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The optimal length to limb is at a pritial 2 point. The only realisti ritial point is at the solution to 1 3x = 0 or x = 33. We want the minimum of all of these "longest pipes", be ause the pipe needs to t at all angles around the orner. X0 = 12 is the only good solution, so the maximum length is 12 6.

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The optimal length to limb is at a pritial 2 point. The only realisti ritial point is at the solution to 1 3x = 0 or x = 33. We want the minimum of all of these "longest pipes", be ause the pipe needs to t at all angles around the orner. X0 = 12 is the only good solution, so the maximum length is 12 6.

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Cal

ulus Solutions
Ri e Mathemati s Tournament 2000
1. y = x3 3x2 + 6x + 2000, so y 0 = 3x2 6x + 6 and y 00 = 6x 6, so the point of in e tion
is the solution to 6x 6 = 0, or x = 1. At x = 1, the slope is f 0 jx=1 = 3(1)2 6(1) + 6 =
3.
2. The hange in Karen's position is x x3 . The optimal length to limb is at a p
riti al
2
point. The only realisti riti al point is at the solution to 1 3x = 0 or x = 33 .
3.

sin x + C = 0, from the


statement of the problem. So, [ os x + Cxj04 = 0. p
Thus,
0
p
2 2 4
2



os 4 + 4 C + 1 = 0. So, 2 + 4 C + 1 = 0, and solving for C , we nd that C =  .
1
4

4. Let y = tan x. So, we want to nd the minimum of y + y1 , where 0  y  1. Taking the


derivative and minimizing, we nd that the minimum o urs at y = 1, so the minimum
of the given fun tion o urs at ar tan 1 = 4 .
P i
P
5. f (x) = 1 x . So, f 0 (x) = 1 xi = 1 . Thus, f (x) = ln(1 x).
i=1 i

i=0

6. Assume the pipe barely ts around the orner (i.e. it is in p onta t with the orner).
The lower orner is at (0; 0) and the upper orner is at (6; 6 5). Call x0 the point on
the lower wall it hits at the tightest spot. Given an x0 , the
be with
r longestpa pipep ould
p
2
5
one end at x0 and leaning against the (6; 6 5) orner is x20 + (6 5 + 36
x0 6 ) . We want
the minimum of all of these "longest pipes", be ause the pipe needs to t at all angles
around the orner. Taking the derivative (without the square root for simpli ity) and
setting it equal to 0, we need to solve x30 6x20 + 36x0 1296 = 0. Wep an qui kly nd
that x0 = 12 is the only good solution, so the maximum length is 12 6.
dy
. Set this equal to 0 and solve for x relative to x0 . Plug this in
7. Using the hint, take dx
for x0 in the given family of lines to obtain the envelope y = x + x1 ; x > 0.

8. Let I denote the given integral. Under the transformation  !


R 2 ln( os())d. So,
0


2

, I transforms to

R

2I R= 02 ln(sin  os )d
= 0 (ln(sin 2R) ln 2)d(2)=2
)d
= 2 ln 2 + 21 0 sin(
giving I

R
pi
2
= 2  ln 2 + 0 sin( )d
= pi2  ln 2 + I

 ln 2.
2

9. Note rst that ([f (x)2 x)2 = f (x), so if f (a) = 4, then (16
f 0 (x)
1+
2([f (x)2 x)
0
Now, f (x) =
, so f 0 (14) = 4 .
2f (x)

a)2 = 4, so a = 14.

31

10. Solution: Throughout this solution we will use the fa t that when light boun es o a
mirror, the angle of in iden e is equal to the angle of re e tion. First the beam hits
the point (8,-1), then (6,1), (4,-1), (2,1), and then is travelling
y = x 1.
p5 1 p5 along the line p
1
Thus the beam hits the parabola at the ppoint (1 + 2 ; 2 ).p To estimate 5, noti e
p
500
= 2:2 : : :. Thus 1 2 5 = :6 : : :, so the light
that 222 = 484 and 232 = 529, so 5 = 10

hits the parabola at approximately (.4,-.6). The slope of the tangent to the parabola
at this point is 21 (:4) 1=2 , whi h is about -.8, so we need to nd the slope of the beam
after it re e ts o of this tangent. For purposes of nding this slope, hange oordinates
so that the point of interse tion is the origin. The beam is oming in along y = x, and
y = 1:2x is perpendi ular to the tangent. The diagram below should larify the setup.
perpendicular to
tangent

reflected
beam

y=x

tangent

We will nd the new path of the light by nding the re e tion about the line y = 1:2x
of a point on its in oming path. We know the point (1,1.2) is on the line y = 1:2x, so a
perpendi ular through this point is y 1:2 = :8(x 1), whi h interse ts y = x at the
point (1.1,1.1). Thus the new path goes through the point (.9,1.3), so it has slope 1.4
(all values rounded to one de imal pla e). Going ba k to our original oordinate system,
the light is now travelling along the line y + :6 = 1:4(x :4), so it next hits the mirror
at (1.5,1). After that the x oordinate in reases by 2=1:4 = 1:4 between boun es, so it
hits (2.9,-1), (4.3,1), (5.7,-1), (7.1,1), (8.5,-1), and nally (9.9,1). A loser examination
of the approximations made (e.g. by re ning them to two de imal pla es) reveals that
the last boun e is a tually further to the left (at (9.21,1), to be more pre ise), so indeed
the light does boun e 12 times.

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