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I meant it the other way around,"},{"Start":"02:30.110 ","End":"02:31.685","Text":"not that it really matters."},{"Start":"02:31.685 ","End":"02:35.150","Text":"This sort of concludes the first phase of getting"},{"Start":"02:35.150 ","End":"02:39.875","Text":"the word problem into a mathematical problem."},{"Start":"02:39.875 ","End":"02:42.365","Text":"I just have to add that S is this,"},{"Start":"02:42.365 ","End":"02:47.940","Text":"and I want the minimum S. So this gives me a formulation."},{"Start":"02:47.940 ","End":"02:51.165","Text":"At this point, we go over to the calculus,"},{"Start":"02:51.165 ","End":"02:54.620","Text":"and in calculus, we know about minimum and maximum."},{"Start":"02:54.620 ","End":"02:57.560","Text":"We usually differentiate, and then we look for"},{"Start":"02:57.560 ","End":"03:00.530","Text":"suspects amongst the derivative equals 0 and so on."},{"Start":"03:00.530 ","End":"03:02.330","Text":"So let\u0027s start that process."},{"Start":"03:02.330 ","End":"03:03.590","Text":"I could even write this,"},{"Start":"03:03.590 ","End":"03:05.600","Text":"by the way, as S of x,"},{"Start":"03:05.600 ","End":"03:09.770","Text":"just to emphasize that the sum now depends on the variable x,"},{"Start":"03:09.770 ","End":"03:11.330","Text":"which is 1 of the 2 numbers."},{"Start":"03:11.330 ","End":"03:14.740","Text":"So S prime is equal to,"},{"Start":"03:14.740 ","End":"03:17.010","Text":"just differentiate, this is 1,"},{"Start":"03:17.010 ","End":"03:20.000","Text":"derivative of 1 over x is minus 1 over x squared,"},{"Start":"03:20.000 ","End":"03:23.080","Text":"so it\u0027s 1 minus 24 over x squared."},{"Start":"03:23.080 ","End":"03:24.630","Text":"Once I\u0027ve got the derivative,"},{"Start":"03:24.630 ","End":"03:28.565","Text":"I search for suspects amongst derivative equal 0,"},{"Start":"03:28.565 ","End":"03:33.830","Text":"which gives me the 1 minus 24 over x squared equals 0."},{"Start":"03:33.830 ","End":"03:35.480","Text":"This gives me, if you think about it,"},{"Start":"03:35.480 ","End":"03:38.375","Text":"x squared equals 24."},{"Start":"03:38.375 ","End":"03:40.940","Text":"Remember we\u0027re only interested in positive numbers."},{"Start":"03:40.940 ","End":"03:44.330","Text":"So x equals the square root of 24."},{"Start":"03:44.330 ","End":"03:48.050","Text":"This is only a suspect or a candidate for minimum."},{"Start":"03:48.050 ","End":"03:51.200","Text":"The complete answer would involve the 2 numbers."},{"Start":"03:51.200 ","End":"03:52.490","Text":"We have to find the 2 numbers."},{"Start":"03:52.490 ","End":"03:54.425","Text":"So let\u0027s just see what y would be."},{"Start":"03:54.425 ","End":"03:55.925","Text":"If x is this,"},{"Start":"03:55.925 ","End":"04:02.225","Text":"then that would give me that y equals 24 over x,"},{"Start":"04:02.225 ","End":"04:06.005","Text":"which is 24 over the square root of 24,"},{"Start":"04:06.005 ","End":"04:08.990","Text":"which is also the square root of 24."},{"Start":"04:08.990 ","End":"04:11.825","Text":"So it turns out that if it is a minimum,"},{"Start":"04:11.825 ","End":"04:17.210","Text":"that x is square root of 24 and so is y. I would say something like"},{"Start":"04:17.210 ","End":"04:24.440","Text":"the numbers are square root of 24 and square root of 24."},{"Start":"04:24.440 ","End":"04:27.815","Text":"But we still haven\u0027t shown that it is really a minimum."},{"Start":"04:27.815 ","End":"04:33.920","Text":"The 2 main techniques by using the second derivative or by drawing a table of increasing,"},{"Start":"04:33.920 ","End":"04:37.370","Text":"decreasing, and I\u0027m going to go for the table method here."},{"Start":"04:37.370 ","End":"04:41.000","Text":"So what I\u0027m going to do is write a little table,"},{"Start":"04:41.000 ","End":"04:46.340","Text":"where here I have the independent variable x and here I have"},{"Start":"04:46.340 ","End":"04:52.535","Text":"the derivative of whatever it is and here I have the dependent variable itself."},{"Start":"04:52.535 ","End":"04:54.875","Text":"Here I put a list of the suspects,"},{"Start":"04:54.875 ","End":"04:58.655","Text":"and in this particular case I only have 1 suspect for x,"},{"Start":"04:58.655 ","End":"05:01.485","Text":"and that is the square root of 24."},{"Start":"05:01.485 ","End":"05:07.670","Text":"At this point, I know that S prime is 0 and what we want to do is take"},{"Start":"05:07.670 ","End":"05:10.730","Text":"a number to the left and to the right of this and see whether"},{"Start":"05:10.730 ","End":"05:14.375","Text":"this is between increasing and decreasing intervals or what?"},{"Start":"05:14.375 ","End":"05:18.005","Text":"The square root of 24 is a bit less than 5,"},{"Start":"05:18.005 ","End":"05:19.520","Text":"because square root of 25 is 5."},{"Start":"05:19.520 ","End":"05:20.975","Text":"I don\u0027t even need to know what it is."},{"Start":"05:20.975 ","End":"05:26.285","Text":"I\u0027m sure it\u0027s between 4 and 5 because 4 squared is 16 and 5 squared is 25."},{"Start":"05:26.285 ","End":"05:28.115","Text":"But I could do it on the calculator."},{"Start":"05:28.115 ","End":"05:30.160","Text":"I might take 2 numbers, 1 on either side,"},{"Start":"05:30.160 ","End":"05:32.430","Text":"it doesn\u0027t even have to be 4 and 5 and then I"},{"Start":"05:32.430 ","End":"05:35.210","Text":"plug these and figure out what is S prime for these."},{"Start":"05:35.210 ","End":"05:38.550","Text":"But the fact is that I don\u0027t have to know the value for this table,"},{"Start":"05:38.550 ","End":"05:40.489","Text":"I only have to know the sign,"},{"Start":"05:40.489 ","End":"05:42.425","Text":"whether it\u0027s positive or negative."},{"Start":"05:42.425 ","End":"05:46.699","Text":"So as soon as I see that I got 1 minus 24 over 16,"},{"Start":"05:46.699 ","End":"05:49.310","Text":"I know that 24 over 16 is greater than 1."},{"Start":"05:49.310 ","End":"05:51.725","Text":"So immediately I can say this is negative."},{"Start":"05:51.725 ","End":"05:53.905","Text":"Similarly, if I put 5 in here,"},{"Start":"05:53.905 ","End":"05:57.220","Text":"24 over 25 is less than 1,"},{"Start":"05:57.220 ","End":"05:59.730","Text":"so I\u0027m going to get something positive here,"},{"Start":"05:59.730 ","End":"06:01.980","Text":"and then once I know the sign of the derivative,"},{"Start":"06:01.980 ","End":"06:04.385","Text":"I know that the function here is decreasing,"},{"Start":"06:04.385 ","End":"06:08.330","Text":"the function here is increasing to the left of this point."},{"Start":"06:08.330 ","End":"06:10.895","Text":"So I like to draw a little sketch."},{"Start":"06:10.895 ","End":"06:14.915","Text":"The decreasing increasing means that the function looks something like this."},{"Start":"06:14.915 ","End":"06:16.820","Text":"So it is indeed a minimum,"},{"Start":"06:16.820 ","End":"06:19.550","Text":"not a maximum or not something else."},{"Start":"06:19.550 ","End":"06:21.965","Text":"That\u0027s basically the answer."},{"Start":"06:21.965 ","End":"06:24.680","Text":"What we\u0027ve done is we\u0027ve got the 2 numbers."},{"Start":"06:24.680 ","End":"06:27.330","Text":"You\u0027ve proven that it\u0027s a minimum and we are"},{"Start":"06:27.330 ","End":"06:30.200","Text":"done except that I want to complicate the problem a bit."},{"Start":"06:30.200 ","End":"06:34.445","Text":"Sometimes they also ask you to actually find the minimum value."},{"Start":"06:34.445 ","End":"06:37.430","Text":"The minimum value is S,"},{"Start":"06:37.430 ","End":"06:39.260","Text":"which is x plus y,"},{"Start":"06:39.260 ","End":"06:43.385","Text":"which is square root of 24 plus square root of 24."},{"Start":"06:43.385 ","End":"06:47.090","Text":"I mean, I could substitute it in here or in here."},{"Start":"06:47.090 ","End":"06:49.145","Text":"Either way, I\u0027d get the same thing."},{"Start":"06:49.145 ","End":"06:52.520","Text":"This is twice square root of 24."},{"Start":"06:52.520 ","End":"06:54.950","Text":"We could do it on the calculator."},{"Start":"06:54.950 ","End":"06:58.220","Text":"For me, this is perfectly adequate as an answer."},{"Start":"06:58.220 ","End":"07:02.360","Text":"In some questions, they ask you for the minimum or maximum value itself."},{"Start":"07:02.360 ","End":"07:05.300","Text":"For some questions, they ask you to find the variables"},{"Start":"07:05.300 ","End":"07:08.555","Text":"which give the minimum or maximum, or sometimes both."},{"Start":"07:08.555 ","End":"07:10.910","Text":"This is the end of example 1."},{"Start":"07:10.910 ","End":"07:14.010","Text":"Now let\u0027s get on to example 2."}],"ID":8450},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Example 2","Duration":"9m 31s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8276,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":3692,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.895","Text":"This is example 2 from geometry,"},{"Start":"00:02.895 ","End":"00:08.400","Text":"we have to find the largest possible area of an isosceles triangle whose leg is 10."},{"Start":"00:08.400 ","End":"00:10.335","Text":"Isosceles, in case you forgot,"},{"Start":"00:10.335 ","End":"00:12.930","Text":"means triangle with 2 equal sides."},{"Start":"00:12.930 ","End":"00:15.090","Text":"The 2 equal sides are called the legs."},{"Start":"00:15.090 ","End":"00:16.320","Text":"This is a leg, this is a leg,"},{"Start":"00:16.320 ","End":"00:18.374","Text":"and this is actually called a base."},{"Start":"00:18.374 ","End":"00:21.990","Text":"Now we want the 1 with the largest possible area,"},{"Start":"00:21.990 ","End":"00:26.010","Text":"and that already tells you what the dependent variable is."},{"Start":"00:26.010 ","End":"00:29.520","Text":"The one that\u0027s going to be largest to smallest or greatest or least to,"},{"Start":"00:29.520 ","End":"00:32.610","Text":"maximal or minimal, the area is going"},{"Start":"00:32.610 ","End":"00:36.045","Text":"to be the dependent variable and I\u0027m going to call it A."},{"Start":"00:36.045 ","End":"00:38.960","Text":"Question is, what is the independent variable?"},{"Start":"00:38.960 ","End":"00:40.380","Text":"There could be many choices,"},{"Start":"00:40.380 ","End":"00:41.690","Text":"and if you choose well,"},{"Start":"00:41.690 ","End":"00:43.415","Text":"the work will go easier."},{"Start":"00:43.415 ","End":"00:47.090","Text":"It seems like the most natural thing to do would be to take"},{"Start":"00:47.090 ","End":"00:51.365","Text":"the base and let\u0027s call that x and see if we can use that."},{"Start":"00:51.365 ","End":"00:55.009","Text":"Now, how do I express the area in terms of the base?"},{"Start":"00:55.009 ","End":"01:01.070","Text":"Well, the most famous formula for the area of a triangle is a half base times height."},{"Start":"01:01.070 ","End":"01:03.390","Text":"We have the base now we\u0027ve called it x,"},{"Start":"01:03.390 ","End":"01:04.960","Text":"so what is the height?"},{"Start":"01:04.960 ","End":"01:10.160","Text":"I\u0027ve drawn a height in and let\u0027s call it h. We have that"},{"Start":"01:10.160 ","End":"01:15.469","Text":"the area is equal to 1/2 base times height,"},{"Start":"01:15.469 ","End":"01:19.085","Text":"but I only want one independent variable, x."},{"Start":"01:19.085 ","End":"01:25.745","Text":"What I have to do now is use some geometry or trigonometry to find h in terms of x."},{"Start":"01:25.745 ","End":"01:30.095","Text":"The most obvious thing to do is to use Pythagoras\u0027s theorem is to say,"},{"Start":"01:30.095 ","End":"01:32.100","Text":"okay, this is the height,"},{"Start":"01:32.100 ","End":"01:34.310","Text":"it comes here at 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"01:34.310 ","End":"01:36.500","Text":"but the height also is a median,"},{"Start":"01:36.500 ","End":"01:40.670","Text":"so this is x/2 and this is x/22."},{"Start":"01:40.670 ","End":"01:43.060","Text":"Why not use Pythagoras\u0027s theorem?"},{"Start":"01:43.060 ","End":"01:51.020","Text":"X/2^2 plus h^2 equals 10^2."},{"Start":"01:51.020 ","End":"01:59.150","Text":"Then we would get h^2 is 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"01:59.150 ","End":"02:01.730","Text":"H is equal to the square root of this,"},{"Start":"02:01.730 ","End":"02:03.545","Text":"the positive square root, of course,"},{"Start":"02:03.545 ","End":"02:09.250","Text":"because all the lengths are positive of 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"02:09.250 ","End":"02:13.430","Text":"Then I would put that in here to emphasize that as a function of x,"},{"Start":"02:13.430 ","End":"02:15.140","Text":"we will write it as a of x."},{"Start":"02:15.140 ","End":"02:23.975","Text":"It\u0027s equal to 1.5 times x times the square root of 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"02:23.975 ","End":"02:27.440","Text":"Now we\u0027ve got a formula for the dependent variable,"},{"Start":"02:27.440 ","End":"02:30.515","Text":"the one we want to maximize in this case,"},{"Start":"02:30.515 ","End":"02:34.340","Text":"in terms of an independent variable which is the base."},{"Start":"02:34.340 ","End":"02:37.295","Text":"This part is the geometry part."},{"Start":"02:37.295 ","End":"02:40.725","Text":"Let\u0027s continue with calculus techniques."},{"Start":"02:40.725 ","End":"02:44.720","Text":"We get that a prime or a prime of x is equal to,"},{"Start":"02:44.720 ","End":"02:46.685","Text":"I can leave the half as is."},{"Start":"02:46.685 ","End":"02:48.480","Text":"Now I have a product this times this,"},{"Start":"02:48.480 ","End":"02:50.540","Text":"so we know how to derive products."},{"Start":"02:50.540 ","End":"02:54.845","Text":"We take the derivative of the first and multiply by the second,"},{"Start":"02:54.845 ","End":"02:57.035","Text":"and then the other way round."},{"Start":"02:57.035 ","End":"02:59.059","Text":"This time the x is untouched,"},{"Start":"02:59.059 ","End":"03:00.670","Text":"but we differentiate this,"},{"Start":"03:00.670 ","End":"03:03.575","Text":"and whenever you see a square root and differentiated,"},{"Start":"03:03.575 ","End":"03:08.135","Text":"we put the denominator as twice the square root."},{"Start":"03:08.135 ","End":"03:12.860","Text":"In the numerator, the inner derivative of what was under the square root,"},{"Start":"03:12.860 ","End":"03:17.375","Text":"which in this case would be minus 2x/4."},{"Start":"03:17.375 ","End":"03:24.080","Text":"Let\u0027s simplify this by putting everything over a denominator."},{"Start":"03:24.080 ","End":"03:27.995","Text":"Basically, what I\u0027ll get is a 4 in the denominator."},{"Start":"03:27.995 ","End":"03:34.735","Text":"What I want is a common denominator with 4 times the square root in the denominator."},{"Start":"03:34.735 ","End":"03:38.045","Text":"This equals, I\u0027ll go throw in one extra step,"},{"Start":"03:38.045 ","End":"03:39.710","Text":"you know while already there,"},{"Start":"03:39.710 ","End":"03:45.990","Text":"why not take this 2 and combine it with the 4 here and make that an 8?"},{"Start":"03:45.990 ","End":"03:50.120","Text":"In the denominator, what I\u0027m going to get is starting out by"},{"Start":"03:50.120 ","End":"03:56.955","Text":"8 times the square root of a 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"03:56.955 ","End":"04:00.210","Text":"This 2 is also going to be under here."},{"Start":"04:00.210 ","End":"04:02.010","Text":"If I put the 2 here,"},{"Start":"04:02.010 ","End":"04:03.810","Text":"and it comes out 8,"},{"Start":"04:03.810 ","End":"04:06.620","Text":"but I still have to put it over 2 here."},{"Start":"04:06.620 ","End":"04:13.130","Text":"The second term here is going to be minus x^2,"},{"Start":"04:13.130 ","End":"04:20.165","Text":"and this one, I have to multiply top and bottom by 4 times the square root."},{"Start":"04:20.165 ","End":"04:25.790","Text":"What I\u0027m left with in the numerator is 4 times the square root of this times itself,"},{"Start":"04:25.790 ","End":"04:33.110","Text":"it is just 4 times 100 minus x^2 over 4 minus x^2."},{"Start":"04:33.110 ","End":"04:40.220","Text":"Now, this is equal to 4 times a 100 is 400,"},{"Start":"04:40.220 ","End":"04:47.325","Text":"4 times x^2 over 4 is just x^2 minus x^2 minus x^2"},{"Start":"04:47.325 ","End":"04:55.395","Text":"over 8 times square root of 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"04:55.395 ","End":"04:59.010","Text":"This is actually 400 minus 2x^2,"},{"Start":"04:59.010 ","End":"05:01.725","Text":"and I can take 2 outside the brackets,"},{"Start":"05:01.725 ","End":"05:10.205","Text":"so it\u0027s twice 200 minus x^2 over 8 times the square root"},{"Start":"05:10.205 ","End":"05:13.825","Text":"of 100 minus x^2 over 4."},{"Start":"05:13.825 ","End":"05:18.210","Text":"Again, I can cancel this 2 with this 8 leaves me with 4 here."},{"Start":"05:18.210 ","End":"05:20.895","Text":"This is still A prime."},{"Start":"05:20.895 ","End":"05:22.490","Text":"Now, what do we do with this?"},{"Start":"05:22.490 ","End":"05:24.970","Text":"Well, we\u0027re looking 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put the units in,"},{"Start":"06:29.050 ","End":"06:30.170","Text":"so if they asked for this,"},{"Start":"06:30.170 ","End":"06:31.940","Text":"it would be centimeters and here we have to"},{"Start":"06:31.940 ","End":"06:34.745","Text":"remember to add centimeter squared at the end."