A contractor building eight ocean-front condominiums wants to maximize the view of the ocean for each unit. The side of the building facing the ocean is not built in a straight line parallel to the ocean, but instead is built in a zigzag pattern as shown in the figure. Each condo has a window of length x facing the ocean at an angle of 70 ° from a line perpendicular to the ocean. a. Find the length x of each window. Round to the nearest foot. b. The windows facing the ocean are 8 ft high and x feet wide. By using the zigzag pattern how much more ocean-front viewing area does each window provide than if the windows were parallel to the ocean? Round to the nearest square foot.
A contractor building eight ocean-front condominiums wants to maximize the view of the ocean for each unit. The side of the building facing the ocean is not built in a straight line parallel to the ocean, but instead is built in a zigzag pattern as shown in the figure. Each condo has a window of length x facing the ocean at an angle of 70 ° from a line perpendicular to the ocean. a. Find the length x of each window. Round to the nearest foot. b. The windows facing the ocean are 8 ft high and x feet wide. By using the zigzag pattern how much more ocean-front viewing area does each window provide than if the windows were parallel to the ocean? Round to the nearest square foot.
Solution Summary: The author calculates the length of each window to the nearest foot for a contractor building eight ocean front condominiums.
A contractor building eight ocean-front condominiums wants to maximize the view of the ocean for each unit. The side of the building facing the ocean is not built in a straight line parallel to the ocean, but instead is built in a zigzag pattern as shown in the figure. Each condo has a window of length
x
facing the ocean at an angle of
70
°
from a line perpendicular to the ocean.
a. Find the length
x
of each window. Round to the nearest foot.
b. The windows facing the ocean are
8
ft
high and x feet wide. By using the zigzag pattern how much more ocean-front viewing area does each window provide than if the windows were parallel to the ocean? Round to the nearest square foot.
A company specializing in lubrication products for vintage motors produce two
blended oils, Smaza and Nefkov. They make a profit of K5,000.00 per litre of
Smaza and K4,000.00 per litre of Nefkov. A litre of Smaza requires 0.4 litres of
heavy oil and 0.6 litres of light oil. A litre of Nefkov requires 0.8 litres of heavy oil
and 0.2 litres of light oil. The company has 100 litres of heavy oil and 80 litres of
light oil. How many litres of each product should they make to maximize profits
and what level of profit will they obtain? Show all your workings.
1. Show that the vector field
F(x, y, z)
=
(2x sin ye³)ix² cos yj + (3xe³ +5)k
satisfies the necessary conditions for a conservative vector field, and find a potential function for
F.
1. Newton's Law of Gravitation (an example of an inverse square law) states that the magnitude
of the gravitational force between two objects with masses m and M is
|F|
mMG
|r|2
where r is the distance between the objects, and G is the gravitational constant. Assume that the
object with mass M is located at the origin in R³. Then, the gravitational force field acting on
the object at the point r = (x, y, z) is given by
F(x, y, z) =
mMG
r3
r.
mMG
mMG
Show that the scalar vector field f(x, y, z) =
=
is a potential function for
r
√√x² + y² .
Fi.e. show that F = Vf.
Remark: f is the negative of the physical potential energy, because F = -V(-ƒ).
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