Question

twenty meters of wire is available for fencing of a flower bed in the form of a circular sector. then the maximum area of the flower bed in square meters is


A) 25 B) 30 C) 12.5 D) 10

Answer 1

This is a very simple question. Let M be the angle, the arc of the sector AOB makes with the center O. Let OA = OB = radius r.

Given OA + Arc AB + OB = 20 --> 2r + rM = 20 --> M = (20-2r)/r. ..... (1)

Area A of the sector = (M/2)rr = 10r-(r*r) ---------- From (1)

dA/dr = 10 - 2r = 0 ----> r=5

Second derivative is negative for r =5

We get maximum area at r=5

A = 25 ----------- From (1)

Answer :25m^2