},{"Start":"06:34.745 ","End":"06:40.185","Text":"What we get is that A of square root of 200,"},{"Start":"06:40.185 ","End":"06:42.150","Text":"just put checks as that,"},{"Start":"06:42.150 ","End":"06:49.495","Text":"so it\u0027s 1.5 square root of 200 times the square root of 100."},{"Start":"06:49.495 ","End":"06:53.895","Text":"The square root of 200^2 is just 200 over 4."},{"Start":"06:53.895 ","End":"06:55.859","Text":"200 over 4 is 50,"},{"Start":"06:55.859 ","End":"06:58.170","Text":"a 100 minus 50 is 50,"},{"Start":"06:58.170 ","End":"07:00.860","Text":"so here we have the square root of 50."},{"Start":"07:00.860 ","End":"07:04.415","Text":"Here we have the square root of 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square root is cumbersome so if instead of A,"},{"Start":"00:28.230 ","End":"00:30.315","Text":"I take A squared,"},{"Start":"00:30.315 ","End":"00:34.005","Text":"let me say that S is A squared."},{"Start":"00:34.005 ","End":"00:37.340","Text":"So I get that S of x is equal"},{"Start":"00:37.340 ","End":"00:45.710","Text":"to 1/4x^2 times 100 minus x^2/4."},{"Start":"00:45.710 ","End":"00:47.090","Text":"What I claim is,"},{"Start":"00:47.090 ","End":"00:52.435","Text":"is that if we have a function that we need to maximize or minimize and it\u0027s positive,"},{"Start":"00:52.435 ","End":"00:55.440","Text":"notice that this is always positive;"},{"Start":"00:55.440 ","End":"01:01.820","Text":"x is positive in our domain because it\u0027s a length and square root is always positive."},{"Start":"01:01.820 ","End":"01:04.595","Text":"So when we have a function that\u0027s positive,"},{"Start":"01:04.595 ","End":"01:10.280","Text":"we can replace it by its square in order to find the 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H, we can figure out."},{"Start":"02:07.125 ","End":"02:09.980","Text":"I\u0027m going to remind you also of Pythagoras\u0027s theorem."},{"Start":"02:09.980 ","End":"02:15.520","Text":"In general, if we have a right triangle where this is a,"},{"Start":"02:15.520 ","End":"02:17.100","Text":"and this is b,"},{"Start":"02:17.100 ","End":"02:19.094","Text":"and this is c,"},{"Start":"02:19.094 ","End":"02:23.795","Text":"then c squared equals a squared plus b squared."},{"Start":"02:23.795 ","End":"02:26.230","Text":"We want h in terms of 4 and x,"},{"Start":"02:26.230 ","End":"02:31.110","Text":"so we just use Pythagoras\u0027s theorem by bringing 1 of these to the other side,"},{"Start":"02:31.110 ","End":"02:36.635","Text":"and we get that h squared is 4 squared minus x squared,"},{"Start":"02:36.635 ","End":"02:39.815","Text":"which is 16 minus x squared."},{"Start":"02:39.815 ","End":"02:49.930","Text":"What I can do now is write y in terms of just x. Y is equal to 6 plus x from here,"},{"Start":"02:49.930 ","End":"02:56.070","Text":"and h is the square root of 16 minus x squared,"},{"Start":"02:56.070 ","End":"02:58.930","Text":"and this is a big part of the problem,"},{"Start":"02:58.930 ","End":"03:05.340","Text":"is just getting the formula for y in terms of x. I\u0027d also like to point out,"},{"Start":"03:05.340 ","End":"03:08.375","Text":"as far as the domain of definition of x, that x,"},{"Start":"03:08.375 ","End":"03:09.440","Text":"because it\u0027s a length,"},{"Start":"03:09.440 ","End":"03:13.130","Text":"has to be bigger than 0, but also,"},{"Start":"03:13.130 ","End":"03:15.680","Text":"I also know that x is less than 4,"},{"Start":"03:15.680 ","End":"03:19.505","Text":"because any side of a right triangle is less than the hypotenuse,"},{"Start":"03:19.505 ","End":"03:21.110","Text":"so it\u0027s less than 4."},{"Start":"03:21.110 ","End":"03:24.470","Text":"What this means is that x squared is less than 16,"},{"Start":"03:24.470 ","End":"03:27.110","Text":"and the square root is defined very well."},{"Start":"03:27.110 ","End":"03:31.280","Text":"Also, when we finally do the calculus differentiate and set to 0,"},{"Start":"03:31.280 ","End":"03:33.665","Text":"we should remember that x is positive."},{"Start":"03:33.665 ","End":"03:36.545","Text":"What we need now is y prime."},{"Start":"03:36.545 ","End":"03:38.395","Text":"This is a product,"},{"Start":"03:38.395 ","End":"03:40.515","Text":"and since I\u0027m reminding you of everything,"},{"Start":"03:40.515 ","End":"03:42.390","Text":"I\u0027ll remind you of the product rule,"},{"Start":"03:42.390 ","End":"03:46.200","Text":"that if I have 2 functions of x, product, derivative."},{"Start":"03:46.200 ","End":"03:48.590","Text":"Is just like a cross-multiplication."},{"Start":"03:48.590 ","End":"03:49.955","Text":"1 of them derived,"},{"Start":"03:49.955 ","End":"03:51.445","Text":"and the other not."},{"Start":"03:51.445 ","End":"03:53.370","Text":"Then 1, as is,"},{"Start":"03:53.370 ","End":"03:55.260","Text":"and the other derived."},{"Start":"03:55.260 ","End":"03:58.680","Text":"In our case, we\u0027ll get that this 1,"},{"Start":"03:58.680 ","End":"04:02.000","Text":"derived is just 1, times the other,"},{"Start":"04:02.000 ","End":"04:06.010","Text":"which is the square root of 16 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:06.010 ","End":"04:09.210","Text":"Then plus, this 1, as is,"},{"Start":"04:09.210 ","End":"04:14.435","Text":"6 plus x, and the derivative of 16 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:14.435 ","End":"04:18.350","Text":"The derivative of the square root is 1,"},{"Start":"04:18.350 ","End":"04:22.575","Text":"over twice the square root of the same thing for starters,"},{"Start":"04:22.575 ","End":"04:26.540","Text":"but then we have to also multiply by the inner derivative,"},{"Start":"04:26.540 ","End":"04:28.550","Text":"which is minus 2_x."},{"Start":"04:28.550 ","End":"04:34.160","Text":"At this point, I\u0027d like to already cancel this 2 with this 2."},{"Start":"04:34.160 ","End":"04:38.180","Text":"Now I want to just do some rearranging algebraically."},{"Start":"04:38.180 ","End":"04:42.620","Text":"What we\u0027re going to do is bring everything over as a fraction,"},{"Start":"04:42.620 ","End":"04:47.820","Text":"over square root of 16 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:47.820 ","End":"04:50.840","Text":"This is already over 16 minus x squared,"},{"Start":"04:50.840 ","End":"04:54.230","Text":"but this bit, I\u0027ll have to multiply top and bottom, so to speak."},{"Start":"04:54.230 ","End":"04:57.335","Text":"I\u0027ll have to multiply by this square root over itself."},{"Start":"04:57.335 ","End":"05:02.570","Text":"The square root of this times the square root of the same thing without the square root,"},{"Start":"05:02.570 ","End":"05:05.450","Text":"it\u0027s just 16 minus x squared."},{"Start":"05:05.450 ","End":"05:07.820","Text":"There\u0027s a minus here, notice,"},{"Start":"05:07.820 ","End":"05:09.670","Text":"so it\u0027s minus 6,"},{"Start":"05:09.670 ","End":"05:13.050","Text":"plus x over this."},{"Start":"05:13.050 ","End":"05:17.960","Text":"What we have to do is let y prime equal 0."},{"Start":"05:17.960 ","End":"05:19.580","Text":"Y prime equals 0."},{"Start":"05:19.580 ","End":"05:21.965","Text":"If I set it, will give me."},{"Start":"05:21.965 ","End":"05:25.390","Text":"Let me just simplify the numerator."},{"Start":"05:25.390 ","End":"05:29.205","Text":"Ops, I forgot the x here, not too late."},{"Start":"05:29.205 ","End":"05:30.975","Text":"There\u0027s another x here."},{"Start":"05:30.975 ","End":"05:33.320","Text":"Now when I simplify,"},{"Start":"05:33.320 ","End":"05:40.080","Text":"what I\u0027ll get is 16 minus 2_x squared and just the x term."},{"Start":"05:40.080 ","End":"05:46.640","Text":"The x term is minus 6_x over the same thing."},{"Start":"05:46.640 ","End":"05:47.900","Text":"I\u0027ll just write the square root."},{"Start":"05:47.900 ","End":"05:49.850","Text":"The reason I\u0027m not bothering to write what\u0027s"},{"Start":"05:49.850 ","End":"05:53.215","Text":"inside is that the square root is also positive."},{"Start":"05:53.215 ","End":"05:57.710","Text":"If this over something positive or non-zero 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Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"07:38.280 ","End":"07:40.315","Text":"There are only 2 things I really need."},{"Start":"07:40.315 ","End":"07:42.129","Text":"I need to put in x,"},{"Start":"07:42.129 ","End":"07:44.590","Text":"and I need to put in y prime."},{"Start":"07:44.590 ","End":"07:48.070","Text":"The value I have is 1.7,"},{"Start":"07:48.070 ","End":"07:51.615","Text":"that the derivative is equal to 0."},{"Start":"07:51.615 ","End":"07:55.445","Text":"Question is what happens when it\u0027s a bit less than 1.7?"},{"Start":"07:55.445 ","End":"07:58.855","Text":"Let\u0027s choose a sample value, say 1,"},{"Start":"07:58.855 ","End":"08:01.395","Text":"and a bit bigger than 1.7,"},{"Start":"08:01.395 ","End":"08:04.230","Text":"and I\u0027ll choose the sample value 2."},{"Start":"08:04.230 ","End":"08:08.120","Text":"Now I have to substitute in y prime."},{"Start":"08:08.120 ","End":"08:10.190","Text":"The function is increasing or decreasing"},{"Start":"08:10.190 ","End":"08:12.660","Text":"depending on whether y prime is positive or negative,"},{"Start":"08:12.660 ","End":"08:15.605","Text":"so I only need to know the sign of what\u0027s here."},{"Start":"08:15.605 ","End":"08:18.770","Text":"Y prime is what\u0027s written over here."},{"Start":"08:18.770 ","End":"08:20.915","Text":"The denominator is positive,"},{"Start":"08:20.915 ","End":"08:24.500","Text":"so all I need to know is the sign of the numerator."},{"Start":"08:24.500 ","End":"08:26.435","Text":"I can take it off here."},{"Start":"08:26.435 ","End":"08:28.280","Text":"When x is 1,"},{"Start":"08:28.280 ","End":"08:30.545","Text":"I get 16 minus 6,"},{"Start":"08:30.545 ","End":"08:32.340","Text":"minus 2, is 8."},{"Start":"08:32.340 ","End":"08:38.625","Text":"Anyways, it\u0027s positive, and I\u0027ll put another column in y."},{"Start":"08:38.625 ","End":"08:46.775","Text":"When I put in 2, I get 16 minus 12, minus 8."},{"Start":"08:46.775 ","End":"08:49.715","Text":"It comes out negative,"},{"Start":"08:49.715 ","End":"08:54.904","Text":"which means that the function itself is increasing here,"},{"Start":"08:54.904 ","End":"09:00.005","Text":"decreasing here, and this gives us so that this point,"},{"Start":"09:00.005 ","End":"09:02.200","Text":"this must be a maximum."},{"Start":"09:02.200 ","End":"09:09.555","Text":"The answer is that AE is equal to 1.7,"},{"Start":"09:09.555 ","End":"09:13.730","Text":"or you could even write minus 3,"},{"Start":"09:13.730 ","End":"09:17.450","Text":"plus square root of 41 over 2, to be accurate,"},{"Start":"09:17.450 ","End":"09:20.705","Text":"which is approximately 1.7 for"},{"Start":"09:20.705 ","End":"09:30.600","Text":"maximum area of the trapezoid ABCD. 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Since w is that,"},{"Start":"01:21.275 ","End":"01:26.860","Text":"it\u0027s equal to x times 30 minus x."},{"Start":"01:26.860 ","End":"01:30.365","Text":"Now, we\u0027ve got equation of"},{"Start":"01:30.365 ","End":"01:34.340","Text":"the thing we need to maximize in terms of the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:34.340 ","End":"01:36.305","Text":"Let me just write that again,"},{"Start":"01:36.305 ","End":"01:41.315","Text":"y equals x times 30 minus x,"},{"Start":"01:41.315 ","End":"01:47.700","Text":"we put it in a box because this is an important first stage."},{"Start":"01:47.700 ","End":"01:55.840","Text":"We have to find out now what is the value of x in order for y to be maximal."},{"Start":"01:55.840 ","End":"02:00.080","Text":"This is now a calculus problem where we\u0027re going to differentiate,"},{"Start":"02:00.080 ","End":"02:01.790","Text":"and that is equal to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"02:01.790 ","End":"02:03.200","Text":"Let\u0027s do that."},{"Start":"02:03.200 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positive,"},{"Start":"03:39.104 ","End":"03:41.140","Text":"I don\u0027t want to take the case where x is 0,"},{"Start":"03:41.140 ","End":"03:42.595","Text":"it doesn\u0027t really make sense."},{"Start":"03:42.595 ","End":"03:46.540","Text":"Also x has to be less than 5 and it has to be less than 10,"},{"Start":"03:46.540 ","End":"03:49.805","Text":"which means that it\u0027s less than 5."},{"Start":"03:49.805 ","End":"03:58.605","Text":"I have a limitation x has to be between 0 and 5."},{"Start":"03:58.605 ","End":"04:02.290","Text":"We going to now do an extremum problem,"},{"Start":"04:02.290 ","End":"04:08.380","Text":"which means differentiating and setting to 0 and then checking if it\u0027s a maximum."},{"Start":"04:08.380 ","End":"04:18.680","Text":"We get that f prime of x or y prime is equal to 15 minus 4x."},{"Start":"04:18.980 ","End":"04:21.710","Text":"If we want to an extremum,"},{"Start":"04:21.710 ","End":"04:26.225","Text":"we have to set f prime of x to equal 0 for 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","End":"01:02.855","Text":"so I can immediately say that this is 8 minus x."},{"Start":"01:02.855 ","End":"01:07.385","Text":"All I have to do now is compute the total area."},{"Start":"01:07.385 ","End":"01:09.470","Text":"Well, clearly it breaks up into 2 bits,"},{"Start":"01:09.470 ","End":"01:11.845","Text":"the triangle bit and the square bit."},{"Start":"01:11.845 ","End":"01:16.540","Text":"The hypothenuse squared the length of AB"},{"Start":"01:16.540 ","End":"01:22.880","Text":"squared by Pythagoras is equal to this squared plus this squared."},{"Start":"01:22.880 ","End":"01:27.590","Text":"The other part of the area is the triangle,"},{"Start":"01:27.590 ","End":"01:35.375","Text":"which is 1/2 times the length of AC times the length of CB,"},{"Start":"01:35.375 ","End":"01:41.435","Text":"which in our case is simply 1/2 of x times 8 minus x."},{"Start":"01:41.435 ","End":"01:46.315","Text":"The total area and I call it y or f of x,"},{"Start":"01:46.315 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","End":"03:18.690","Text":"F prime of x is equal to the derivative 2 times 3 over 2 is 3."},{"Start":"03:18.690 ","End":"03:24.395","Text":"It\u0027s 3x minus 12, that\u0027s the derivative."},{"Start":"03:24.395 ","End":"03:27.320","Text":"Now, when we do extrema, maximum or minimum,"},{"Start":"03:27.320 ","End":"03:33.035","Text":"we use the equation f prime of x equals 0 and see what that gives us."},{"Start":"03:33.035 ","End":"03:39.290","Text":"3x minus 12 is 0 and bring the 12 over to the other side,"},{"Start":"03:39.290 ","End":"03:43.550","Text":"divide by 3, x is equal to 4."},{"Start":"03:43.550 ","End":"03:48.740","Text":"This is our suspect for giving the minimum area."},{"Start":"03:48.740 ","End":"03:52.759","Text":"Let\u0027s check that we do indeed get a minimum."},{"Start":"03:52.759 ","End":"03:59.390","Text":"What I\u0027ll do is I\u0027ll use the method of the table for increasing and decreasing."},{"Start":"03:59.390 ","End":"04:03.345","Text":"I get a table with x,"},{"Start":"04:03.345 ","End":"04:07.575","Text":"with f prime of x, and f of x."},{"Start":"04:07.575 ","End":"04:15.845","Text":"The only candidate is 4 which point f prime is 0."},{"Start":"04:15.845 ","End":"04:19.500","Text":"But I want to know what it is to the right and to the left of 4."},{"Start":"04:19.500 ","End":"04:20.855","Text":"Let\u0027s take some values."},{"Start":"04:20.855 ","End":"04:23.485","Text":"Simplest is just to take 3 and 5."},{"Start":"04:23.485 ","End":"04:25.505","Text":"Let\u0027s see what f prime of x is."},{"Start":"04:25.505 ","End":"04:26.750","Text":"F prime of x is here,"},{"Start":"04:26.750 ","End":"04:28.955","Text":"so 3 times 3 is 9 minus 12."},{"Start":"04:28.955 ","End":"04:30.230","Text":"I don\u0027t care the value,"},{"Start":"04:30.230 ","End":"04:32.544","Text":"just if it\u0027s positive or negative."},{"Start":"04:32.544 ","End":"04:37.490","Text":"If I put in 5, I get 15 minus 12 is 3, anyway it\u0027s 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square of this,"},{"Start":"03:16.295 ","End":"03:22.745","Text":"which gives me 4x squared and the square of the square root is just the thing itself,"},{"Start":"03:22.745 ","End":"03:26.460","Text":"64 minus x squared."},{"Start":"03:28.850 ","End":"03:32.235","Text":"Well, leave the 4 separately,"},{"Start":"03:32.235 ","End":"03:38.495","Text":"x squared times 64 is 64x squared and x squared times x squared is x^4,"},{"Start":"03:38.495 ","End":"03:40.670","Text":"it\u0027s with a minus."},{"Start":"03:40.670 ","End":"03:45.930","Text":"Now I want to differentiate because that\u0027s how we work with maximum or minimum."},{"Start":"03:45.930 ","End":"03:48.270","Text":"Differentiate then we assign to 0."},{"Start":"03:48.270 ","End":"03:52.460","Text":"The 4 stays and we get twice 64 times x,"},{"Start":"03:52.460 ","End":"03:59.385","Text":"which is 128x minus 4x cubed."},{"Start":"03:59.385 ","End":"04:04.700","Text":"I can take another 4 out of here and get 16 times 32."},{"Start":"04:04.700 ","End":"04:07.040","Text":"You know what, I can also take x out."},{"Start":"04:07.040 ","End":"04:12.465","Text":"It\u0027s 32 minus 4x squared times x."},{"Start":"04:12.465 ","End":"04:15.200","Text":"Now I want to solve the equation,"},{"Start":"04:15.200 ","End":"04:19.360","Text":"g prime of x equals 0."},{"Start":"04:19.360 ","End":"04:23.430","Text":"Now remember, I\u0027ll show you that x is not 0,"},{"Start":"04:23.430 ","End":"04:25.875","Text":"x is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"04:25.875 ","End":"04:33.980","Text":"When I\u0027m setting to 0, I can cancel the x and I can ignore the 16 also."