A cylindrical container is to be made from certain solid material with the following constraints: It has a fixed inner volume of , has a 2 mm thick solid wall and is open at the top. The bottom of the container is a solid circular disc of thickness 2 mm and is of radius equal to the outer radius of the container.
If the volume of the material used to make the container is minimum when the inner radius of the container is 10 mm, then the value of is
If the volume of the material used to make the container is minimum when the inner radius of the container is 10 mm, then the value of is
Answer: 4
Solution
Let be the inner radius and be the inner height. The inner volume is , so .
The outer radius is . The volume of material is:
For minimum, differentiate with respect to :
At :
Therefore, .
The outer radius is . The volume of material is:
For minimum, differentiate with respect to :
At :
Therefore, .
JEE Advanced · 2015 · 24 May 2015 · Paper 1 · Integer answer