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UNO [17]
3 years ago
7

A rain gutter is to be constructed from a metal sheet of width 30 cm by bending up one-third of the sheet on each side through a

n angle θ. How should θ be chosen so that the gutter will carry the maximum amount of water? θ = radians
Mathematics
1 answer:
OverLord2011 [107]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

  θ = π/3 radians

Step-by-step explanation:

The average width* of the gutter will be ...

  (10 cm)(1 + cos(θ))

and its depth will be ...

  (10 cm)sin(θ)

so the cross-sectional area will be the product ...

  area = (10 cm)²(1 +cos(θ))sin(θ)

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This will be a maximum when its derivative is zero:

  d(area)/dθ = 0 = (100 cm²)(-sin(θ))sin(θ) +(1 +cos(θ))cos(θ)

  0 = cos(θ) -sin(θ)² +cos(θ)² . . . . . . simplify, divide by 100 cm²

  2cos(θ)² +cos(θ) -1 = 0 . . . . . . . use 1-cos² for sin²

  (2cos(θ)-1)(cos(θ) +1) = 0 . . . . . . factor

The solution of interest is ...

  cos(θ) = 1/2   ⇒   θ = π/3

The gutter will carry the maximum amount of water when the sides are bent up through an angles of π/3 radians.

_____

* The gutter is in the shape of a trapezoid. Its top (opening) dimension is (10 cm)(1+2cos(θ)), and its bottom width is 10 cm. The area of a trapezoid is half the sum of these values, multiplied by the height. Half the sum of the widths is ...

  ((10 +20cos(θ)) +10)/2 = 10 +10cos(θ) = 10(1 +cos(θ)) . . . . cm

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