},{"Start":"04:33.980 ","End":"04:37.229","Text":"Then just this bit will be 0."},{"Start":"04:37.800 ","End":"04:41.885","Text":"Sorry there\u0027s no 4 here, I\u0027m sorry."},{"Start":"04:41.885 ","End":"04:44.840","Text":"Take the eraser and just erase it because I"},{"Start":"04:44.840 ","End":"04:48.170","Text":"already took the 4 out and put it in with the 16."},{"Start":"04:48.170 ","End":"04:54.165","Text":"32 minus x squared is equal to 0."},{"Start":"04:54.165 ","End":"04:58.850","Text":"So x equals plus or minus the square root of 32,"},{"Start":"04:58.850 ","End":"05:00.320","Text":"but it\u0027s bigger than 0."},{"Start":"05:00.320 ","End":"05:07.415","Text":"So x is the square root of 32 and that\u0027s pretty much our answer for x."},{"Start":"05:07.415 ","End":"05:13.590","Text":"But remember that we have to find the value of AB, which is 2x."},{"Start":"05:13.970 ","End":"05:21.425","Text":"The length of AB for maximum would be twice the square root of 32."},{"Start":"05:21.425 ","End":"05:23.480","Text":"But not so fast,"},{"Start":"05:23.480 ","End":"05:27.345","Text":"I haven\u0027t shown yet that it really is a maximum."},{"Start":"05:27.345 ","End":"05:31.370","Text":"Let\u0027s make our usual table."},{"Start":"05:31.370 ","End":"05:35.840","Text":"What I need for the table is x,"},{"Start":"05:35.840 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x."},{"Start":"00:59.195 ","End":"01:03.157","Text":"We have to express in terms of x the shaded area."},{"Start":"01:03.157 ","End":"01:06.568","Text":"In other words, the sum of this triangle plus this triangle,"},{"Start":"01:06.568 ","End":"01:09.810","Text":"and, of course, these triangles are 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"01:09.810 ","End":"01:12.740","Text":"just to emphasize that because the square is"},{"Start":"01:12.740 ","End":"01:16.625","Text":"90 degrees everywhere, so here we have 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:16.625 ","End":"01:22.130","Text":"Let\u0027s do part a first and compute the sum of the areas."},{"Start":"01:22.130 ","End":"01:25.980","Text":"We\u0027ll take the area of this one and the area of this one, and add it."},{"Start":"01:25.990 ","End":"01:29.807","Text":"Let\u0027s call that f of x."},{"Start":"01:29.807 ","End":"01:35.090","Text":"f of x is the area of this triangle first,"},{"Start":"01:35.090 ","End":"01:40.115","Text":"and the area of the triangle is base times height over 2,"},{"Start":"01:40.115 ","End":"01:46.200","Text":"so it\u0027s x times x over 2 plus."},{"Start":"01:46.200 ","End":"01:48.770","Text":"In this triangle, we also know the side"},{"Start":"01:48.770 ","End":"01:52.085","Text":"because if this whole thing is 6 and this is x,"},{"Start":"01:52.085 ","End":"01:56.690","Text":"then this is just 6 minus x and, likewise, this is 6 minus x."},{"Start":"01:56.690 ","End":"01:58.760","Text":"The same thing with this triangle."},{"Start":"01:58.760 ","End":"02:07.820","Text":"Base times height over 2, and that actually answers part a."},{"Start":"02:07.820 ","End":"02:12.240","Text":"It\u0027s in centimeters squared, of course, because it\u0027s area."},{"Start":"02:12.490 ","End":"02:16.530","Text":"Let\u0027s go to part b1."},{"Start":"02:17.360 ","End":"02:26.160","Text":"What we have to find out is for which x is this f of x minimal."},{"Start":"02:26.160 ","End":"02:33.700","Text":"Let\u0027s simplify first and then we\u0027ll do our usual differentiate and set to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"02:33.700 ","End":"02:37.525","Text":"Let\u0027s just write it again."},{"Start":"02:37.525 ","End":"02:40.870","Text":"f of x is equal to,"},{"Start":"02:40.870 ","End":"02:44.285","Text":"let\u0027s put it all over 2."},{"Start":"02:44.285 ","End":"02:46.635","Text":"It seems to naturally go that way."},{"Start":"02:46.635 ","End":"02:48.415","Text":"Here we have x squared,"},{"Start":"02:48.415 ","End":"02:50.977","Text":"and here we have 6 minus x all squared"},{"Start":"02:50.977 ","End":"02:57.565","Text":"so 6 squared is 36 minus twice 6 times x plus x squared."},{"Start":"02:57.565 ","End":"03:03.270","Text":"We get 2x^2 and I\u0027ll divide by 2 as I go along,"},{"Start":"03:03.270 ","End":"03:05.760","Text":"so 2x^2 over 2 is x^2."},{"Start":"03:05.760 ","End":"03:09.839","Text":"Then minus 12x, so minus 6x."},{"Start":"03:09.839 ","End":"03:13.515","Text":"Then plus 36, so plus 18."},{"Start":"03:13.515 ","End":"03:16.940","Text":"This is what f of x equals."},{"Start":"03:16.940 ","End":"03:20.840","Text":"That\u0027s the area of the shaded in terms of x."},{"Start":"03:20.840 ","End":"03:23.075","Text":"Now, let\u0027s differentiate."},{"Start":"03:23.075 ","End":"03:27.890","Text":"f prime of x is 2x minus 6."},{"Start":"03:27.890 ","End":"03:30.320","Text":"To find a possible minimum,"},{"Start":"03:30.320 ","End":"03:34.025","Text":"we should set f prime to 0,"},{"Start":"03:34.025 ","End":"03:36.935","Text":"which gives us, we can do it in our heads."},{"Start":"03:36.935 ","End":"03:38.570","Text":"2x minus 6 is 0,"},{"Start":"03:38.570 ","End":"03:40.188","Text":"so x is 3,"},{"Start":"03:40.188 ","End":"03:43.888","Text":"and if x is 3, that would answer b1"},{"Start":"03:43.888 ","End":"03:47.495","Text":"except that we haven\u0027t really shown that it\u0027s minimal."},{"Start":"03:47.495 ","End":"03:50.395","Text":"Let\u0027s do it with the table method."},{"Start":"03:50.395 ","End":"03:55.650","Text":"I\u0027ll make a table which has 3 rows."},{"Start":"03:55.650 ","End":"04:01.812","Text":"We have x, we have f prime of x, and we have f of x,"},{"Start":"04:01.812 ","End":"04:03.380","Text":"and here we put all the suspects."},{"Start":"04:03.380 ","End":"04:06.455","Text":"We only have one suspect, that\u0027s x equals 3."},{"Start":"04:06.455 ","End":"04:09.380","Text":"At this point, the derivative is 0."},{"Start":"04:09.380 ","End":"04:13.775","Text":"We\u0027d like to know what it is a bit before and a bit after or whatever."},{"Start":"04:13.775 ","End":"04:18.028","Text":"Let\u0027s try 2 and 4 and put that into f prime,"},{"Start":"04:18.028 ","End":"04:20.195","Text":"so f prime is this."},{"Start":"04:20.195 ","End":"04:23.839","Text":"If I put in 2, I get twice 2 minus 6, it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"04:23.839 ","End":"04:25.173","Text":"All I care about is the sign,"},{"Start":"04:25.173 ","End":"04:28.340","Text":"and if I put 4 to 8 minus 6, it\u0027s positive."},{"Start":"04:28.340 ","End":"04:31.820","Text":"Negative means that the function is decreasing."},{"Start":"04:31.820 ","End":"04:33.965","Text":"Positive means it\u0027s increasing."},{"Start":"04:33.965 ","End":"04:38.509","Text":"So decreasing to the point and then increasing after makes it a minimum,"},{"Start":"04:38.509 ","End":"04:40.410","Text":"so we\u0027re all right."},{"Start":"04:40.410 ","End":"04:46.480","Text":"The answer to part b1 is that x equals 3."},{"Start":"04:46.550 ","End":"04:54.680","Text":"We still have question b2 and we know where the minimum is obtained."},{"Start":"04:54.680 ","End":"04:58.400","Text":"We know that the minimum is obtained when x equals 3."},{"Start":"04:58.400 ","End":"04:59.810","Text":"But what is that minimum?"},{"Start":"04:59.810 ","End":"05:05.726","Text":"All we have to do is find out what is f of 3 equal to"},{"Start":"05:05.726 ","End":"05:08.790","Text":"and that will give us the minimum value."},{"Start":"05:09.080 ","End":"05:17.100","Text":"f of 3 is equal to 3^2 minus 6 times 3 plus 18."},{"Start":"05:17.100 ","End":"05:21.165","Text":"While 6 times 3 is 18, so all I\u0027m left with is 3 squared,"},{"Start":"05:21.165 ","End":"05:28.575","Text":"which equals 9 and the units are centimeters squared and here it\u0027s centimeters."},{"Start":"05:28.575 ","End":"05:32.190","Text":"I think we are done here."}],"ID":8564},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 9","Duration":"10m 20s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8374,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.000","Text":"Here we have another word problem in geometry."},{"Start":"00:03.000 ","End":"00:05.700","Text":"I\u0027ll just explain instead of reading it out."},{"Start":"00:05.700 ","End":"00:08.550","Text":"Basically what we have here is a square A, B, C, D,"},{"Start":"00:08.550 ","End":"00:13.005","Text":"which means that all 4 sides are equal and all the angles are 90 degrees."},{"Start":"00:13.005 ","End":"00:16.800","Text":"What more is we have a point E outside"},{"Start":"00:16.800 ","End":"00:21.135","Text":"the square in such a way that if we connect it to D and to C,"},{"Start":"00:21.135 ","End":"00:23.700","Text":"then this is an isosceles triangle."},{"Start":"00:23.700 ","End":"00:26.985","Text":"What that means is that this side,"},{"Start":"00:26.985 ","End":"00:30.690","Text":"these are the legs of the isosceles triangle and this are equal in"},{"Start":"00:30.690 ","End":"00:35.430","Text":"length and where they cut is M and N. Now,"},{"Start":"00:35.430 ","End":"00:39.510","Text":"what we\u0027re interested in is what should the length of AM be,"},{"Start":"00:39.510 ","End":"00:42.730","Text":"and let\u0027s call this one x."},{"Start":"00:44.390 ","End":"00:46.770","Text":"Now, the sum of the areas,"},{"Start":"00:46.770 ","End":"00:48.240","Text":"I\u0027ll just shade it."},{"Start":"00:48.240 ","End":"00:53.590","Text":"The sum of all these 3 triangles has got to be minimized."},{"Start":"00:53.590 ","End":"00:58.550","Text":"That\u0027s an indication this is going to be our y or a function of x."},{"Start":"00:58.550 ","End":"01:00.560","Text":"Now, before we get started,"},{"Start":"01:00.560 ","End":"01:03.590","Text":"I just want to say from geometry we can tell."},{"Start":"01:03.590 ","End":"01:07.610","Text":"From geometry, we can conclude that this is also x."},{"Start":"01:07.610 ","End":"01:09.500","Text":"You can see it by symmetry."},{"Start":"01:09.500 ","End":"01:13.535","Text":"But if you really want a more precise reason, well,"},{"Start":"01:13.535 ","End":"01:18.545","Text":"these 2 green triangles are congruent because we have 2 angles."},{"Start":"01:18.545 ","End":"01:21.740","Text":"We have 90 degrees and 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:21.740 ","End":"01:23.545","Text":"We have this side,"},{"Start":"01:23.545 ","End":"01:25.305","Text":"and that\u0027s what I forgot to say,"},{"Start":"01:25.305 ","End":"01:27.300","Text":"that the side is 10 centimeters."},{"Start":"01:27.300 ","End":"01:30.800","Text":"This is 10 and this is 10 and they\u0027re all 10."},{"Start":"01:30.800 ","End":"01:36.350","Text":"The reason that this angle is also equal to this angle is"},{"Start":"01:36.350 ","End":"01:43.175","Text":"because these angles are equal because they\u0027re the base angles of an isosceles triangle."},{"Start":"01:43.175 ","End":"01:44.450","Text":"Let\u0027s say this is alpha,"},{"Start":"01:44.450 ","End":"01:46.820","Text":"and this is alpha, this alternate with this,"},{"Start":"01:46.820 ","End":"01:48.170","Text":"this alternates with this,"},{"Start":"01:48.170 ","End":"01:50.570","Text":"2 angles in the side, the congruent."},{"Start":"01:50.570 ","End":"01:52.340","Text":"This is also x."},{"Start":"01:52.340 ","End":"01:54.325","Text":"Enough with the geometry."},{"Start":"01:54.325 ","End":"01:58.790","Text":"Now, we want to get an expression for the sum of the 3 triangles,"},{"Start":"01:58.790 ","End":"02:00.515","Text":"which I\u0027ll call f of x,"},{"Start":"02:00.515 ","End":"02:02.975","Text":"where x is our independent variable."},{"Start":"02:02.975 ","End":"02:06.995","Text":"Let\u0027s see. Let\u0027s do this triangle first."},{"Start":"02:06.995 ","End":"02:10.970","Text":"It\u0027s 90 degrees, so it\u0027s just base times height."},{"Start":"02:10.970 ","End":"02:15.455","Text":"It\u0027s x times 10 over 2. x times 10 over 2."},{"Start":"02:15.455 ","End":"02:17.405","Text":"Likewise, this one is congruent,"},{"Start":"02:17.405 ","End":"02:21.150","Text":"so this is also x times 10 over 2."},{"Start":"02:21.150 ","End":"02:22.800","Text":"Now, the hard part,"},{"Start":"02:22.800 ","End":"02:25.745","Text":"what about this triangle, the one at the top?"},{"Start":"02:25.745 ","End":"02:28.055","Text":"How do I find the area of this?"},{"Start":"02:28.055 ","End":"02:30.950","Text":"Well, I need half base times height."},{"Start":"02:30.950 ","End":"02:34.770","Text":"The base is not so bad because this whole thing is 10,"},{"Start":"02:34.770 ","End":"02:36.785","Text":"and here I subtract x and x."},{"Start":"02:36.785 ","End":"02:40.250","Text":"This bit is 10 minus 2x."},{"Start":"02:40.250 ","End":"02:42.290","Text":"I\u0027ve got the base. The question is,"},{"Start":"02:42.290 ","End":"02:43.595","Text":"what about the height?"},{"Start":"02:43.595 ","End":"02:46.010","Text":"Let me draw that in a different color."},{"Start":"02:46.010 ","End":"02:50.330","Text":"What I need to know is the height of this triangle,"},{"Start":"02:50.330 ","End":"02:57.495","Text":"and we\u0027ll call that h. The way I\u0027m going to find h is using similar triangles."},{"Start":"02:57.495 ","End":"03:00.725","Text":"Now, this bit here after the h is 10."},{"Start":"03:00.725 ","End":"03:04.775","Text":"What I claim is that this big isosceles triangle"},{"Start":"03:04.775 ","End":"03:08.134","Text":"is similar to this small isosceles triangle."},{"Start":"03:08.134 ","End":"03:10.490","Text":"Well, I need for similarity of 2 triangles."},{"Start":"03:10.490 ","End":"03:11.600","Text":"I\u0027ve got alpha and alpha,"},{"Start":"03:11.600 ","End":"03:14.150","Text":"and here I\u0027ve got alpha and alpha, so they\u0027re similar."},{"Start":"03:14.150 ","End":"03:15.650","Text":"If there are similar,"},{"Start":"03:15.650 ","End":"03:18.530","Text":"then I can compare corresponding sides."},{"Start":"03:18.530 ","End":"03:22.295","Text":"I can compare the heights and the bases to be in the same ratio."},{"Start":"03:22.295 ","End":"03:25.595","Text":"What I\u0027m saying is that in this triangle,"},{"Start":"03:25.595 ","End":"03:29.089","Text":"the ratio of h,"},{"Start":"03:29.089 ","End":"03:32.090","Text":"the height of the small triangle to the height of the big triangle,"},{"Start":"03:32.090 ","End":"03:33.935","Text":"which is h plus 10,"},{"Start":"03:33.935 ","End":"03:38.840","Text":"is going to be in the same ratio as the base of this to the base of this."},{"Start":"03:38.840 ","End":"03:45.720","Text":"It\u0027s the ratio of 10 minus 2x to 10."},{"Start":"03:45.720 ","End":"03:50.065","Text":"What this means is that this over this equals this over this."},{"Start":"03:50.065 ","End":"03:53.895","Text":"What you do is you just multiply the outsides and the inside."},{"Start":"03:53.895 ","End":"04:00.555","Text":"h times 10 or 10 times h is equal to h plus 10"},{"Start":"04:00.555 ","End":"04:08.280","Text":"times 10 minus 2x.10h is equal."},{"Start":"04:08.280 ","End":"04:10.950","Text":"Now, to multiply out h times both of these,"},{"Start":"04:10.950 ","End":"04:15.355","Text":"I\u0027ve got 10h minus 2hx,"},{"Start":"04:15.355 ","End":"04:18.200","Text":"and then 10 times both of these,"},{"Start":"04:18.200 ","End":"04:22.215","Text":"so plus 100 minus 20x."},{"Start":"04:22.215 ","End":"04:27.425","Text":"I see that 10h and 10h cancel."},{"Start":"04:27.425 ","End":"04:30.995","Text":"Well, let\u0027s bring this to the other side."},{"Start":"04:30.995 ","End":"04:36.020","Text":"I\u0027ve got 2xh equals 100 minus 20x."},{"Start":"04:36.020 ","End":"04:38.285","Text":"I\u0027m trying to isolate h. Finally,"},{"Start":"04:38.285 ","End":"04:45.420","Text":"h equals 100 minus 20x over 2x."},{"Start":"04:45.520 ","End":"04:52.175","Text":"If I divide it out,100 over 2x is 50 over x,"},{"Start":"04:52.175 ","End":"04:57.190","Text":"and 20x over 2x is just 10."},{"Start":"04:57.190 ","End":"05:02.115","Text":"Now, I have a formula for h in terms of x."},{"Start":"05:02.115 ","End":"05:05.060","Text":"Now, I\u0027m going to add the missing piece."},{"Start":"05:05.060 ","End":"05:09.395","Text":"The missing piece here is this triangle,"},{"Start":"05:09.395 ","End":"05:13.565","Text":"and I need half the base times the height, so it\u0027s half."},{"Start":"05:13.565 ","End":"05:18.450","Text":"The base is 10 minus 2x times"},{"Start":"05:18.450 ","End":"05:23.100","Text":"the height h. But I don\u0027t want the height h. I don\u0027t want to copy this line."},{"Start":"05:23.100 ","End":"05:26.180","Text":"Again, I\u0027m just going to put h for what it is equal to here."},{"Start":"05:26.180 ","End":"05:30.260","Text":"Let\u0027s erase that h. Instead,"},{"Start":"05:30.260 ","End":"05:37.085","Text":"I\u0027m going to put 50 over x minus 10."},{"Start":"05:37.085 ","End":"05:39.560","Text":"This is our f of x."},{"Start":"05:39.560 ","End":"05:44.060","Text":"This is the function that\u0027s equal to the area of the green shaded bits."},{"Start":"05:44.060 ","End":"05:48.905","Text":"I\u0027m going to simplify this before we go any further because this looks a mess."},{"Start":"05:48.905 ","End":"05:50.990","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we can get here."},{"Start":"05:50.990 ","End":"05:54.080","Text":"Well, this plus this is just going to be 10x."},{"Start":"05:54.080 ","End":"05:55.730","Text":"It\u0027s over 2 and over 2,"},{"Start":"05:55.730 ","End":"05:59.100","Text":"so it\u0027s just 10x for this bit."},{"Start":"05:59.100 ","End":"06:01.140","Text":"This half can go."