JCECE Engineering JCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    The perimeter of a sector is constant. If its area is to be maximum, then sectorial angle is

    A) \[\frac{\pi }{6}\]                                              

    B) \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]

    C) \[{{4}^{C}}\]                                      

    D) \[{{2}^{C}}\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Let \[r\] be the radius of the circle and \[\theta \] be the sectorial angle of a sector of it. Then, Perimeter\[=2r+r\theta =k\](constant)         [given] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[r=\frac{k}{2+\theta }\] Let \[A\] be the area of the sector, then                 \[A=\frac{1}{2}{{r}^{2}}\theta =\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\cdot \frac{\theta }{{{(\theta +2)}^{2}}}\] On differentiating both sides, w.r.t.\[\theta \], we get                 \[\frac{dA}{d\theta }=\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\left\{ \frac{{{(\theta +2)}^{2}}-2\theta (\theta +2)}{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}} \right\}\]                 \[=\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\frac{(2-\theta )}{{{(\theta +2)}^{3}}}\] For maximum, put                 \[\frac{dA}{d\theta }=0\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\theta =2\] Now,\[\frac{{{d}^{2}}A}{d{{\theta }^{2}}}=\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\left[ \frac{2\times (-3)}{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}}-\frac{{{(\theta +2)}^{3}}\times 1-\theta \times 3{{(\theta +2)}^{2}}}{{{[{{(\theta +2)}^{3}}]}^{2}}} \right]\]                \[=\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\left[ \frac{-6}{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}}-\frac{\theta +2-3\theta }{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}} \right]\]                 \[=\frac{-{{k}^{2}}}{2}\left[ \frac{6}{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}}+\frac{2-\theta }{{{(\theta +2)}^{4}}} \right]\] At\[\theta =2\],                 \[\frac{{{d}^{2}}A}{d{{\theta }^{2}}}=\frac{{{k}^{2}}}{2}\left[ \frac{6}{{{4}^{4}}}+0 \right]\]                 \[=\frac{-3{{k}^{2}}}{256}<0\] Hence, \[A\] is maximum, when\[\theta ={{2}^{o}}\]


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