Quick and cute summer Sangaku #3

Calculus Level 4

The diagram shows two curves, y = x 2 y=x^2 (blue) and y = 6 x y=\sqrt{6-x} (red). We inscribe the largest pink rectangle between the two curves and the y y -axis.

The question: If A A is the area of the rectangle, calculate 1 0 7 A \lfloor 10^7A \rfloor .


The answer is 41575517.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jul 10, 2020

Let the height of the rectangle be h h and the vertices on the blue and red parabolas be P ( x 1 , h ) P(x_1, h) and Q ( x 2 , h ) Q(x_2,h) respectively. Then h = x 1 2 x 1 = h h = x_1^2 \implies x_1 = \sqrt h and h = 6 x 2 x 2 = 6 h 2 h = \sqrt{6-x_2} \implies x_2 = 6-h^2 . And the area of the rectangle is given h ( x 2 x 1 ) = h ( 6 h 2 h ) h(x_2 - x_1) = h(6-h^2-\sqrt h) and maximum area A 4.157551794 A \approx 4.157551794 1 0 7 A = 41575517 \implies \lfloor 10^7A \rfloor = \boxed{41575517} .

You'r going absolutely berserk today sir ahaha. Thank you for your time and knowledge

Valentin Duringer - 11 months, 1 week ago

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You are welcome again.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 11 months, 1 week ago

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I wonder if you have an approach for this (if you have some time, some day)

Valentin Duringer - 11 months ago
Valentin Duringer
Jul 10, 2020
  • There must be a point M ( x ; y ) \boxed{M(x;y)} on the blue curve and a point N ( x ; y ) \boxed{N(x';y)} on the red curve to construct the rectangle.
  • Since point M ( x ; y ) \boxed{M(x;y)} is on the blue curve, we can express x \boxed{x} in terms of y \boxed{y} using the equation y = x 2 \boxed{y=x^{2}} <=> x = y \boxed{x=\sqrt{y}}
  • Since point N ( x ; y ) \boxed{N(x';y)} is on the red curve, we can express x \boxed{x} in terms of y \boxed{y} using the equation y = 6 x \boxed{y=\sqrt{6-x}} <=> x = 6 y 2 \boxed{x'=6-y^{2}}
  • Then the width of the rectangle is y \boxed{y}
  • The length of the rectangle is 6 y 2 y \boxed{6-y^{2}-\sqrt{y}}
  • We can now express the rectangle's area in terms of y \boxed{y}
  • A ( y ) = y ( 6 y 2 y ) \boxed{A(y)=y(6-y^{2}-\sqrt{y})}
  • The maximum of the function is 4.15755179... \boxed{4.15755179...}
  • Finally, 1 0 7 A = 41575517 \boxed{\lfloor{10^{7}A}\rfloor=41575517}

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