},{"Start":"06:01.140 ","End":"06:03.479","Text":"Let\u0027s see, if I get rid of this half,"},{"Start":"06:03.479 ","End":"06:07.110","Text":"I can make this 5 and this just x,"},{"Start":"06:07.110 ","End":"06:09.315","Text":"so it\u0027s 5 minus x."},{"Start":"06:09.315 ","End":"06:14.100","Text":"Let\u0027s multiply out what\u0027s here."},{"Start":"06:14.100 ","End":"06:16.920","Text":"5 minus x times this."},{"Start":"06:16.920 ","End":"06:24.795","Text":"The 5 with these 2 goes as 250 over x minus 50,"},{"Start":"06:24.795 ","End":"06:29.655","Text":"and then the minus x gives me minus 50."},{"Start":"06:29.655 ","End":"06:31.910","Text":"Then minus with minus is plus,"},{"Start":"06:31.910 ","End":"06:34.865","Text":"so it\u0027s plus 10x."},{"Start":"06:34.865 ","End":"06:37.100","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we can collect here."},{"Start":"06:37.100 ","End":"06:41.820","Text":"10x and 10x is 20x."},{"Start":"06:41.820 ","End":"06:46.215","Text":"Minus 50 and minus 50 is minus 100."},{"Start":"06:46.215 ","End":"06:50.595","Text":"Plus 250 over x,"},{"Start":"06:50.595 ","End":"06:53.670","Text":"so this is what f of x equals."},{"Start":"06:53.670 ","End":"06:56.745","Text":"I\u0027ll just highlight that."},{"Start":"06:56.745 ","End":"07:02.410","Text":"That gives the sum of the 3 areas in terms of x."},{"Start":"07:02.570 ","End":"07:06.615","Text":"Okay. This is what we want to minimize."},{"Start":"07:06.615 ","End":"07:16.475","Text":"This is what we\u0027re going to differentiate and then set to 0. f prime of x is equal to 20."},{"Start":"07:16.475 ","End":"07:21.590","Text":"This gives nothing, and the derivative of 1 over x is minus 1 over x squared,"},{"Start":"07:21.590 ","End":"07:25.025","Text":"so we get minus 250 over x squared."},{"Start":"07:25.025 ","End":"07:26.479","Text":"That\u0027s the derivative."},{"Start":"07:26.479 ","End":"07:29.295","Text":"Now, we want to look for suspects for extra mass."},{"Start":"07:29.295 ","End":"07:32.665","Text":"We set f prime of x equals to 0."},{"Start":"07:32.665 ","End":"07:36.750","Text":"That gives us that this minus this equals 0,"},{"Start":"07:36.750 ","End":"07:41.625","Text":"20 minus 250 over x squared equals 0."},{"Start":"07:41.625 ","End":"07:46.590","Text":"250 over x squared is equal to 20."},{"Start":"07:46.590 ","End":"07:55.965","Text":"Then we can switch between these 2 and say that x squared is 250 over 20."},{"Start":"07:55.965 ","End":"08:06.880","Text":"This comes out to be 12-and-a-half I guess, 12.5."},{"Start":"08:06.890 ","End":"08:09.525","Text":"X has to be positive,"},{"Start":"08:09.525 ","End":"08:13.705","Text":"so x is the plus square root of 12.5,"},{"Start":"08:13.705 ","End":"08:17.285","Text":"and that\u0027s approximately equal to 3.5."},{"Start":"08:17.285 ","End":"08:22.165","Text":"But we still haven\u0027t shown that is truly a minimum."},{"Start":"08:22.165 ","End":"08:24.260","Text":"What we need to do is,"},{"Start":"08:24.260 ","End":"08:27.845","Text":"well the several possibilities not going to use the table method."},{"Start":"08:27.845 ","End":"08:33.320","Text":"The table means that I make a table as follows."},{"Start":"08:33.320 ","End":"08:35.520","Text":"I have 3 rows in it."},{"Start":"08:35.520 ","End":"08:40.110","Text":"I have x, I have f prime of x,"},{"Start":"08:40.110 ","End":"08:46.240","Text":"and I have f of x. I put in all the suspicious or candidates for extra math."},{"Start":"08:46.240 ","End":"08:50.165","Text":"I only have 1, and that\u0027s the square root of 12.5."},{"Start":"08:50.165 ","End":"08:55.330","Text":"That\u0027s, as I said, is roughly 3.5."},{"Start":"08:56.030 ","End":"09:00.380","Text":"At this point is where the f prime is 0."},{"Start":"09:00.380 ","End":"09:02.060","Text":"That\u0027s how we got to it."},{"Start":"09:02.060 ","End":"09:06.450","Text":"What I need to know is if it\u0027s increasing or decreasing before or after."},{"Start":"09:06.450 ","End":"09:10.040","Text":"Let\u0027s take 0.3 and 0.4,"},{"Start":"09:10.040 ","End":"09:11.315","Text":"which are around it."},{"Start":"09:11.315 ","End":"09:13.010","Text":"That\u0027s why I need to know approximately."},{"Start":"09:13.010 ","End":"09:15.455","Text":"I need to know something smaller, something bigger."},{"Start":"09:15.455 ","End":"09:19.865","Text":"If I put in x equals 3 in f prime,"},{"Start":"09:19.865 ","End":"09:27.660","Text":"so I get 20 minus 250 over 9."},{"Start":"09:31.580 ","End":"09:36.405","Text":"Well, it\u0027s more than 250 over 10."},{"Start":"09:36.405 ","End":"09:39.500","Text":"It\u0027s more than 25. This comes out negative."},{"Start":"09:39.500 ","End":"09:42.455","Text":"Basically, what I\u0027m saying is this comes out negative."},{"Start":"09:42.455 ","End":"09:46.865","Text":"If I put in x equals 4, then x squared is 16."},{"Start":"09:46.865 ","End":"09:53.840","Text":"250 over 16, well it\u0027s less than 16 because 16 squared is 256,"},{"Start":"09:53.840 ","End":"09:57.785","Text":"and that means that this is positive or you can do it with the calculator also."},{"Start":"09:57.785 ","End":"09:59.490","Text":"Anyway, it\u0027s negative here,"},{"Start":"09:59.490 ","End":"10:01.400","Text":"so the function is decreasing,"},{"Start":"10:01.400 ","End":"10:03.775","Text":"positive here the function is increasing."},{"Start":"10:03.775 ","End":"10:05.990","Text":"Here at the point itself,"},{"Start":"10:05.990 ","End":"10:07.880","Text":"between decreasing and increasing,"},{"Start":"10:07.880 ","End":"10:10.115","Text":"it must be a minimum."},{"Start":"10:10.115 ","End":"10:14.600","Text":"What we have shown is that indeed x,"},{"Start":"10:14.600 ","End":"10:16.415","Text":"which is what we had to find,"},{"Start":"10:16.415 ","End":"10:18.905","Text":"is square root of 12.5,"},{"Start":"10:18.905 ","End":"10:21.330","Text":"and we are done."}],"ID":8565},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 10","Duration":"13m 54s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8375,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.770","Text":"In this exercise we have a word problem."},{"Start":"00:02.770 ","End":"00:05.520","Text":"The first correction, I apologize,"},{"Start":"00:05.520 ","End":"00:11.795","Text":"I wrote equilateral and I meant isosceles and no harm done."},{"Start":"00:11.795 ","End":"00:15.050","Text":"We have a circle with radius R,"},{"Start":"00:15.050 ","End":"00:17.195","Text":"and that means that,"},{"Start":"00:17.195 ","End":"00:19.680","Text":"say this is R from here to here,"},{"Start":"00:19.680 ","End":"00:27.075","Text":"and this would be R. The isosceles means that this side would equal this side."},{"Start":"00:27.075 ","End":"00:30.120","Text":"The long base is a diameter,"},{"Start":"00:30.120 ","End":"00:32.650","Text":"it goes to the center."},{"Start":"00:32.650 ","End":"00:36.510","Text":"We also have it inscribed in the circle,"},{"Start":"00:36.510 ","End":"00:39.870","Text":"that means that all the points lie on the circle."},{"Start":"00:39.870 ","End":"00:49.215","Text":"What we want to do is we want to express the area of the trapezoid."},{"Start":"00:49.215 ","End":"00:52.870","Text":"The area, let\u0027s see, I\u0027ll shade it."},{"Start":"00:55.030 ","End":"00:58.040","Text":"This is what we\u0027re talking about."},{"Start":"00:58.040 ","End":"01:03.980","Text":"We want to write this in terms of the parameter R and in terms of the short base."},{"Start":"01:03.980 ","End":"01:07.474","Text":"Let\u0027s call the short base x,"},{"Start":"01:07.474 ","End":"01:11.165","Text":"and that will be our independent variable."},{"Start":"01:11.165 ","End":"01:15.400","Text":"This area will be f of x."},{"Start":"01:15.400 ","End":"01:21.525","Text":"We\u0027ll express it as I say in terms of x and in terms of R. Then we want to look"},{"Start":"01:21.525 ","End":"01:27.880","Text":"for the trapezoid as such with maximal area."},{"Start":"01:28.490 ","End":"01:33.830","Text":"First of all, we have to get the formula and then we can start with differentiating,"},{"Start":"01:33.830 ","End":"01:37.100","Text":"setting the derivative equal to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"01:37.100 ","End":"01:42.215","Text":"Let\u0027s see how we can find the area."},{"Start":"01:42.215 ","End":"01:48.695","Text":"We need a bit of construction because we need to figure out the height."},{"Start":"01:48.695 ","End":"01:51.980","Text":"What I mean is that the f of x,"},{"Start":"01:51.980 ","End":"01:53.824","Text":"I can say straight away,"},{"Start":"01:53.824 ","End":"01:59.160","Text":"is by the formula for the area of a trapezoid is sum of the bases."},{"Start":"01:59.160 ","End":"02:01.725","Text":"This base is 2R,"},{"Start":"02:01.725 ","End":"02:07.660","Text":"this base is x times the height over 2."},{"Start":"02:07.660 ","End":"02:10.275","Text":"But the thing is we don\u0027t have the height."},{"Start":"02:10.275 ","End":"02:14.955","Text":"The height, let\u0027s put it in a nice color say red."},{"Start":"02:14.955 ","End":"02:16.635","Text":"This would be the height,"},{"Start":"02:16.635 ","End":"02:18.650","Text":"this is what we\u0027ve got to figure out."},{"Start":"02:18.650 ","End":"02:21.470","Text":"Let\u0027s join this point."},{"Start":"02:21.470 ","End":"02:28.325","Text":"Let me just also draw the height on this side because you see what we have now"},{"Start":"02:28.325 ","End":"02:35.920","Text":"is that from here to here is also x."},{"Start":"02:35.920 ","End":"02:38.690","Text":"This bit in here is x over 2."},{"Start":"02:38.690 ","End":"02:40.370","Text":"You can see it\u0027s symmetrical,"},{"Start":"02:40.370 ","End":"02:43.070","Text":"I\u0027m not going to go into most of the proofs."},{"Start":"02:43.070 ","End":"02:46.345","Text":"This is another radius."},{"Start":"02:46.345 ","End":"02:48.620","Text":"If I just focus on that bit here,"},{"Start":"02:48.620 ","End":"02:51.830","Text":"let me just draw it separately at the side."},{"Start":"02:51.830 ","End":"02:55.910","Text":"That triangle here, we have R,"},{"Start":"02:55.910 ","End":"03:00.935","Text":"we have 90 degrees and we have x over 2,"},{"Start":"03:00.935 ","End":"03:03.455","Text":"and this is the height."},{"Start":"03:03.455 ","End":"03:07.310","Text":"We can figure it out from Pythagoras."},{"Start":"03:07.310 ","End":"03:13.350","Text":"This is equal to 2R plus x,"},{"Start":"03:13.350 ","End":"03:18.690","Text":"and h is just the square root of R squared minus x over"},{"Start":"03:18.690 ","End":"03:24.915","Text":"2 squared over 2."},{"Start":"03:24.915 ","End":"03:31.110","Text":"I\u0027m going to rewrite this with the 1/2 here, it\u0027s more convenient."},{"Start":"03:31.110 ","End":"03:33.710","Text":"Anyway we have a square root here."},{"Start":"03:33.710 ","End":"03:40.325","Text":"So we\u0027re going to use the standard trick that if you have a positive function,"},{"Start":"03:40.325 ","End":"03:42.620","Text":"if it\u0027s all under the square root and you\u0027re okay,"},{"Start":"03:42.620 ","End":"03:44.945","Text":"but here some is under the square root and some is not,"},{"Start":"03:44.945 ","End":"03:50.090","Text":"but this part is positive because we\u0027re only taking positive x."},{"Start":"03:50.090 ","End":"03:52.265","Text":"When you have a positive function,"},{"Start":"03:52.265 ","End":"03:57.375","Text":"you can get the minimum or maximum when you square it."},{"Start":"03:57.375 ","End":"04:01.050","Text":"Let\u0027s say that I don\u0027t know, I\u0027ll call it y,"},{"Start":"04:01.050 ","End":"04:03.570","Text":"but note that is equal f of x,"},{"Start":"04:03.570 ","End":"04:05.910","Text":"but f of x squared."},{"Start":"04:05.910 ","End":"04:14.190","Text":"Then we\u0027ll get that y equals 1/4 times 2R plus x squared."},{"Start":"04:14.190 ","End":"04:17.870","Text":"Then here I get rid of the square root and just have R"},{"Start":"04:17.870 ","End":"04:22.180","Text":"squared minus let say x squared over 4."},{"Start":"04:22.180 ","End":"04:26.800","Text":"Now we want minimum or maximum of y."},{"Start":"04:26.840 ","End":"04:31.200","Text":"The same x will be the minimum or maximum for f,"},{"Start":"04:31.200 ","End":"04:34.100","Text":"because the value of y will be the value of f squared,"},{"Start":"04:34.100 ","End":"04:36.155","Text":"but the x will be the same."},{"Start":"04:36.155 ","End":"04:39.320","Text":"Let\u0027s use the product rule on this,"},{"Start":"04:39.320 ","End":"04:43.355","Text":"where I\u0027ll take this path,"},{"Start":"04:43.355 ","End":"04:48.720","Text":"let\u0027s say to be u,"},{"Start":"04:48.720 ","End":"04:58.275","Text":"and I\u0027ll let this part be v. Remember that uv prime is u prime v plus uv prime,"},{"Start":"04:58.275 ","End":"05:03.635","Text":"but I also have something squared and we\u0027ll use the chain rule for that."},{"Start":"05:03.635 ","End":"05:08.690","Text":"Let\u0027s do it, y prime is equal to,"},{"Start":"05:08.690 ","End":"05:12.095","Text":"now differentiate this, the 1/4 just stays."},{"Start":"05:12.095 ","End":"05:14.465","Text":"Here I have something squared."},{"Start":"05:14.465 ","End":"05:17.075","Text":"I have twice that something,"},{"Start":"05:17.075 ","End":"05:20.790","Text":"which is 2R plus x,"},{"Start":"05:21.380 ","End":"05:24.300","Text":"and then times the inner derivative."},{"Start":"05:24.300 ","End":"05:26.850","Text":"I\u0027m going to write times 1 to show you that I haven\u0027t forgotten,"},{"Start":"05:26.850 ","End":"05:28.920","Text":"but the inner derivative of 2R plus x,"},{"Start":"05:28.920 ","End":"05:32.700","Text":"just 1. That\u0027s u prime."},{"Start":"05:32.700 ","End":"05:39.649","Text":"I still need the v, so I still need R squared minus x squared over 4 plus,"},{"Start":"05:39.649 ","End":"05:41.375","Text":"now I\u0027ve got the second term."},{"Start":"05:41.375 ","End":"05:47.690","Text":"This as is 1/4 2R plus x squared."},{"Start":"05:47.690 ","End":"05:58.130","Text":"Now this is a constant and the derivative of this is minus 2 times x over 4."},{"Start":"05:58.130 ","End":"06:04.890","Text":"This is just minus x over 2."},{"Start":"06:05.000 ","End":"06:07.535","Text":"I\u0027ll just show you this bit again."},{"Start":"06:07.535 ","End":"06:12.170","Text":"The x squared over 4 derivative,"},{"Start":"06:12.170 ","End":"06:15.275","Text":"x squared gives me 2x."},{"Start":"06:15.275 ","End":"06:18.670","Text":"The 4 is a constant so it stays."},{"Start":"06:18.670 ","End":"06:20.970","Text":"Then the 2 with the 4 cancel,"},{"Start":"06:20.970 ","End":"06:25.540","Text":"so I\u0027ve just got 2 here and that gives me that, and there\u0027s the minus."},{"Start":"06:25.540 ","End":"06:28.790","Text":"Now I\u0027m going to simplify this a bit."},{"Start":"06:28.790 ","End":"06:30.320","Text":"Let\u0027s see what I\u0027m going to do."},{"Start":"06:30.320 ","End":"06:31.940","Text":"I got too many fractions."},{"Start":"06:31.940 ","End":"06:36.110","Text":"You know what, I see that 1/4 times 2 is 1/2,"},{"Start":"06:36.110 ","End":"06:37.900","Text":"and here I have 1/4."},{"Start":"06:37.900 ","End":"06:40.280","Text":"If I put it over 8 also here,"},{"Start":"06:40.280 ","End":"06:42.020","Text":"4 and 2 is 8,"},{"Start":"06:42.020 ","End":"06:46.000","Text":"so why don\u0027t I write this as 1/8."},{"Start":"06:46.000 ","End":"06:48.510","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we have left."},{"Start":"06:48.510 ","End":"06:52.425","Text":"This is 1/2, so that disappears."},{"Start":"06:52.425 ","End":"06:55.334","Text":"I\u0027ve got 2R plus x."},{"Start":"06:55.334 ","End":"06:59.415","Text":"Then we\u0027re multiplying this by 2 and this by 4,"},{"Start":"06:59.415 ","End":"07:03.915","Text":"so I have 4R squared minus x squared."},{"Start":"07:03.915 ","End":"07:06.210","Text":"Here I get rid of the 4 and the 2,"},{"Start":"07:06.210 ","End":"07:10.745","Text":"because of the 8, but also the plus with the minus makes it a minus."},{"Start":"07:10.745 ","End":"07:20.670","Text":"I have minus x times 2R plus x all squared."},{"Start":"07:21.260 ","End":"07:27.955","Text":"I\u0027m looking for critical points where y prime is equal to 0,"},{"Start":"07:27.955 ","End":"07:30.145","Text":"and this will give me,"},{"Start":"07:30.145 ","End":"07:32.015","Text":"I can do some canceling."},{"Start":"07:32.015 ","End":"07:36.350","Text":"If this equals 0, then I can multiply both sides by 8,"},{"Start":"07:36.350 ","End":"07:38.629","Text":"so I don\u0027t need this."},{"Start":"07:38.629 ","End":"07:44.370","Text":"Also notice that the 2R plus x here and 2R plus x squared,"},{"Start":"07:44.370 ","End":"07:51.460","Text":"so I can cancel this with 1 of the 2R plus x\u0027s from here."},{"Start":"07:51.710 ","End":"07:55.970","Text":"Then when something minus something is 0, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"07:55.970 ","End":"08:01.745","Text":"should I bring this to the other side? I\u0027ll leave it on the left."},{"Start":"08:01.745 ","End":"08:08.909","Text":"We\u0027ve got 4R squared minus x squared"},{"Start":"08:08.909 ","End":"08:14.765","Text":"minus 2Rx from this"},{"Start":"08:14.765 ","End":"08:19.935","Text":"and then minus x squared,"},{"Start":"08:19.935 ","End":"08:23.865","Text":"and this equals 0."},{"Start":"08:23.865 ","End":"08:31.610","Text":"Now look, this with this combines that\u0027s minus 2x squared."},{"Start":"08:31.610 ","End":"08:34.505","Text":"Now everything divides by 2,"},{"Start":"08:34.505 ","End":"08:36.395","Text":"but I\u0027d like the x squared to be positive."