PROBLEM 1:

GIVEN A RECTANGLE WITH

PERIMETER 864, FIND THE
LARGEST POSSIBLE AREA

PROBLEM 2:
A RECTANGULAR BOX HAS A
SQUARE BASE WITH EDGES AT
LEAST 10 CM LONG. IT HAS NO
TOP, AND THE TOTAL AREA OF
ITS FIVE SIDES IS 600 SQUARE
CENTIMETER. WHAT IS THE
MAXIMUM VOLUME OF THE
BOX?

PROBLEM 3:
A FARMER HAS 800 METER OF
FENCING MATERIAL TO ENCLOSE
A RECTANGULAR PEN ADJACENT
TO A LONG EXISTING WALL. HE
WILL USE THE WALL FOR ONE
SIDE OF THE PEN AND THE
AVAILABLE FENCING MATERIAL
FOR THE REMAINING THREE
SIDES. WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM
AREA THAT CAN BE ENCLOSED
THIS WAY?

PROBLEM 4:
A RECTANGLE WITH A FIXED
PERIMETER OF 64 UNITS IS
ROTATED ABOUT ONE OF ITS
SIDES, THUS SWEEPING OUT A
FIGURE IN THE SHAPE OF A
RIGHT CIRCULAR CYLINDER.
WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM
VOLUME OF THAT CYLINDER?

PROBLEM 5:
A COMMUTER TRAIN CARRIES
600 PASSENGERS EACH DAY
FROM A TOWN TO A CITY. A ONE
WAY TRIP COSTS PHP100 PER
PERSON. MARKET RESEARCH
REVEALS THAT 10 FEWER
PEOPLE WOULD RIDE THE TRAIN
WITH EVERY PHP1 INCREASE IN
THE FARE. WHAT FARE SHOULD
BE CHARGED TO GET THE
LARGEST POSSIBLE REVENUE?

PROBLEM 6:
AN OPEN RECTANGULAR BOX
IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY
CUTTING SQUARE CORNERS
OUT OF A 16 BY 16 CM PIECE
OF CARDBOARD AND FOLDING
UP THE FLAPS. FIND THE
VALUE OF X FOR WHICH THE
VOLUME OF THE BOX WILL BE
AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE.

PROBLEM 7:
A 10 METER WIRE IS CUT IN
TWO PIECES. ONE PIECE IS
USED TO FORM A CIRCLE, THE
OTHER TO FORM A SQUARE.
HOW SHOULD THE WIRE BE
CUT SO THAT THE SUM OF THE
AREAS OF THE CIRCLE AND
THE SQUARE IS A MINIMUM?

PROBLEM 8:
A FARMER IS AT A POINT ON A
RIVERBANK. HE WANTS TO GET
TO HIS CABIN, LOCATED 3 KM
NORTH AND 8 KM EAST. HE
CAN TRAVEL 5 KPH ALONG THE
RIVER BUT ONLY 3 KPH OVER
VERY ROCKY ROAD. HOW FAR
UPRIVER SHOULD HE GO IN
ORDER TO REACH THE CABIN
IN THE SHORTEST TIME?

PROBLEM 9:
A PIECE OF WIRE 40 CM LONG
IS TO BE BENT TO FORM A
RIGHT ANGLE. WHERE SHOULD
THE VERTEX BE TO MINIMIZE
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
TWO LOOSE ENDS?

PROBLEM 10:
AN EFFICIENCY STUDY OF THE
MORNING SHIFT AT A FACTORY
INDICATES THAT THE AVERAGE
WORKER WHO ARRIVES ON THE
JOB AT 6:00 AM WILL HAVE
PRODUCED Q(T) = -T3 + 9T2 +
12T UNITS T HOURS LATER. AT
WHAT TIME DURING THE
MORNING IS THE WORKER
PERFORMING MOST
EFFICIENTLY?

1. DIVIDE 64 INTO TWO PARTS

SUCH THAT THE PRODUCT OF ONE
OF THEM PLUS THE CUBE OF THE
OTHER IS A MAXIMUM?
2. SEPARATE 64 INTO TWO PARTS
SUCH THAT THE SUM OF THEIR
SQUARES IS A MAXIMUM.
3. THE SUM OF TWO NUMBERS IS
X. FIND THE NUMBERS IF THE
PRODUCT OF ONE BY THE CUBE OF
THE OTHER IS TO BE A MAXIMUM.

4. FIND A POSITIVE NUMBER

WHICH WHEN ADDED TO ITS
RECIPROCAL GIVES A MAXIMUM
SUM.
5. FIND A POSITIVE NUMBER
THAT EXCEEDS ITS RECIPROCAL
BY THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.
6. FIND NUMBERS X AND Y
SUCH THAT X + Y = 60 AND X2Y
IS MAXIMIZED.

7. THE SUM OF ONE NUMBER AND

THREE TIMES THE SECOND NUMBER IS
30. WHAT NUMBERS SHOULD BE
SELECTED SO THAT THEIR PRODUCT IS
AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE?
8. THE SUM OF TWO NONNEGATIVE
NUMBERS IS 2. FIND THE MINIMUM
POSSIBLE VALUE OF THE SUM OF
THEIR CUBES.
9. FIND TWO POSITIVE NUMBERS
WITH SUM 75, SUCH THAT THE
PRODUCT OF ONE TIMES THE SQUARE
OF THE OTHER IS A MAXIMUM.