OCR PURE — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModulePURE
TopicDifferentiation Applications
TypeFind stationary points

5 The fuel consumption of a car, \(C\) miles per gallon, varies with the speed, \(v\) miles per hour. Jamal models the fuel consumption of his car by the formula
\(C = \frac { 12 } { 5 } v - \frac { 3 } { 125 } v ^ { 2 }\), for \(0 \leqslant v \leqslant 80\).
  1. Suggest a reason why Jamal has included an upper limit in his model.
  2. Determine the speed that gives the maximum fuel consumption. Amaya's car does more miles per gallon than Jamal's car. She proposes to model the fuel consumption of her car using a formula of the form
    \(C = \frac { 12 } { 5 } v - \frac { 3 } { 125 } v ^ { 2 } + k\), for \(0 \leqslant v \leqslant 80\), where \(k\) is a positive constant.
  3. Give a reason why this model is not suitable.
  4. Suggest a different change to Jamal's formula which would give a more suitable model.