A rectangle is inscribed with its base on the x-axis and its upper corners on the parabola y=6−x^2. What are the dimensions of such a rectangle with the greatest possible area? thanks for any help!?

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2022-08-19

A rectangle is inscribed with its base on the x-axis and its upper corners on the parabola y = 6 - x 2 . What are the dimensions of such a rectangle with the greatest possible area? thanks for any help!?

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hrikalegt15

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Start by sketching y = 6 - x 2 . Then draw a rectangle beneath it. You will notice that the width is 2x and the height is 6 - x 2 . Area is given by length times width, so the area function will be A = 2 x ( 6 - x 2 ) = 12 x - 2 x 3
Now you differentiate to find the maximum.
A = 12 - 6 x 2
Find critical numbers by setting A’ to 0.
x = ± 2
The derivative is negative at x=2 and positive at x=1, which justifies that the rectangle with width of 2 has maximal area.
The height will be y ( 2 ) = 6 - ( 2 ) 2 ) = 4

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