},{"Start":"08:36.395 ","End":"08:42.560","Text":"I\u0027m going to divide by minus 2."},{"Start":"08:42.560 ","End":"08:46.114","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we get."},{"Start":"08:46.114 ","End":"08:52.535","Text":"Minus 2x squared over minus 2 is just x squared."},{"Start":"08:52.535 ","End":"08:55.700","Text":"Then I have the minus 2Rx,"},{"Start":"08:55.700 ","End":"08:59.060","Text":"so it becomes plus Rx."},{"Start":"08:59.060 ","End":"09:04.520","Text":"This divided by minus 2"},{"Start":"09:04.520 ","End":"09:12.025","Text":"means minus 2R squared."},{"Start":"09:12.025 ","End":"09:16.205","Text":"Now you could solve this with the quadratic formula."},{"Start":"09:16.205 ","End":"09:18.950","Text":"Let\u0027s do it by factoring."},{"Start":"09:18.950 ","End":"09:26.105","Text":"I mean, it has to be x with something and x with something."},{"Start":"09:26.105 ","End":"09:28.490","Text":"Here I have 2R squared,"},{"Start":"09:28.490 ","End":"09:33.080","Text":"so it\u0027s going to be 2R times R,"},{"Start":"09:33.080 ","End":"09:34.310","Text":"and 1 of them is going to be plus,"},{"Start":"09:34.310 ","End":"09:36.140","Text":"so 1 of them is going to be minus."},{"Start":"09:36.140 ","End":"09:37.865","Text":"But to get the plus here,"},{"Start":"09:37.865 ","End":"09:39.590","Text":"I\u0027ll do it like this,"},{"Start":"09:39.590 ","End":"09:43.310","Text":"and I\u0027ll check x times x is x squared plus 2Rx"},{"Start":"09:43.310 ","End":"09:48.370","Text":"minus Rx is this minus 2R squared, and this equals 0."},{"Start":"09:48.370 ","End":"09:51.530","Text":"When a product is 0, 1 of them has to be 0."},{"Start":"09:51.530 ","End":"09:54.830","Text":"This gives us x equals minus 2R."},{"Start":"09:54.830 ","End":"09:57.475","Text":"This gives us x equals R,"},{"Start":"09:57.475 ","End":"09:59.130","Text":"we\u0027re only working with positive,"},{"Start":"09:59.130 ","End":"10:01.395","Text":"so this is ruled out."},{"Start":"10:01.395 ","End":"10:06.315","Text":"We were looking for x that gives the maximum value,"},{"Start":"10:06.315 ","End":"10:09.050","Text":"and this is the only possibility."},{"Start":"10:09.050 ","End":"10:12.590","Text":"The thing is that we should show that it really is a maximum,"},{"Start":"10:12.590 ","End":"10:15.740","Text":"it\u0027s not a minimum, or something else, it\u0027s a critical point."},{"Start":"10:15.740 ","End":"10:20.300","Text":"Meanwhile, what we\u0027ll do is the 2nd derivative test."},{"Start":"10:20.300 ","End":"10:23.705","Text":"It\u0027s usually good when you have parameters."},{"Start":"10:23.705 ","End":"10:26.160","Text":"Let\u0027s go back to y prime."},{"Start":"10:26.160 ","End":"10:29.990","Text":"Now y prime is this expression before canceling."},{"Start":"10:29.990 ","End":"10:35.160","Text":"It\u0027s really 1/8 and I have to put"},{"Start":"10:35.160 ","End":"10:40.710","Text":"back the 2R plus x that I canceled,"},{"Start":"10:40.710 ","End":"10:43.580","Text":"but the algebra I did here is"},{"Start":"10:43.580 ","End":"10:52.790","Text":"good except that I have to put back that minus 2 that I canceled back,"},{"Start":"10:52.790 ","End":"10:57.755","Text":"because I want the y prime in its original form."},{"Start":"10:57.755 ","End":"11:02.975","Text":"I mean simplified but not divided by all kinds of constants."},{"Start":"11:02.975 ","End":"11:05.930","Text":"Then we have, what is it here, yeah,"},{"Start":"11:05.930 ","End":"11:12.910","Text":"x squared plus Rx minus 2R squared."},{"Start":"11:13.300 ","End":"11:18.535","Text":"Now I\u0027m going to differentiate again to get y double prime."},{"Start":"11:18.535 ","End":"11:26.250","Text":"Now this minus 2 with the 1/8 gives me minus 1/4."},{"Start":"11:26.250 ","End":"11:32.205","Text":"Other than that, I\u0027ll do the product rule on this times this."},{"Start":"11:32.205 ","End":"11:41.675","Text":"Say this part and this part will be my u and the v. The derivative of u is just"},{"Start":"11:41.675 ","End":"11:51.450","Text":"1 and then v as is x squared plus Rx minus 2R squared."},{"Start":"11:51.450 ","End":"11:56.430","Text":"Then the other way round."},{"Start":"11:56.430 ","End":"12:02.255","Text":"I guess I have to put brackets here because the minus 1/4 applies to the whole thing."},{"Start":"12:02.255 ","End":"12:10.270","Text":"The 2R plus x as is and the derivative of this 2x plus"},{"Start":"12:10.270 ","End":"12:17.190","Text":"R. Now what I have to do is"},{"Start":"12:17.190 ","End":"12:25.690","Text":"plug-in y double prime when x is equal to R and see if it comes out positive or negative."},{"Start":"12:25.690 ","End":"12:30.420","Text":"This equals minus 1/4."},{"Start":"12:30.420 ","End":"12:32.700","Text":"Now, if x is R,"},{"Start":"12:32.700 ","End":"12:34.305","Text":"well, I\u0027ll just write it,"},{"Start":"12:34.305 ","End":"12:43.664","Text":"R squared plus R times R is R squared minus 2R squared plus,"},{"Start":"12:43.664 ","End":"12:52.060","Text":"here I have 2R plus R is 3R and 2x plus R is also 3R."},{"Start":"12:52.940 ","End":"12:59.660","Text":"Altogether, what I get is this part is just 0,"},{"Start":"12:59.660 ","End":"13:01.310","Text":"2R squared minus 2R squared,"},{"Start":"13:01.310 ","End":"13:06.405","Text":"and this part is just 9R squared."},{"Start":"13:06.405 ","End":"13:12.060","Text":"What I have is this is negative, this is positive."},{"Start":"13:12.060 ","End":"13:19.880","Text":"We have a negative times a positive and the answer is a negative,"},{"Start":"13:19.880 ","End":"13:23.400","Text":"which means that negative,"},{"Start":"13:23.400 ","End":"13:25.140","Text":"or less than 0."},{"Start":"13:25.140 ","End":"13:31.790","Text":"I\u0027m going to write it as less than 0 and less than 0 means that we"},{"Start":"13:31.790 ","End":"13:39.135","Text":"have a maximum by the 2nd derivative test."},{"Start":"13:39.135 ","End":"13:47.820","Text":"That concludes and the answer is that short base was this x,"},{"Start":"13:47.820 ","End":"13:55.320","Text":"and we found that the answer is that x is equal to the radius. Done."}],"ID":8566},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 11","Duration":"7m 13s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8376,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.764","Text":"Let me explain this word problem here in geometry."},{"Start":"00:03.764 ","End":"00:06.705","Text":"Also a maximum, minimum problem."},{"Start":"00:06.705 ","End":"00:08.685","Text":"We have a sector,"},{"Start":"00:08.685 ","End":"00:12.225","Text":"O, well this is not labeled this point here."},{"Start":"00:12.225 ","End":"00:14.880","Text":"This point here, this is a quarter of a circle."},{"Start":"00:14.880 ","End":"00:21.135","Text":"Quarter of a circle means that this angle is 90 degrees."},{"Start":"00:21.135 ","End":"00:27.900","Text":"We\u0027re also given a rectangle such that A and B are on the radii,"},{"Start":"00:27.900 ","End":"00:30.390","Text":"A is on this radius and B is on this radius."},{"Start":"00:30.390 ","End":"00:33.855","Text":"Also, DC is tangent to this radius,"},{"Start":"00:33.855 ","End":"00:36.720","Text":"and only tangent at the midpoint."},{"Start":"00:36.720 ","End":"00:40.050","Text":"This bit equals this bit."},{"Start":"00:40.050 ","End":"00:45.980","Text":"Of course, it follows because the tangent is always 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"00:45.980 ","End":"00:48.965","Text":"that also this bit is equal to this bit."},{"Start":"00:48.965 ","End":"00:53.315","Text":"Now, there are many possible such rectangles that we could draw."},{"Start":"00:53.315 ","End":"00:55.940","Text":"Any place here, if I drew AB,"},{"Start":"00:55.940 ","End":"00:59.195","Text":"I could complete it to a rectangle."},{"Start":"00:59.195 ","End":"01:03.575","Text":"What we have to find is among all such possible rectangles,"},{"Start":"01:03.575 ","End":"01:06.605","Text":"which one has the smallest diagonal length?"},{"Start":"01:06.605 ","End":"01:11.375","Text":"The diagonal length means from here to here."},{"Start":"01:11.375 ","End":"01:15.890","Text":"Which one of these rectangles will give the smallest diagonal length."},{"Start":"01:15.890 ","End":"01:23.030","Text":"That will be our dependent variable and I\u0027ll call it l for the moment."},{"Start":"01:23.030 ","End":"01:27.410","Text":"The question is what to take as the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:27.410 ","End":"01:30.440","Text":"There are several possibilities that come to mind."},{"Start":"01:30.440 ","End":"01:31.895","Text":"I could take the length here."},{"Start":"01:31.895 ","End":"01:33.440","Text":"I could take where this bit,"},{"Start":"01:33.440 ","End":"01:37.565","Text":"which I\u0027ve marked, this half of the length of the rectangle."},{"Start":"01:37.565 ","End":"01:44.395","Text":"I thought about it a while and decided to go with this bit and I\u0027ll call this my x."},{"Start":"01:44.395 ","End":"01:47.565","Text":"It\u0027s the height of the rectangle."},{"Start":"01:47.565 ","End":"01:52.805","Text":"If this is x, then because this is a radius,"},{"Start":"01:52.805 ","End":"01:56.435","Text":"all the radii are 10 centimeters. So this is 10."},{"Start":"01:56.435 ","End":"02:00.170","Text":"From O to, oh let\u0027s give it a label."},{"Start":"02:00.170 ","End":"02:03.685","Text":"Let\u0027s call this one M. So OM,"},{"Start":"02:03.685 ","End":"02:06.570","Text":"the length of OM is 10."},{"Start":"02:06.570 ","End":"02:09.050","Text":"Let me give a name for this one,"},{"Start":"02:09.050 ","End":"02:14.210","Text":"E. OE is equal"},{"Start":"02:14.210 ","End":"02:19.355","Text":"to 10 minus x. I\u0027ll just label them in the picture."},{"Start":"02:19.355 ","End":"02:23.390","Text":"This is 10 minus x because this is all 10 and this is x."},{"Start":"02:23.390 ","End":"02:25.735","Text":"This is also 10 minus x,"},{"Start":"02:25.735 ","End":"02:29.085","Text":"and this is also 10 minus x."},{"Start":"02:29.085 ","End":"02:32.900","Text":"Basically, I mean, we have everything we need to know."},{"Start":"02:32.900 ","End":"02:34.820","Text":"We have the rectangle."},{"Start":"02:34.820 ","End":"02:37.130","Text":"I\u0027ll just take out the important points."},{"Start":"02:37.130 ","End":"02:43.095","Text":"Its length is twice 10 minus x and its height is x."},{"Start":"02:43.095 ","End":"02:45.435","Text":"This is the rectangle."},{"Start":"02:45.435 ","End":"02:50.665","Text":"The length of the diagonal is l. We want to find"},{"Start":"02:50.665 ","End":"02:56.845","Text":"x such that the rectangle has the least diagonal."},{"Start":"02:56.845 ","End":"03:03.400","Text":"We can straightaway say that l is equal to using Pythagoras\u0027s theorem to"},{"Start":"03:03.400 ","End":"03:10.345","Text":"the square root of x squared plus,"},{"Start":"03:10.345 ","End":"03:16.510","Text":"let\u0027s see, 4 times 10 minus x squared."},{"Start":"03:16.510 ","End":"03:18.805","Text":"The 4 is 2 squared."},{"Start":"03:18.805 ","End":"03:23.320","Text":"We have to find what is the minimum, the smallest."},{"Start":"03:23.320 ","End":"03:27.180","Text":"We want the minimum for l,"},{"Start":"03:27.180 ","End":"03:30.710","Text":"we have to find which x gives the minimum l. Then we also"},{"Start":"03:30.710 ","End":"03:34.835","Text":"actually have to find the actual l that is the smallest."},{"Start":"03:34.835 ","End":"03:38.810","Text":"I\u0027m going to use a trick and the trick is this."},{"Start":"03:38.810 ","End":"03:45.185","Text":"If we have to minimize the square root of a function or maximize either way,"},{"Start":"03:45.185 ","End":"03:48.620","Text":"we can actually just throw out the square root and"},{"Start":"03:48.620 ","End":"03:52.660","Text":"find x which gives the maximum or minimum without the square root."},{"Start":"03:52.660 ","End":"03:56.310","Text":"Then we can get rid of that and I\u0027ll call it now y,"},{"Start":"03:56.310 ","End":"03:58.359","Text":"which is my l squared,"},{"Start":"03:58.359 ","End":"04:03.440","Text":"which is x squared plus 4 times 10 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:03.440 ","End":"04:07.639","Text":"As I say, the trick guarantees that the minimum"},{"Start":"04:07.639 ","End":"04:12.990","Text":"for y is also the minimum for l as far as x goes."},{"Start":"04:12.990 ","End":"04:14.810","Text":"When we actually have to find the diagonal,"},{"Start":"04:14.810 ","End":"04:17.015","Text":"of course, we substitute in here."},{"Start":"04:17.015 ","End":"04:25.190","Text":"Let\u0027s differentiate y prime equals 2x plus, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"04:25.190 ","End":"04:31.940","Text":"4 times 2 is 8 times 10 minus x times inner derivative,"},{"Start":"04:31.940 ","End":"04:34.235","Text":"which is minus 1."},{"Start":"04:34.235 ","End":"04:37.700","Text":"And let\u0027s see if we can simplify this a bit."},{"Start":"04:37.700 ","End":"04:41.130","Text":"So this is 2x and this is,"},{"Start":"04:41.130 ","End":"04:43.590","Text":"minus 1 and 8 is minus 8,"},{"Start":"04:43.590 ","End":"04:46.579","Text":"so minus 8 times 10 is minus 80,"},{"Start":"04:46.579 ","End":"04:51.620","Text":"minus 8 times minus x is plus 8x."},{"Start":"04:51.620 ","End":"04:56.000","Text":"This is 10x minus 80."},{"Start":"04:56.000 ","End":"05:01.265","Text":"Now suspect for minimum will be when y prime equals 0."},{"Start":"05:01.265 ","End":"05:02.870","Text":"Well, it\u0027s easy to do in our head."},{"Start":"05:02.870 ","End":"05:05.329","Text":"If 10x minus 80 is 0,"},{"Start":"05:05.329 ","End":"05:09.470","Text":"10x is 80, x is equal to 8."},{"Start":"05:09.470 ","End":"05:11.330","Text":"That\u0027s not the answer."},{"Start":"05:11.330 ","End":"05:14.450","Text":"The answer is the diagonal length."},{"Start":"05:14.450 ","End":"05:17.480","Text":"When x is 8, we have l equals,"},{"Start":"05:17.480 ","End":"05:21.485","Text":"let\u0027s call it l of 8 because l is a function of x,"},{"Start":"05:21.485 ","End":"05:26.495","Text":"is equal to the square root of"},{"Start":"05:26.495 ","End":"05:34.255","Text":"8 squared plus 4 times 10 minus 8 squared just substituting here."},{"Start":"05:34.255 ","End":"05:36.170","Text":"Let\u0027s see what it comes out."},{"Start":"05:36.170 ","End":"05:38.180","Text":"10 minus 8 is 2,"},{"Start":"05:38.180 ","End":"05:41.975","Text":"2 squared is 4, 4 times 4 is 16."},{"Start":"05:41.975 ","End":"05:46.710","Text":"16 plus 64 is 80."},{"Start":"05:46.710 ","End":"05:49.710","Text":"The shortest diagonal is 80."},{"Start":"05:49.710 ","End":"05:51.830","Text":"But there is still one thing we haven\u0027t done,"},{"Start":"05:51.830 ","End":"05:53.330","Text":"we haven\u0027t shown that it\u0027s a minimum,"},{"Start":"05:53.330 ","End":"05:54.710","Text":"maybe it\u0027s a maximum."},{"Start":"05:54.710 ","End":"05:58.015","Text":"Let\u0027s use the table method."},{"Start":"05:58.015 ","End":"06:02.060","Text":"Let\u0027s make a little table here with 3 rows."},{"Start":"06:02.060 ","End":"06:04.355","Text":"In this one, I put x, in this one,"},{"Start":"06:04.355 ","End":"06:06.360","Text":"I put y prime,"},{"Start":"06:06.360 ","End":"06:08.105","Text":"and in this one I put y."},{"Start":"06:08.105 ","End":"06:09.905","Text":"Here, I put my suspects."},{"Start":"06:09.905 ","End":"06:14.105","Text":"There is only one suspect and that is x equals 8."},{"Start":"06:14.105 ","End":"06:18.410","Text":"I need to substitute it in y prime."},{"Start":"06:18.410 ","End":"06:21.635","Text":"Actually, the easiest place to substitute,"},{"Start":"06:21.635 ","End":"06:23.300","Text":"this is y prime."},{"Start":"06:23.300 ","End":"06:26.075","Text":"And this would be where I would substitute."},{"Start":"06:26.075 ","End":"06:28.340","Text":"If I put x equals 8, of course,"},{"Start":"06:28.340 ","End":"06:31.475","Text":"I get 0 because that\u0027s how we found the 8."},{"Start":"06:31.475 ","End":"06:33.620","Text":"If I put x equals,"},{"Start":"06:33.620 ","End":"06:36.325","Text":"let\u0027s say 7 and 9,"},{"Start":"06:36.325 ","End":"06:38.745","Text":"at 7, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"06:38.745 ","End":"06:42.460","Text":"10 times 7 is 70 minus 80 is,"},{"Start":"06:42.460 ","End":"06:44.300","Text":"it doesn\u0027t matter what the number is."},{"Start":"06:44.300 ","End":"06:46.100","Text":"It\u0027s a negative quantity."},{"Start":"06:46.100 ","End":"06:47.930","Text":"If put x equals 9,"},{"Start":"06:47.930 ","End":"06:50.779","Text":"that\u0027s 90 minus 80, okay, it\u0027s positive."},{"Start":"06:50.779 ","End":"06:52.690","Text":"That\u0027s the important thing."},{"Start":"06:52.690 ","End":"06:54.770","Text":"If y prime is negative,"},{"Start":"06:54.770 ","End":"06:57.080","Text":"that means that y is decreasing."},{"Start":"06:57.080 ","End":"07:02.450","Text":"Here, y prime is increasing and that means that we\u0027ve got something like this,"},{"Start":"07:02.450 ","End":"07:04.685","Text":"which is a minimum."},{"Start":"07:04.685 ","End":"07:06.559","Text":"Indeed we have a minimum."},{"Start":"07:06.559 ","End":"07:08.195","Text":"It\u0027s obtained when x is 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that the sides of the rectangle,"},{"Start":"00:20.670 ","End":"00:22.860","Text":"this is 2 and this is 2."},{"Start":"00:22.860 ","End":"00:25.380","Text":"We\u0027re working in centimeters, everything."},{"Start":"00:25.380 ","End":"00:29.355","Text":"This triangle, the roof is an isosceles triangle."