MATH 154 Lecture 24: Optimization & Related Rates

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If the function cos has derivative sin, find the derivative of cos(x3-2x) Problem: a colony of ants maintains a trail network to connect their nest to food sources. Maintaining the trails takes energy, so the colony tries to keep the smallest possible trail length. So we"re looking for a value of x that minimizes the function. We can assume d is much smaller than d. To solve this, find all critical points for each function & evaluate each function at these critical points & the endpoints; the smallest value is the minimum. We want to know when x = 10. We know that (cid:4666)(cid:4667)=(cid:2870), so we can say ((cid:4666)(cid:4667))=(cid:4666)(cid:4666)(cid:4667)(cid:4667)(cid:2870) Eg. the radius of a tumour expands at a rate of k; determine the rate of growth of its volume when the radius is 1cm. We know =, & we want to know dv/dt.

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