Maximum Profit
y = 1000(x) - 50x2
y = 1000(1) – 50(1)2
y = 950

Therefore, the maximum point is (20, 950) which indicates that for 20 boxes their
maximum profit is PHP 950
 Relative Rates
i. Sample Problem
Two people are 50 feet apart. One of them starts walking north at a rate so that the
angle shown in the diagram below is changing at a constant rate of 0.01 rad/min. At
what rate is distance between the two people changing when radians?

Solution
This example is not as tricky as it might at first appear. Let’s call the distance between
them at any point in time x as noted above. We can then relate all the known quantities
by one of two trig formulas.

We want to find and we could find x if we wanted to at the point in question using
cosine since we also know the angle at that point in time. However, if we use the
second formula we won’t need to know x as you’ll see. So, let’s differentiate that

formula.
As noted, there are no x’s in this formula. We want to determine and we know
that and . So, just plug in and solve.
 i. Formulated Problem

A couple fought on the streets, which ended in a tragic break up. They were 20 ft
apart as one of them starts walking north at a rate of 0.03 rad/min. At what rate is
distance between the two people changing when 𝜃 = 0.7 radians?

20

We’ll use this formula so we wouldn’t need x:

𝑥
sec =
20
𝑥′
sec 𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 =
20
𝜃 = 0.7 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠
0.7
𝜃′ =
20
𝜃 ′ = 0.035
Plug in
(20)(0.035)sec 0.7 𝑡𝑎𝑛 0.7 = 𝑥′

Answer:
0.39 ft/min = 𝑥′
 References
Bourne, M (2018) Applied maximum and minimum problems. Retrieved from
https://www.intmath.com/applications-differentiation/7-maximum-minimum-
problems.php
Dawkins, P. Related rates. Retrieved from
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/RelatedRates.aspx