},{"Start":"00:29.355 ","End":"00:32.635","Text":"Where this is 4 and this is 4."},{"Start":"00:32.635 ","End":"00:38.560","Text":"The question is about the area of the pentagon."},{"Start":"00:38.560 ","End":"00:42.965","Text":"What the greatest area possible?"},{"Start":"00:42.965 ","End":"00:45.804","Text":"Obviously, this is a maximum problem,"},{"Start":"00:45.804 ","End":"00:54.060","Text":"and the dependent variable is going to be the area of the pentagon."},{"Start":"00:54.060 ","End":"00:57.365","Text":"If I let y be the area of the pentagon,"},{"Start":"00:57.365 ","End":"01:02.450","Text":"then we have that y is equal to"},{"Start":"01:02.450 ","End":"01:10.144","Text":"the area of the rectangle plus the area,"},{"Start":"01:10.144 ","End":"01:13.055","Text":"I use that for area, of the triangle."},{"Start":"01:13.055 ","End":"01:14.539","Text":"Let me just be specific."},{"Start":"01:14.539 ","End":"01:17.390","Text":"The rectangle would be E, B,"},{"Start":"01:17.390 ","End":"01:20.940","Text":"C, D, and the triangle will be A,"},{"Start":"01:20.940 ","End":"01:24.260","Text":"B, E. Then I\u0027m going to work out these things bit by"},{"Start":"01:24.260 ","End":"01:27.680","Text":"bit until we get it in terms of the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:27.680 ","End":"01:29.420","Text":"That brings me to the next question."},{"Start":"01:29.420 ","End":"01:31.625","Text":"What is the independent variable?"},{"Start":"01:31.625 ","End":"01:33.770","Text":"Well, many things are possible."},{"Start":"01:33.770 ","End":"01:40.385","Text":"I found it useful to take the angle Alpha as the variable,"},{"Start":"01:40.385 ","End":"01:44.180","Text":"and I can figure out what else I need in terms of Alpha."},{"Start":"01:44.180 ","End":"01:49.579","Text":"For example, in order to compute the area of the rectangle,"},{"Start":"01:49.579 ","End":"01:51.215","Text":"I\u0027d like to know this."},{"Start":"01:51.215 ","End":"01:54.080","Text":"Let me call this x."},{"Start":"01:54.080 ","End":"01:56.270","Text":"That\u0027s this side here,"},{"Start":"01:56.270 ","End":"01:58.100","Text":"and this would be x also."},{"Start":"01:58.100 ","End":"02:02.660","Text":"I\u0027d also like to know what is the height of this triangle,"},{"Start":"02:02.660 ","End":"02:07.055","Text":"because obviously I\u0027m going to use the formula 1/2 base times height."},{"Start":"02:07.055 ","End":"02:10.705","Text":"This is h. Now,"},{"Start":"02:10.705 ","End":"02:12.720","Text":"I can continue with this."},{"Start":"02:12.720 ","End":"02:14.435","Text":"Even though I don\u0027t know everything,"},{"Start":"02:14.435 ","End":"02:19.130","Text":"I can say that this is equal to x times 2,"},{"Start":"02:19.130 ","End":"02:20.870","Text":"because that\u0027s the area of a rectangle,"},{"Start":"02:20.870 ","End":"02:24.510","Text":"base times height, x times 2."},{"Start":"02:24.510 ","End":"02:29.950","Text":"This area of this triangle is going to be a 1/2 times"},{"Start":"02:29.950 ","End":"02:36.335","Text":"x times h. Now what I want to do is get x and h in terms of Alpha."},{"Start":"02:36.335 ","End":"02:42.265","Text":"Let\u0027s start with x. I have 2 separate triangles here."},{"Start":"02:42.265 ","End":"02:44.350","Text":"This is Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"02:44.350 ","End":"02:47.050","Text":"Let me just look at the left triangle,"},{"Start":"02:47.050 ","End":"02:48.940","Text":"and this is x over 2."},{"Start":"02:48.940 ","End":"02:51.650","Text":"It\u0027s isosceles, everything symmetric."},{"Start":"02:51.650 ","End":"02:59.799","Text":"I can say that the sine of Alpha over 2 is the side opposite,"},{"Start":"02:59.799 ","End":"03:05.125","Text":"which is x over 2 over the hypotenuse,"},{"Start":"03:05.125 ","End":"03:07.705","Text":"which is over 4."},{"Start":"03:07.705 ","End":"03:14.865","Text":"So I\u0027ve got that sine Alpha over 2 is x over 8."},{"Start":"03:14.865 ","End":"03:22.395","Text":"So x is equal to 8 sine of Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"03:22.395 ","End":"03:25.200","Text":"That\u0027s 1 result for x."},{"Start":"03:25.200 ","End":"03:28.955","Text":"Now how about h? This time,"},{"Start":"03:28.955 ","End":"03:35.705","Text":"I shall use the cosine of the angle and get that"},{"Start":"03:35.705 ","End":"03:44.000","Text":"the cosine of Alpha over 2 is the side adjacent over the hypotenuse."},{"Start":"03:44.000 ","End":"03:46.805","Text":"This would be h over 4."},{"Start":"03:46.805 ","End":"03:56.595","Text":"So h would equal 4 times cosine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"03:56.595 ","End":"04:01.070","Text":"Now, I\u0027m all ready to get back here and to write"},{"Start":"04:01.070 ","End":"04:05.915","Text":"this y as a function of Alpha, I\u0027ll emphasize that."},{"Start":"04:05.915 ","End":"04:09.085","Text":"This will equal 2x."},{"Start":"04:09.085 ","End":"04:12.225","Text":"Now, x is 8 sine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"04:12.225 ","End":"04:17.715","Text":"We have here 2 times x is 16 sine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"04:17.715 ","End":"04:23.940","Text":"Now plus 1/2, and x is 8 sine Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"04:23.940 ","End":"04:30.745","Text":"and h is 4 cosine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"04:30.745 ","End":"04:32.795","Text":"This I\u0027m going to leave as is,"},{"Start":"04:32.795 ","End":"04:36.940","Text":"the 16 sine of Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"04:36.940 ","End":"04:44.345","Text":"But this one, I\u0027m going to simplify using the formula that"},{"Start":"04:44.345 ","End":"04:51.420","Text":"2 sine Theta cosine Theta"},{"Start":"04:51.420 ","End":"04:55.605","Text":"is equal to sine 2 Theta."},{"Start":"04:55.605 ","End":"04:58.800","Text":"If I use it here with Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"04:58.800 ","End":"05:01.290","Text":"if Theta is Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"05:01.290 ","End":"05:04.770","Text":"then 2 Theta is Alpha. Now, let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"05:04.770 ","End":"05:07.140","Text":"Just I go to straighten out the constants here."},{"Start":"05:07.140 ","End":"05:10.440","Text":"I have 1/2 times 8 times 4, which is 16."},{"Start":"05:10.440 ","End":"05:15.750","Text":"The 16, I can write as 8 times 2."},{"Start":"05:15.750 ","End":"05:21.555","Text":"So I have 8 times 2 sine Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"05:21.555 ","End":"05:24.360","Text":"cosine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"05:24.360 ","End":"05:28.875","Text":"This equals 16 sine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"05:28.875 ","End":"05:30.740","Text":"Using what I said here,"},{"Start":"05:30.740 ","End":"05:35.595","Text":"I\u0027ve got 8 of sine of Alpha."},{"Start":"05:35.595 ","End":"05:38.685","Text":"Twice Alpha over 2, 8 sine Alpha."},{"Start":"05:38.685 ","End":"05:46.860","Text":"This is my function to express the area of the pentagon in terms of Alpha."},{"Start":"05:47.060 ","End":"05:51.425","Text":"Now, we\u0027ve got a standard extremum problem."},{"Start":"05:51.425 ","End":"05:54.290","Text":"We\u0027re going to differentiate set to 0,"},{"Start":"05:54.290 ","End":"05:58.715","Text":"find Alpha, verify that it\u0027s a maximum,"},{"Start":"05:58.715 ","End":"06:00.980","Text":"and so on. Let\u0027s begin."},{"Start":"06:00.980 ","End":"06:06.470","Text":"Y prime is equal to 16."},{"Start":"06:06.470 ","End":"06:15.485","Text":"Derivative of sine Alpha over 2 is cosine Alpha over 2 times 1/2 in a derivative,"},{"Start":"06:15.485 ","End":"06:19.320","Text":"which will swallow up by the 16,"},{"Start":"06:19.320 ","End":"06:22.545","Text":"it\u0027s just 8 cosine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"06:22.545 ","End":"06:29.860","Text":"The derivative of this is 8 cosine Alpha."},{"Start":"06:29.860 ","End":"06:34.125","Text":"Now we\u0027re looking for extrema."},{"Start":"06:34.125 ","End":"06:38.100","Text":"We\u0027re going to let y prime equals 0."},{"Start":"06:38.100 ","End":"06:41.600","Text":"By the way, we do have limits for Alpha."},{"Start":"06:41.600 ","End":"06:42.980","Text":"If you look at the picture,"},{"Start":"06:42.980 ","End":"06:47.985","Text":"Alpha has to be between 0 and 190 degree."},{"Start":"06:47.985 ","End":"06:50.689","Text":"If y prime equals 0,"},{"Start":"06:50.689 ","End":"06:53.680","Text":"then this is equal to 0."},{"Start":"06:53.680 ","End":"06:56.805","Text":"I can throw the 8 out."},{"Start":"06:56.805 ","End":"07:04.010","Text":"I get that cosine sine Alpha over 2 plus cosine Alpha equals 0."},{"Start":"07:04.010 ","End":"07:06.605","Text":"Now we\u0027ve got a trigonometric equation."},{"Start":"07:06.605 ","End":"07:08.580","Text":"I\u0027m going to introduce another formula."},{"Start":"07:08.580 ","End":"07:13.995","Text":"Just like we had a formula here for the double angle for sine,"},{"Start":"07:13.995 ","End":"07:15.815","Text":"there\u0027s also one for cosine."},{"Start":"07:15.815 ","End":"07:21.200","Text":"That is that the cosine of 2 Theta is equal"},{"Start":"07:21.200 ","End":"07:27.905","Text":"to 2 cosine squared Theta minus 1."},{"Start":"07:27.905 ","End":"07:31.254","Text":"Theta is going to be Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"07:31.254 ","End":"07:34.500","Text":"and 2 Theta is going to be Alpha."},{"Start":"07:34.500 ","End":"07:39.550","Text":"If I apply that to what I have here, I have, well,"},{"Start":"07:39.550 ","End":"07:45.730","Text":"cosine Alpha over 2 stays, but this,"},{"Start":"07:45.730 ","End":"07:54.720","Text":"I now write as 2 cosine squared Theta is Alpha over 2 minus 1."},{"Start":"07:54.720 ","End":"07:59.440","Text":"This is equal to 0. I\u0027m going to substitute into here,"},{"Start":"07:59.440 ","End":"08:04.635","Text":"t is equal to cosine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"08:04.635 ","End":"08:06.925","Text":"If I make this substitution,"},{"Start":"08:06.925 ","End":"08:09.400","Text":"what I have here and then just rearranging the order,"},{"Start":"08:09.400 ","End":"08:17.355","Text":"is 2t squared plus t minus 1 equals 0."},{"Start":"08:17.355 ","End":"08:19.550","Text":"The 2 solutions of this equation,"},{"Start":"08:19.550 ","End":"08:21.695","Text":"and you can check this on your own,"},{"Start":"08:21.695 ","End":"08:30.655","Text":"t equals minus 1 and t equals 1/2."},{"Start":"08:30.655 ","End":"08:33.275","Text":"Those are the possible solutions."},{"Start":"08:33.275 ","End":"08:38.275","Text":"Now, we have to convert back to Alpha."},{"Start":"08:38.275 ","End":"08:42.635","Text":"I either have cosine Alpha over 2 is"},{"Start":"08:42.635 ","End":"08:50.130","Text":"minus 1 or cosine Alpha over 2 equals 1/2."},{"Start":"08:50.130 ","End":"08:55.775","Text":"The cosine is minus 1 when the angle is a multiple of Pi."},{"Start":"08:55.775 ","End":"08:59.665","Text":"I need that Alpha over 2,"},{"Start":"08:59.665 ","End":"09:04.990","Text":"it\u0027s equal to Pi 190 degrees plus multiples of 2Pi."},{"Start":"09:04.990 ","End":"09:08.705","Text":"That means that Alpha is equal to"},{"Start":"09:08.705 ","End":"09:15.890","Text":"2Pi plus 4k Pi,"},{"Start":"09:15.890 ","End":"09:18.485","Text":"which basically is a multiple of 2Pi."},{"Start":"09:18.485 ","End":"09:23.160","Text":"It\u0027s 2Pi times 1 plus 4k."},{"Start":"09:23.200 ","End":"09:25.925","Text":"This is outside the range."},{"Start":"09:25.925 ","End":"09:27.865","Text":"This is ruled out."},{"Start":"09:27.865 ","End":"09:29.820","Text":"I\u0027m going to just say that, \"No,"},{"Start":"09:29.820 ","End":"09:32.175","Text":"this doesn\u0027t lead me to anything.\""},{"Start":"09:32.175 ","End":"09:36.680","Text":"Let\u0027s continue with the other and hopefully we\u0027ll get something from this."},{"Start":"09:36.680 ","End":"09:40.925","Text":"The angle whose cosine is 1/2,"},{"Start":"09:40.925 ","End":"09:44.270","Text":"and if Alpha is between 0 and Pi, of course,"},{"Start":"09:44.270 ","End":"09:48.580","Text":"Alpha over 2 has to be between 0 and Pi over 2."},{"Start":"09:48.580 ","End":"09:52.190","Text":"We\u0027re looking for a first quadrant solution to cosine being 1/2,"},{"Start":"09:52.190 ","End":"09:54.830","Text":"and that happens to be 60 degrees."},{"Start":"09:54.830 ","End":"10:00.335","Text":"Alpha over 2 is 60 degrees."},{"Start":"10:00.335 ","End":"10:02.990","Text":"But here we\u0027re working in radians,"},{"Start":"10:02.990 ","End":"10:07.250","Text":"so it\u0027s Pi over 3 radians."},{"Start":"10:07.250 ","End":"10:11.690","Text":"Alpha is 2Pi over 3,"},{"Start":"10:11.690 ","End":"10:13.640","Text":"in radians, of course."},{"Start":"10:13.640 ","End":"10:15.860","Text":"The thing is that we\u0027re not asked what is Alpha,"},{"Start":"10:15.860 ","End":"10:18.725","Text":"we\u0027re asked what is the area of the pentagon."},{"Start":"10:18.725 ","End":"10:21.410","Text":"That is exactly y."},{"Start":"10:21.410 ","End":"10:24.415","Text":"All I have to do is substitute in y,"},{"Start":"10:24.415 ","End":"10:28.205","Text":"and I have to remember that y was equal to,"},{"Start":"10:28.205 ","End":"10:30.105","Text":"here\u0027s our function."},{"Start":"10:30.105 ","End":"10:31.845","Text":"Here\u0027s our Alpha."},{"Start":"10:31.845 ","End":"10:37.760","Text":"Why don\u0027t we just substitute that in here and we get that y of"},{"Start":"10:37.760 ","End":"10:45.515","Text":"2Pi over 3 is equal to 16 sine."},{"Start":"10:45.515 ","End":"10:53.520","Text":"This will be 1Pi over 3 plus 8 sine of 2Pi over 3."},{"Start":"10:53.520 ","End":"10:55.665","Text":"Let me write this in degree."},{"Start":"10:55.665 ","End":"11:01.185","Text":"Sine of 60, let me just take the 8 outside,"},{"Start":"11:01.185 ","End":"11:06.090","Text":"so it\u0027s 8 outside and then we have 2 here and 1 here."},{"Start":"11:06.090 ","End":"11:11.610","Text":"It\u0027s 2 sine of 60 degrees is root 3 over 2."},{"Start":"11:11.610 ","End":"11:14.895","Text":"Sine of 120 degrees,"},{"Start":"11:14.895 ","End":"11:18.735","Text":"it\u0027s the same as sine of 60 degrees."},{"Start":"11:18.735 ","End":"11:24.225","Text":"This would be root 3 over 2 also."},{"Start":"11:24.225 ","End":"11:28.140","Text":"Altogether I\u0027ve got 3 root 3 over 2."},{"Start":"11:28.140 ","End":"11:37.000","Text":"This comes out to be 24 times root 3 over 2,"},{"Start":"11:37.000 ","End":"11:40.820","Text":"which is 12 times the square root of 3."},{"Start":"11:40.820 ","End":"11:42.650","Text":"The only thing we haven\u0027t done is,"},{"Start":"11:42.650 ","End":"11:45.289","Text":"shown that we have a maximum and not a minimum."},{"Start":"11:45.289 ","End":"11:48.455","Text":"Let me just note that for those who like decimals,"},{"Start":"11:48.455 ","End":"11:58.520","Text":"that this is approximately 20.7846 centimeters squared, of course."},{"Start":"11:58.520 ","End":"12:04.104","Text":"Now, I just have to show that this is indeed the maximum."},{"Start":"12:04.104 ","End":"12:08.395","Text":"This time, I think I\u0027ll go for the second derivative method."},{"Start":"12:08.395 ","End":"12:13.450","Text":"Let me just copy y prime down below."},{"Start":"12:13.450 ","End":"12:16.510","Text":"Using the second derivative method,"},{"Start":"12:16.510 ","End":"12:22.305","Text":"I\u0027ll get y double prime equals,"},{"Start":"12:22.305 ","End":"12:26.365","Text":"let\u0027s see, derivative of cosine is minus sine."},{"Start":"12:26.365 ","End":"12:28.630","Text":"But I also get 1/2,"},{"Start":"12:28.630 ","End":"12:35.445","Text":"so I get minus 4 sine Alpha over 2."},{"Start":"12:35.445 ","End":"12:39.460","Text":"Here I just get minus sine,"},{"Start":"12:39.460 ","End":"12:43.495","Text":"so it\u0027s minus 8 sine Alpha."},{"Start":"12:43.495 ","End":"12:49.410","Text":"Now, when Alpha is 2Pi over 3,"},{"Start":"12:49.410 ","End":"12:56.864","Text":"Alpha over 2 is Pi over 3 and Alpha is 2 Pi over 3."},{"Start":"12:56.864 ","End":"13:02.660","Text":"But the sine is positive all the way from 0 to 180 degrees,"},{"Start":"13:02.660 ","End":"13:07.430","Text":"so the sine is positive and the sine is positive,"},{"Start":"13:07.430 ","End":"13:09.590","Text":"but here we have negative coefficients."},{"Start":"13:09.590 ","End":"13:13.595","Text":"So y double prime is less than 0,"},{"Start":"13:13.595 ","End":"13:19.020","Text":"and that implies that we have a maximum."},{"Start":"13:19.020 ","End":"13:24.910","Text":"This, which is the value is indeed the maximum. We are done."}],"ID":8568},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 13","Duration":"13m 32s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8388,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.550","Text":"Let me explain this word problem."},{"Start":"00:02.550 ","End":"00:06.750","Text":"We have a right-angled triangle ABC,"},{"Start":"00:06.750 ","End":"00:15.105","Text":"and it bounds a semicircle of radius R. Here\u0027s the semicircle and we\u0027re given its radius."},{"Start":"00:15.105 ","End":"00:20.850","Text":"What we have to find out is amongst all such possible right-angled triangles,"},{"Start":"00:20.850 ","End":"00:22.460","Text":"because there could be many,"},{"Start":"00:22.460 ","End":"00:27.570","Text":"which one has the least sum of legs?"