Edexcel C2 2009 June — Question 9

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2009
SessionJune
TopicDifferentiation Applications
TypeOptimization with constraints

9. \begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[alt={},max width=\textwidth]{78a994ba-50c5-434f-a060-9596edb505cd-14_554_454_212_744} \captionsetup{labelformat=empty} \caption{Figure 2}
\end{figure} Figure 2 shows a closed box used by a shop for packing pieces of cake. The box is a right prism of height \(h \mathrm {~cm}\). The cross section is a sector of a circle. The sector has radius \(r \mathrm {~cm}\) and angle 1 radian. The volume of the box is \(300 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 3 }\).
  1. Show that the surface area of the box, \(S \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }\), is given by $$S = r ^ { 2 } + \frac { 1800 } { r }$$
  2. Use calculus to find the value of \(r\) for which \(S\) is stationary.
  3. Prove that this value of \(r\) gives a minimum value of \(S\).
  4. Find, to the nearest \(\mathrm { cm } ^ { 2 }\), this minimum value of \(S\).