Sinesinesine?

Algebra Level 2

Let A 2 + B 2 = 100 A^{2} + B^{2} = 100

Find the maximum value of the function f ( θ ) = A s i n θ + B c o s θ f(\theta) = Asin\theta + Bcos\theta


The answer is 10.

This section requires Javascript.
You are seeing this because something didn't load right. We suggest you, (a) try refreshing the page, (b) enabling javascript if it is disabled on your browser and, finally, (c) loading the non-javascript version of this page . We're sorry about the hassle.

2 solutions

Cauchy - Schwarz Inequality

From the Cauchy - Schwarz Inequality,

f ( θ ) A 2 + B 2 s i n 2 θ + c o s 2 θ f(\theta) \leq \sqrt{A^{2} + B^{2}} \cdot \sqrt{sin^{2}\theta + cos^{2}\theta}

f ( θ ) 100 1 f(\theta) \leq \sqrt{100} \cdot 1

f ( θ ) 10 f(\theta) \leq \boxed{10}

Harikesh Yadav
May 8, 2014

at\quad \theta =\tan ^{ -1 }{ \sfrac { A }{ B } } \ given\quad func.\quad has\quad max\quad value.putting\quad \quad \theta =\tan ^{ -1 }{ \sfrac { A }{ B } } in\quad given\quad eqn.we\quad get-\ A\sin { (\tan ^{ -1 }{ \sfrac { A }{ B } } ) } +B\cos { (\tan ^{ -1 }{ \sfrac { A }{ B } } ) } =f(\theta )\ as\quad we\quad see\quad f(\theta )\quad is\quad max\quad either\quad at\quad \theta =90\quad or\quad 0\ for\quad 90\quad given\quad condition\quad will\quad not\quad satisfy\quad so\quad we\quad take\quad \theta =0\ so\quad \tan ^{ -1 }{ \sfrac { A }{ B } } =0\ thus\quad A=0\quad thus\quad from\quad given\quad condition\quad B=10\ thus\quad max\quad value\quad of\quad f(\theta )=B\cos { 0 } =B=10 copy above and paste in Daum equation editor..

0 pending reports

×

Problem Loading...

Note Loading...

Set Loading...