},{"Start":"00:27.570 ","End":"00:31.620","Text":"Now, sum of legs means AB plus AC,"},{"Start":"00:31.620 ","End":"00:33.480","Text":"because in a right triangle,"},{"Start":"00:33.480 ","End":"00:38.220","Text":"this is the hypotenuse and these 2 are legs. What they want to know?"},{"Start":"00:38.220 ","End":"00:40.350","Text":"The angles of this triangle."},{"Start":"00:40.350 ","End":"00:43.040","Text":"Well, we know 1 of them already is 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"00:43.040 ","End":"00:44.855","Text":"so we have to find this and this."},{"Start":"00:44.855 ","End":"00:48.185","Text":"Let me mark some things on the diagram."},{"Start":"00:48.185 ","End":"00:50.110","Text":"This is an important point,"},{"Start":"00:50.110 ","End":"00:52.100","Text":"and this is an important point."},{"Start":"00:52.100 ","End":"00:54.875","Text":"This is a tangent."},{"Start":"00:54.875 ","End":"00:58.720","Text":"In other words, the leg here is tangent to the circle at this point,"},{"Start":"00:58.720 ","End":"01:01.415","Text":"and at this point this leg is tangent."},{"Start":"01:01.415 ","End":"01:04.300","Text":"Let\u0027s call this M, this N,"},{"Start":"01:04.300 ","End":"01:06.775","Text":"and they marked the center for us."},{"Start":"01:06.775 ","End":"01:10.985","Text":"Nice. We have M, N, and O."},{"Start":"01:10.985 ","End":"01:19.339","Text":"Now, notice that if I connect O to N,"},{"Start":"01:19.339 ","End":"01:21.415","Text":"then because this is tangent,"},{"Start":"01:21.415 ","End":"01:23.185","Text":"this is 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:23.185 ","End":"01:26.550","Text":"Similarly, if I join O to M,"},{"Start":"01:26.550 ","End":"01:29.715","Text":"then I also get 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:29.715 ","End":"01:32.920","Text":"What\u0027s more, this is a radius because it goes from"},{"Start":"01:32.920 ","End":"01:37.190","Text":"the center to the circumference, so that\u0027s R,"},{"Start":"01:37.190 ","End":"01:44.160","Text":"and this would be R. This thing is a square,"},{"Start":"01:44.160 ","End":"01:46.770","Text":"because all are 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:46.770 ","End":"01:48.735","Text":"Well, there are 3 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"01:48.735 ","End":"01:52.930","Text":"and that\u0027s enough for the fourth one to be 90 degrees also in fact,"},{"Start":"01:52.930 ","End":"01:56.245","Text":"because the sum of the angles is 360."},{"Start":"01:56.245 ","End":"01:58.390","Text":"This is a square. In particular,"},{"Start":"01:58.390 ","End":"02:01.870","Text":"it\u0027s a parallelogram, so opposite sides are equal."},{"Start":"02:01.870 ","End":"02:05.770","Text":"This is R and this is R. Just from A to N,"},{"Start":"02:05.770 ","End":"02:13.485","Text":"just from A to M. Then there\u0027s 2 other quantities that we don\u0027t know."},{"Start":"02:13.485 ","End":"02:17.355","Text":"That\u0027s this bit here and this bit here."},{"Start":"02:17.355 ","End":"02:23.970","Text":"Let me call them a and b."},{"Start":"02:23.970 ","End":"02:28.020","Text":"As for the angles that we have to find,"},{"Start":"02:32.770 ","End":"02:37.190","Text":"well, this one I\u0027ll call my independent variable."},{"Start":"02:37.190 ","End":"02:39.445","Text":"I\u0027ll call this one x."},{"Start":"02:39.445 ","End":"02:41.370","Text":"Once I\u0027ve found x,"},{"Start":"02:41.370 ","End":"02:45.930","Text":"then I can get this one because this one will be,"},{"Start":"02:45.930 ","End":"02:48.120","Text":"just no room to write it here,"},{"Start":"02:48.120 ","End":"02:49.950","Text":"it\u0027ll be 90 minus x."},{"Start":"02:49.950 ","End":"02:53.010","Text":"Because here I have 90 and these 2 are therefor complementary"},{"Start":"02:53.010 ","End":"02:57.600","Text":"and that\u0027s 90 minus x. X will be the independent variable."},{"Start":"02:57.600 ","End":"03:00.680","Text":"What I want to do is express the sum of"},{"Start":"03:00.680 ","End":"03:04.955","Text":"its legs where it says least or minimum or maximum or greatest,"},{"Start":"03:04.955 ","End":"03:09.080","Text":"that\u0027s the thing I want to take as my dependent variable."},{"Start":"03:09.080 ","End":"03:14.735","Text":"The sum of the legs, I\u0027ll call that y and I\u0027ll find y as a function of x."},{"Start":"03:14.735 ","End":"03:20.345","Text":"Well, the first thing I can do is I can naively write that y,"},{"Start":"03:20.345 ","End":"03:24.580","Text":"the sum of the legs, is a plus R plus R plus b."},{"Start":"03:24.580 ","End":"03:31.605","Text":"Let\u0027s write that as 2R plus a plus b."},{"Start":"03:31.605 ","End":"03:36.370","Text":"See, a, R, R, b."},{"Start":"03:36.740 ","End":"03:40.180","Text":"But I have to figure out what a and b are."},{"Start":"03:40.180 ","End":"03:42.185","Text":"The only things I know are R,"},{"Start":"03:42.185 ","End":"03:47.500","Text":"and I know x in the sense that x is my independent variable."},{"Start":"03:47.500 ","End":"03:52.585","Text":"I want to put a and b in terms of x and R. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"03:52.585 ","End":"03:56.470","Text":"I\u0027m going to use trigonometry, of course."},{"Start":"03:56.470 ","End":"04:01.824","Text":"I note that this x is the same."},{"Start":"04:01.824 ","End":"04:04.750","Text":"Let me see, where\u0027s my red? Here it is."},{"Start":"04:04.750 ","End":"04:09.130","Text":"This is also going to be x because"},{"Start":"04:09.130 ","End":"04:16.385","Text":"these 2 lines are parallel and these are therefore corresponding angles."},{"Start":"04:16.385 ","End":"04:18.590","Text":"In each of these triangles,"},{"Start":"04:18.590 ","End":"04:20.330","Text":"I can look at the tangent."},{"Start":"04:20.330 ","End":"04:23.665","Text":"The tangent here will relate R and b,"},{"Start":"04:23.665 ","End":"04:31.775","Text":"and here I\u0027ll relate a and R. What I get is this,"},{"Start":"04:31.775 ","End":"04:40.875","Text":"that tangent x is a over R, opposite over adjacent."},{"Start":"04:40.875 ","End":"04:44.135","Text":"I know also that from this triangle,"},{"Start":"04:44.135 ","End":"04:49.475","Text":"that tangent x is R over b."},{"Start":"04:49.475 ","End":"04:54.044","Text":"If I isolate a and b,"},{"Start":"04:54.044 ","End":"04:59.485","Text":"what we\u0027ll get is that this is equal to 2R,"},{"Start":"04:59.485 ","End":"05:03.739","Text":"now, a is going to be R tangent x,"},{"Start":"05:04.500 ","End":"05:11.120","Text":"and from here, b is going to be R over tangent x."},{"Start":"05:15.870 ","End":"05:19.505","Text":"If take R outside the brackets,"},{"Start":"05:19.505 ","End":"05:24.220","Text":"just to be tidier, my y,"},{"Start":"05:24.220 ","End":"05:28.890","Text":"my dependent variable that I want to minimize,"},{"Start":"05:28.890 ","End":"05:38.969","Text":"is equal to R times 2 plus tangent x plus 1 over tangent x."},{"Start":"05:38.969 ","End":"05:43.610","Text":"Now that I have y in terms of x,"},{"Start":"05:43.610 ","End":"05:47.570","Text":"I\u0027m going to do the usual differentiate, equate to 0,"},{"Start":"05:47.570 ","End":"05:49.940","Text":"find suspects for extra amount,"},{"Start":"05:49.940 ","End":"05:51.350","Text":"show that it\u0027s a minimum,"},{"Start":"05:51.350 ","End":"05:52.655","Text":"and so on and so on."},{"Start":"05:52.655 ","End":"05:54.490","Text":"Let\u0027s get started."},{"Start":"05:54.490 ","End":"05:57.420","Text":"Y prime is equal,"},{"Start":"05:57.420 ","End":"06:00.520","Text":"I\u0027ll keep R here,"},{"Start":"06:01.490 ","End":"06:04.965","Text":"the constant 2 doesn\u0027t contribute anything,"},{"Start":"06:04.965 ","End":"06:07.515","Text":"the derivative of tangent,"},{"Start":"06:07.515 ","End":"06:14.130","Text":"there\u0027s several variations but I know it is 1 over cosine squared x."},{"Start":"06:14.130 ","End":"06:18.810","Text":"This 1 over tangent is actually the cotangent."},{"Start":"06:18.810 ","End":"06:24.930","Text":"Just make a note of that, that is equal to the cotangent, 1 over the tangent."},{"Start":"06:24.930 ","End":"06:30.800","Text":"The derivative of that is minus 1 over sine squared x."},{"Start":"06:30.800 ","End":"06:32.340","Text":"This is one of those immediate,"},{"Start":"06:32.340 ","End":"06:34.380","Text":"well, you can compute it,"},{"Start":"06:34.380 ","End":"06:38.780","Text":"but it\u0027s an immediate one that we remember."},{"Start":"06:38.780 ","End":"06:44.705","Text":"Otherwise you would have to mess with sine and cosine and you\u0027d get the same answer."},{"Start":"06:44.705 ","End":"06:48.710","Text":"Now we have the derivative."},{"Start":"06:48.710 ","End":"06:52.460","Text":"Now, as usual, in extra problems,"},{"Start":"06:52.460 ","End":"06:57.535","Text":"particular minimum problems, we set y prime equal to 0."},{"Start":"06:57.535 ","End":"07:00.400","Text":"What does that give us?"},{"Start":"07:00.920 ","End":"07:05.445","Text":"Well, R is just a constant, it cancels out."},{"Start":"07:05.445 ","End":"07:16.065","Text":"We get that 1 over cosine squared x minus 1 over sine squared x,"},{"Start":"07:16.065 ","End":"07:19.625","Text":"I\u0027m going to say equals 0, but instead,"},{"Start":"07:19.625 ","End":"07:23.300","Text":"why don\u0027t I just put the equals here because I brought it to the other side."},{"Start":"07:23.300 ","End":"07:27.035","Text":"How about that? Let\u0027s cross multiply."},{"Start":"07:27.035 ","End":"07:36.980","Text":"We get that sine squared x times 1 equals cosine squared x times 1."},{"Start":"07:36.980 ","End":"07:42.125","Text":"If I divide by cosine squared x,"},{"Start":"07:42.125 ","End":"07:46.925","Text":"I get tangent squared x equals 1. Follow that?"},{"Start":"07:46.925 ","End":"07:49.415","Text":"Sine over cosine is tangent,"},{"Start":"07:49.415 ","End":"07:53.105","Text":"so sine squared over cosine squared is tangent squared."},{"Start":"07:53.105 ","End":"08:00.425","Text":"Now, the angle x is less than 90 degrees."},{"Start":"08:00.425 ","End":"08:03.920","Text":"I mean, for sure x is less than 90 degrees because"},{"Start":"08:03.920 ","End":"08:07.235","Text":"x and this one together make 90 degrees."},{"Start":"08:07.235 ","End":"08:10.680","Text":"Which means that we\u0027re in the first quadrant,"},{"Start":"08:10.680 ","End":"08:13.425","Text":"so the tangent has to be positive."},{"Start":"08:13.425 ","End":"08:16.200","Text":"Tangent x equals 1."},{"Start":"08:16.200 ","End":"08:17.840","Text":"In the first quadrant,"},{"Start":"08:17.840 ","End":"08:22.095","Text":"the angle whose tangent is 1 is arctangent of 1."},{"Start":"08:22.095 ","End":"08:24.740","Text":"If you look it up in your calculator,"},{"Start":"08:24.740 ","End":"08:26.960","Text":"if you do it in degrees,"},{"Start":"08:26.960 ","End":"08:30.800","Text":"then you\u0027ll get 45-degree but we\u0027re working in radians"},{"Start":"08:30.800 ","End":"08:37.200","Text":"so we get Pi over 4 radians,"},{"Start":"08:37.200 ","End":"08:41.050","Text":"sometimes written with little c for circular measure."},{"Start":"08:41.860 ","End":"08:46.560","Text":"We\u0027ve almost completed the question."},{"Start":"08:46.780 ","End":"08:49.055","Text":"I can write the answer,"},{"Start":"08:49.055 ","End":"08:51.350","Text":"though I haven\u0027t shown yet that it is a minimum,"},{"Start":"08:51.350 ","End":"08:56.750","Text":"because what I want is x here and 90 minus x here."},{"Start":"08:56.750 ","End":"09:00.350","Text":"If I want to be pedantic and it said what are the angles,"},{"Start":"09:00.350 ","End":"09:03.065","Text":"well, I can give the 90 degrees also."},{"Start":"09:03.065 ","End":"09:11.520","Text":"What I can say is that the angles for the answer are: 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"09:11.520 ","End":"09:16.570","Text":"45 degrees, and 45 degrees."},{"Start":"09:16.790 ","End":"09:25.500","Text":"All that remains is to show that this is indeed a minimum."},{"Start":"09:29.030 ","End":"09:32.070","Text":"We have 2 basic methods."},{"Start":"09:32.070 ","End":"09:36.970","Text":"Second derivative method or the table method."},{"Start":"09:36.970 ","End":"09:38.545","Text":"I think I\u0027ll go with the table."},{"Start":"09:38.545 ","End":"09:39.850","Text":"If we run into difficulty,"},{"Start":"09:39.850 ","End":"09:43.330","Text":"we can always fall back on the second derivative."},{"Start":"09:43.330 ","End":"09:46.880","Text":"Let me draw a table."},{"Start":"09:48.780 ","End":"09:55.170","Text":"What I\u0027m going to put here is x,"},{"Start":"09:55.170 ","End":"09:58.875","Text":"y prime, and y."},{"Start":"09:58.875 ","End":"10:04.490","Text":"Our suspect, our independent variable is Pi over 4."},{"Start":"10:04.490 ","End":"10:08.980","Text":"But there\u0027s no harm working in degrees at this point so let me put"},{"Start":"10:08.980 ","End":"10:14.865","Text":"45 degrees because I\u0027m only computing what is y prime."},{"Start":"10:14.865 ","End":"10:19.400","Text":"In fact, I\u0027ll be computing this as the R,"},{"Start":"10:19.400 ","End":"10:20.420","Text":"it doesn\u0027t really matter."},{"Start":"10:20.420 ","End":"10:22.355","Text":"Well, it\u0027s optional."},{"Start":"10:22.355 ","End":"10:27.530","Text":"Positive constant is not going to change the sign of the answer plus or minus."},{"Start":"10:27.530 ","End":"10:31.640","Text":"We want to see something on the left and something on the right."},{"Start":"10:31.640 ","End":"10:33.350","Text":"Let\u0027s take some nice angles,"},{"Start":"10:33.350 ","End":"10:36.800","Text":"the 30 degrees and 60 degrees."},{"Start":"10:36.800 ","End":"10:40.400","Text":"Here the derivative of course is 0 because that\u0027s"},{"Start":"10:40.400 ","End":"10:43.610","Text":"how we got to the 45 degrees in the first place,"},{"Start":"10:43.610 ","End":"10:46.070","Text":"is we let y prime is 0."},{"Start":"10:46.070 ","End":"10:48.845","Text":"Now, what about 30 degrees?"},{"Start":"10:48.845 ","End":"10:51.950","Text":"I\u0027m going to substitute in this expression."},{"Start":"10:51.950 ","End":"10:58.265","Text":"Let me just make a note that some of the familiar angles, I\u0027ll write them here."},{"Start":"10:58.265 ","End":"11:02.120","Text":"The sine of 30 degrees is 1/2,"},{"Start":"11:02.120 ","End":"11:06.050","Text":"and the cosine of 60 degrees is 1/2."},{"Start":"11:06.050 ","End":"11:12.605","Text":"The sine of 60 degrees is the square root of 3 over 2."},{"Start":"11:12.605 ","End":"11:15.290","Text":"The cosine of 30 degrees"},{"Start":"11:15.290 ","End":"11:24.180","Text":"is also"},{"Start":"11:24.180 ","End":"11:25.620","Text":"the square root of 3 over 2."},{"Start":"11:25.620 ","End":"11:30.795","Text":"Yeah, complementary angles; sine of one is the cosine of the other."},{"Start":"11:30.795 ","End":"11:34.520","Text":"Very well, let\u0027s see if we can do this mentally we\u0027re"},{"Start":"11:34.520 ","End":"11:39.890","Text":"substituting 30 degrees in here. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"11:39.890 ","End":"11:50.530","Text":"The cosine is root 3 over 2 and the sine is 1/2. I better do it."},{"Start":"11:52.190 ","End":"11:59.880","Text":"Y prime for 30 degrees is,"},{"Start":"11:59.880 ","End":"12:03.315","Text":"well, I\u0027ll leave the R, doesn\u0027t matter,"},{"Start":"12:03.315 ","End":"12:07.680","Text":"1 over cosine of 30,"},{"Start":"12:07.680 ","End":"12:13.845","Text":"root 3 over 2 squared minus,"},{"Start":"12:13.845 ","End":"12:16.875","Text":"sine of 30 degrees is 1/2,"},{"Start":"12:16.875 ","End":"12:22.350","Text":"minus 1 over 1/2 squared,"},{"Start":"12:22.350 ","End":"12:28.740","Text":"which is equal to R times, let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"12:28.740 ","End":"12:31.245","Text":"Root 3 over 2 squared is 3 over 4,"},{"Start":"12:31.245 ","End":"12:34.385","Text":"so this comes out to be 4 over 3."},{"Start":"12:34.385 ","End":"12:36.650","Text":"1/2 squared is 1/4,"},{"Start":"12:36.650 ","End":"12:40.445","Text":"so this comes out to be minus 4."},{"Start":"12:40.445 ","End":"12:45.530","Text":"All I need to know is that this is negative because this minus this is negative,"},{"Start":"12:45.530 ","End":"12:48.334","Text":"R is positive, which is less than 0,"},{"Start":"12:48.334 ","End":"12:52.560","Text":"which means that we have a negative here."},{"Start":"12:53.150 ","End":"12:56.240","Text":"If I put in 60 degrees,"},{"Start":"12:56.240 ","End":"12:58.985","Text":"you\u0027ll get just exactly the opposite."},{"Start":"12:58.985 ","End":"13:01.730","Text":"Everywhere you had root 3 over 2,"},{"Start":"13:01.730 ","End":"13:07.790","Text":"you\u0027ll have 1/2 so we\u0027ll get these 2 in reverse order,"},{"Start":"13:07.790 ","End":"13:10.175","Text":"so it\u0027s going to be positive,"},{"Start":"13:10.175 ","End":"13:17.770","Text":"which means that the function over here is decreasing and here it\u0027s increasing."},{"Start":"13:17.770 ","End":"13:19.400","Text":"Run the 45 degrees,"},{"Start":"13:19.400 ","End":"13:21.065","Text":"we have one of these shapes,"},{"Start":"13:21.065 ","End":"13:26.525","Text":"which means that it is a minimum and that\u0027s what we were required to show."},{"Start":"13:26.525 ","End":"13:30.694","Text":"We have a minimum and the angles are these,"},{"Start":"13:30.694 ","End":"13:33.180","Text":"and we are done."}],"ID":8569},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 14","Duration":"10m 55s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8389,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:01.590","Text":"We have another word problem."