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Twenty meters of wire is available for fencing off a flower-bed in the form of a circular sector. Then the maximum area (in sq. m) of the flower-bed, is:
MathematicsApplication of DerivativesJEE MainJEE Main 2017 (02 Apr)
Options:
  • A 12.5
  • B 10
  • C 25
  • D 30
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 25
Perimeter =2r+rθ=20



θ=20-2rr

Now, Area A=r2θ2

A=r22 20-2rr=10r-r2

dAdr=10-2r=0

r=5

d2Adr2r=5=-2<0r=5 is the point of maxima

Amax=10×5-25=25

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