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20 meters of wire is available to fence of a flowerbed in the form of a circular sector. If the flowerbed is to have maximum surface area, then the radius of the circle is
MathematicsApplication of DerivativesMHT CETMHT CET 2022 (07 Aug Shift 1)
Options:
  • A $8 \mathrm{~m}$
  • B $4 \mathrm{~m}$
  • C $2 \mathrm{~m}$
  • D $5 \mathrm{~m}$
Solution:
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The correct answer is: $5 \mathrm{~m}$
$\theta^c=\frac{\ell}{r}=\frac{20-2 r}{r}=\frac{20-2 r}{r} \times \frac{180^{\circ}}{\pi}$
Now area of sector $=\frac{\pi r^2 \theta}{360^{\circ}}$
$A(r)=\frac{\pi r^2 \times \frac{20-2 r}{r} \times \frac{180^{\circ}}{\pi}}{360^{\circ}}=10 r-r^2$

For maximum area $A^{\prime}(r)=0$
$\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow 10-2 r=0 \\ & \Rightarrow r=5 \mathrm{~m}\end{aligned}$

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