},{"Start":"00:01.590 ","End":"00:03.645","Text":"I\u0027ll explain what\u0027s going on here."},{"Start":"00:03.645 ","End":"00:09.975","Text":"We have a circle and we know what its radius is, r. Inside it,"},{"Start":"00:09.975 ","End":"00:14.640","Text":"the triangle circumscribed in such a way that 1 of"},{"Start":"00:14.640 ","End":"00:20.325","Text":"the angles is 72 degrees or in radians 2 Pi over 5."},{"Start":"00:20.325 ","End":"00:27.460","Text":"What we have to do is to find the triangle as described with 72 degrees in it,"},{"Start":"00:27.460 ","End":"00:31.985","Text":"such that it has the largest possible circumference from all these triangles."},{"Start":"00:31.985 ","End":"00:34.055","Text":"When we see the word largest,"},{"Start":"00:34.055 ","End":"00:36.395","Text":"then we know it\u0027s a maximum problem."},{"Start":"00:36.395 ","End":"00:38.535","Text":"I see the word circumference,"},{"Start":"00:38.535 ","End":"00:43.120","Text":"I know that\u0027s something that\u0027s going to be my dependent variable."},{"Start":"00:43.120 ","End":"00:46.880","Text":"Let\u0027s mark and label stuff in the picture."},{"Start":"00:46.880 ","End":"00:48.470","Text":"Let\u0027s start with the angles."},{"Start":"00:48.470 ","End":"00:51.800","Text":"Here I have a 72 degree angle,"},{"Start":"00:51.800 ","End":"00:54.200","Text":"and we have 2 other angles,"},{"Start":"00:54.200 ","End":"00:58.995","Text":"I\u0027ll call them Alpha and Beta."},{"Start":"00:58.995 ","End":"01:01.410","Text":"I guess this 1 could be Gamma."},{"Start":"01:01.410 ","End":"01:03.945","Text":"I want to label the sides also."},{"Start":"01:03.945 ","End":"01:06.225","Text":"Opposite Alpha, I have a,"},{"Start":"01:06.225 ","End":"01:08.355","Text":"opposite Beta I have b,"},{"Start":"01:08.355 ","End":"01:17.660","Text":"opposite Gamma I have c. I want the minimum of a plus b"},{"Start":"01:17.660 ","End":"01:27.730","Text":"plus c in such a way that Gamma subject to Gamma being 72 degrees or 2 Pi over 5."},{"Start":"01:27.730 ","End":"01:32.365","Text":"This a plus b plus c will be my circumference and I\u0027ll call it y."},{"Start":"01:32.365 ","End":"01:35.750","Text":"This is going to be a plus b plus c,"},{"Start":"01:35.750 ","End":"01:38.810","Text":"but I want it in terms of an independent variable."},{"Start":"01:38.810 ","End":"01:44.430","Text":"Let\u0027s say that Alpha will be my independent variable."},{"Start":"01:44.430 ","End":"01:47.125","Text":"Although it\u0027s a plus b plus c,"},{"Start":"01:47.125 ","End":"01:50.320","Text":"I want to write each of these in terms of Alpha."},{"Start":"01:50.320 ","End":"01:52.215","Text":"But there\u0027s a formula,"},{"Start":"01:52.215 ","End":"01:56.675","Text":"a over sine Alpha equals b over sine Beta,"},{"Start":"01:56.675 ","End":"01:59.785","Text":"equals c over sine Gamma."},{"Start":"01:59.785 ","End":"02:02.075","Text":"Sometimes it\u0027s just given in this form,"},{"Start":"02:02.075 ","End":"02:03.500","Text":"but in the full form,"},{"Start":"02:03.500 ","End":"02:06.350","Text":"this ratio is known to be 2r,"},{"Start":"02:06.350 ","End":"02:11.944","Text":"where r is the radius of the circumscribing circle."},{"Start":"02:11.944 ","End":"02:18.860","Text":"If you look at it, a is just 2r times sine Alpha."},{"Start":"02:18.860 ","End":"02:24.725","Text":"This is 2r sine Alpha,"},{"Start":"02:24.725 ","End":"02:29.089","Text":"and b is 2r sine Beta,"},{"Start":"02:29.089 ","End":"02:32.140","Text":"and c is 2R sine Gamma."},{"Start":"02:32.140 ","End":"02:35.360","Text":"Now, I know what Beta is,"},{"Start":"02:35.360 ","End":"02:38.495","Text":"because Beta, if I do it in degrees,"},{"Start":"02:38.495 ","End":"02:46.095","Text":"Beta is just 180 minus the sum of the other 2,"},{"Start":"02:46.095 ","End":"02:51.975","Text":"Alpha 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differentiate,"},{"Start":"03:38.080 ","End":"03:42.090","Text":"trigonometric functions, the formula is only hold for radians."},{"Start":"03:42.090 ","End":"03:44.475","Text":"So y of Alpha is 2r."},{"Start":"03:44.475 ","End":"03:47.790","Text":"This formula was for degrees,"},{"Start":"03:47.790 ","End":"03:50.180","Text":"and it\u0027s not quite what we wanted to know,"},{"Start":"03:50.180 ","End":"03:51.230","Text":"I\u0027ll write it for radians,"},{"Start":"03:51.230 ","End":"03:54.875","Text":"2r sine of Alpha."},{"Start":"03:54.875 ","End":"03:58.190","Text":"Now, the sine of a 180 minus an angle,"},{"Start":"03:58.190 ","End":"03:59.555","Text":"and I\u0027ll write that sine of"},{"Start":"03:59.555 ","End":"04:05.220","Text":"a 180 degrees minus some angle Theta is the same as sine of Theta."},{"Start":"04:05.220 ","End":"04:08.449","Text":"This are supplementary angles and they have the same sign."},{"Start":"04:08.449 ","End":"04:14.810","Text":"This is the same as sine without a 180 minus Alpha plus 2 Pi"},{"Start":"04:14.810 ","End":"04:22.230","Text":"over 5 and sine of 2 Pi over 5."},{"Start":"04:22.230 ","End":"04:25.940","Text":"At this point, we\u0027re now ready for"},{"Start":"04:25.940 ","End":"04:29.750","Text":"the calculus because we have a function y in terms of Alpha,"},{"Start":"04:29.750 ","End":"04:36.824","Text":"and we want the maximum for y."},{"Start":"04:36.824 ","End":"04:39.920","Text":"Well, either way, if it were looking for an extra moment,"},{"Start":"04:39.920 ","End":"04:42.970","Text":"we differentiate and we set to 0."},{"Start":"04:42.970 ","End":"04:46.890","Text":"Y prime of Alpha equals,"},{"Start":"04:46.890 ","End":"04:48.915","Text":"the 2r can stay,"},{"Start":"04:48.915 ","End":"04:55.650","Text":"and what I get is cosine of Alpha plus"},{"Start":"04:55.650 ","End":"05:03.800","Text":"cosine of Alpha plus 2 Pi over 5 times inner derivative,"},{"Start":"05:03.800 ","End":"05:07.460","Text":"which is 1, and this gives me nothing."},{"Start":"05:07.460 ","End":"05:09.299","Text":"I\u0027m going to look for extra-mum,"},{"Start":"05:09.299 ","End":"05:10.875","Text":"specifically for a maximum."},{"Start":"05:10.875 ","End":"05:13.220","Text":"I\u0027m going to set y prime equals 0,"},{"Start":"05:13.220 ","End":"05:14.690","Text":"but this will give me,"},{"Start":"05:14.690 ","End":"05:16.400","Text":"the 2r I can throw out,"},{"Start":"05:16.400 ","End":"05:19.205","Text":"so I get the equation in Alpha,"},{"Start":"05:19.205 ","End":"05:29.015","Text":"cosine Alpha plus cosine of Alpha plus 2 Pi over 5 is equal to 0."},{"Start":"05:29.015 ","End":"05:34.595","Text":"The formula I need is the formula for the sum of 2 cosines."},{"Start":"05:34.595 ","End":"05:38.045","Text":"If I use this formula here,"},{"Start":"05:38.045 ","End":"05:43.055","Text":"what I\u0027ll get is that twice cosine,"},{"Start":"05:43.055 ","End":"05:50.450","Text":"this plus this over 2 will be Alpha plus Alpha plus 2 Pi over 5, all over 2."},{"Start":"05:50.450 ","End":"05:53.945","Text":"If you check it, just get Alpha plus Pi over 5."},{"Start":"05:53.945 ","End":"05:55.460","Text":"In case you\u0027re wondering,"},{"Start":"05:55.460 ","End":"05:57.735","Text":"this is 36 degrees,"},{"Start":"05:57.735 ","End":"06:01.545","Text":"times cosine of Alpha minus Beta over 2,"},{"Start":"06:01.545 ","End":"06:04.350","Text":"so it\u0027s this minus this over 2,"},{"Start":"06:04.350 ","End":"06:11.610","Text":"so it\u0027s cosine of minus Pi over 5,"},{"Start":"06:11.610 ","End":"06:15.675","Text":"and that is equal to 0."},{"Start":"06:15.675 ","End":"06:19.880","Text":"Now, from all of this, this is not 0."},{"Start":"06:19.880 ","End":"06:22.700","Text":"It\u0027s the cosine of minus 36 degrees,"},{"Start":"06:22.700 ","End":"06:24.455","Text":"it\u0027s some number it\u0027s not 0,"},{"Start":"06:24.455 ","End":"06:25.970","Text":"the 2 is not 0."},{"Start":"06:25.970 ","End":"06:28.520","Text":"The only thing that can be 0 is this bit."},{"Start":"06:28.520 ","End":"06:34.295","Text":"We get that the cosine of Alpha plus Pi over 5,"},{"Start":"06:34.295 ","End":"06:37.460","Text":"this is the bit that\u0027s equal to 0."},{"Start":"06:37.460 ","End":"06:44.509","Text":"There\u0027s only 1 angle between 0 and 180 degrees that has a cosine of 0,"},{"Start":"06:44.509 ","End":"06:46.310","Text":"and that is 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"06:46.310 ","End":"06:49.190","Text":"in other words, Pi over 2."},{"Start":"06:49.190 ","End":"06:55.939","Text":"Alpha plus Pi over 5 is the arc cosine of 0,"},{"Start":"06:55.939 ","End":"06:58.980","Text":"which is Pi over 2."},{"Start":"06:59.270 ","End":"07:06.935","Text":"That gives us that Alpha is equal to 3 Pi over 10."},{"Start":"07:06.935 ","End":"07:11.750","Text":"I\u0027ll just write a side that that is 54 degrees."},{"Start":"07:11.750 ","End":"07:14.200","Text":"The other angle is Beta,"},{"Start":"07:14.200 ","End":"07:17.175","Text":"and Beta is equal to,"},{"Start":"07:17.175 ","End":"07:18.885","Text":"I do it in degrees."},{"Start":"07:18.885 ","End":"07:21.735","Text":"If Alpha is 54 degrees,"},{"Start":"07:21.735 ","End":"07:27.900","Text":"54 plus 72 is a 126."},{"Start":"07:27.900 ","End":"07:30.435","Text":"If I subtract this from a 180,"},{"Start":"07:30.435 ","End":"07:34.274","Text":"I get 54 degrees also."},{"Start":"07:34.274 ","End":"07:39.945","Text":"Also 3 Pi over 10, ie, 54 degrees."},{"Start":"07:39.945 ","End":"07:43.320","Text":"We have all the angles, 54, 54,"},{"Start":"07:43.320 ","End":"07:48.770","Text":"72 or 3 Pi over 23 Pi over 10, 2 Pi over 5."},{"Start":"07:48.770 ","End":"07:55.375","Text":"The only thing that remains is to show that we indeed have a maximum."},{"Start":"07:55.375 ","End":"07:59.510","Text":"I\u0027ll do it by usual table that I do."},{"Start":"07:59.510 ","End":"08:03.965","Text":"I have 3 rows in the table,"},{"Start":"08:03.965 ","End":"08:06.200","Text":"I have, normally it\u0027s x,"},{"Start":"08:06.200 ","End":"08:07.600","Text":"but here it\u0027s Alpha,,"},{"Start":"08:07.600 ","End":"08:11.165","Text":"I have y prime and I have y."},{"Start":"08:11.165 ","End":"08:18.205","Text":"The only suspect for extra-mum or minimum is 2 Pi over 5."},{"Start":"08:18.205 ","End":"08:21.650","Text":"Well, I\u0027ll write the degrees,"},{"Start":"08:21.650 ","End":"08:23.510","Text":"I think we\u0027re going to have to just work in degrees,"},{"Start":"08:23.510 ","End":"08:26.570","Text":"I\u0027m not used to working in radians myself."},{"Start":"08:26.570 ","End":"08:29.480","Text":"So 72 degrees at this point,"},{"Start":"08:29.480 ","End":"08:31.570","Text":"y prime is 0,"},{"Start":"08:31.570 ","End":"08:33.455","Text":"that\u0027s how we got to this."},{"Start":"08:33.455 ","End":"08:35.660","Text":"But what is y prime?"},{"Start":"08:35.660 ","End":"08:39.220","Text":"In actual fact, we just dropped the 2r,"},{"Start":"08:39.220 ","End":"08:41.300","Text":"and other than that, we kept it the same."},{"Start":"08:41.300 ","End":"08:49.370","Text":"If I write here that y prime is 2r times this up to here before the equals,"},{"Start":"08:49.370 ","End":"08:51.905","Text":"then this is y prime."},{"Start":"08:51.905 ","End":"08:55.670","Text":"Now, what we need is not y prime,"},{"Start":"08:55.670 ","End":"08:58.565","Text":"but only it\u0027s sign, plus or minus."},{"Start":"08:58.565 ","End":"09:02.640","Text":"This 2r with this 2 is a plus."},{"Start":"09:02.640 ","End":"09:06.780","Text":"The cosine of even a negative angle,"},{"Start":"09:06.780 ","End":"09:11.590","Text":"the cosine is positive between minus Pi over 2 and Pi over 2,"},{"Start":"09:11.590 ","End":"09:13.300","Text":"between minus 90 and 90,"},{"Start":"09:13.300 ","End":"09:14.590","Text":"the cosine is positive,"},{"Start":"09:14.590 ","End":"09:16.114","Text":"so this is positive."},{"Start":"09:16.114 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0."},{"Start":"09:51.934 ","End":"09:54.200","Text":"If I plug in 60 degrees,"},{"Start":"09:54.200 ","End":"09:57.950","Text":"I have cosine of 60 plus 36."},{"Start":"09:57.950 ","End":"10:01.630","Text":"It\u0027s cosine of 96 degrees."},{"Start":"10:01.630 ","End":"10:08.705","Text":"The cosine of 96 degrees is negative because in the second quadrant,"},{"Start":"10:08.705 ","End":"10:10.750","Text":"the cosine is negative."},{"Start":"10:10.750 ","End":"10:13.985","Text":"If we put in 45 degrees,"},{"Start":"10:13.985 ","End":"10:23.075","Text":"then we have 45 plus 36 is 81 degrees,"},{"Start":"10:23.075 ","End":"10:29.470","Text":"and cosine of 87 degrees because 81 is in the first quadrant, is positive."},{"Start":"10:29.470 ","End":"10:32.420","Text":"Here the function is increasing,"},{"Start":"10:32.420 ","End":"10:34.550","Text":"here the function is decreasing,"},{"Start":"10:34.550 ","End":"10:36.785","Text":"so we get something like this,"},{"Start":"10:36.785 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picture,"},{"Start":"00:07.890 ","End":"00:10.575","Text":"1 placed on top of the other."},{"Start":"00:10.575 ","End":"00:15.225","Text":"What we\u0027re told is that the height of the tower is 8 centimeters."},{"Start":"00:15.225 ","End":"00:17.700","Text":"I\u0027ll explain what that means."},{"Start":"00:17.700 ","End":"00:21.900","Text":"What we\u0027re asked is we have to figure out the length of the side of"},{"Start":"00:21.900 ","End":"00:26.235","Text":"the lower cube in order that the volume of the tower,"},{"Start":"00:26.235 ","End":"00:29.460","Text":"which means the volume of the lower 1 plus the lower of the upper 1,"},{"Start":"00:29.460 ","End":"00:31.485","Text":"together to be minimal."},{"Start":"00:31.485 ","End":"00:35.665","Text":"Let me do a bit of shading to make it look nicer."},{"Start":"00:35.665 ","End":"00:37.850","Text":"Now, these are cubes,"},{"Start":"00:37.850 ","End":"00:39.905","Text":"so all the sides are the same."},{"Start":"00:39.905 ","End":"00:41.660","Text":"Which means that in case of this cube,"},{"Start":"00:41.660 ","End":"00:44.345","Text":"for example, this side which is,"},{"Start":"00:44.345 ","End":"00:48.140","Text":"I don\u0027t know the width, and this side which is the depth,"},{"Start":"00:48.140 ","End":"00:49.880","Text":"and this side which is the height,"},{"Start":"00:49.880 ","End":"00:51.275","Text":"they\u0027re all the same."},{"Start":"00:51.275 ","End":"00:53.255","Text":"Similarly for the other 1,"},{"Start":"00:53.255 ","End":"00:57.410","Text":"this dimension is equal to this dimension,"},{"Start":"00:57.410 ","End":"00:58.610","Text":"is equal to this dimension,"},{"Start":"00:58.610 ","End":"01:01.135","Text":"and everything\u0027s 90 degrees."},{"Start":"01:01.135 ","End":"01:04.070","Text":"What about this height?"},{"Start":"01:04.070 ","End":"01:09.260","Text":"The height of the tower is just the height of this plus the height of this."},{"Start":"01:09.260 ","End":"01:13.415","Text":"Let\u0027s start giving some names for the lengths."},{"Start":"01:13.415 ","End":"01:23.585","Text":"Let\u0027s say that the length of the lower cube and all the edges is going to be x."},{"Start":"01:23.585 ","End":"01:27.230","Text":"The reason I\u0027m choosing for the lower cube is that we\u0027re asked"},{"Start":"01:27.230 ","End":"01:31.340","Text":"what is the length of the side of the lower cube."},{"Start":"01:31.340 ","End":"01:34.370","Text":"I don\u0027t have to use this as my independent variable,"},{"Start":"01:34.370 ","End":"01:36.440","Text":"but I don\u0027t see why I shouldn\u0027t."},{"Start":"01:36.440 ","End":"01:41.295","Text":"I know that the height is 8 centimeters."},{"Start":"01:41.295 ","End":"01:44.060","Text":"The height, which would be,"},{"Start":"01:44.060 ","End":"01:50.830","Text":"say this would be a height and this would be a height."},{"Start":"01:50.830 ","End":"01:55.170","Text":"I know that this plus this is 8."},{"Start":"01:55.170 ","End":"01:57.420","Text":"This I know is x."},{"Start":"01:57.420 ","End":"02:00.240","Text":"If I say that x plus,"},{"Start":"02:00.240 ","End":"02:01.370","Text":"and I don\u0027t know what this is,"},{"Start":"02:01.370 ","End":"02:03.680","Text":"plus something, I don\u0027t want to use letters,"},{"Start":"02:03.680 ","End":"02:06.350","Text":"let\u0027s put question mark, is equal to 8,"},{"Start":"02:06.350 ","End":"02:10.610","Text":"then that question mark is 8 minus x."},{"Start":"02:10.610 ","End":"02:19.835","Text":"In other words, the side of the upper cube is 8 minus x,"},{"Start":"02:19.835 ","End":"02:21.725","Text":"and so is this, and so is this."},{"Start":"02:21.725 ","End":"02:23.000","Text":"All the sides here x,"},{"Start":"02:23.000 ","End":"02:24.560","Text":"all the sides here 8 minus x."},{"Start":"02:24.560 ","End":"02:26.540","Text":"That way, the height will be 8,"},{"Start":"02:26.540 ","End":"02:30.770","Text":"and I\u0027ve only used 1 variable so far, which is x."},{"Start":"02:30.770 ","End":"02:37.220","Text":"Now the thing that\u0027s going to be minimal is the volume of the tower."},{"Start":"02:37.220 ","End":"02:44.030","Text":"I\u0027d like to get the volume expressed in terms of the independent variable x,"},{"Start":"02:44.030 ","End":"02:48.215","Text":"and then I can use calculus to find the minimum."},{"Start":"02:48.215 ","End":"02:51.350","Text":"The volume which I\u0027ll call y,"},{"Start":"02:51.350 ","End":"02:54.390","Text":"just the volume of the lower cube plus the volume of the upper cube."},{"Start":"02:54.390 ","End":"02:57.770","Text":"The volume of the lower cube is x cubed."},{"Start":"02:57.770 ","End":"02:59.510","Text":"It\u0027s x times x times x,"},{"Start":"02:59.510 ","End":"03:01.040","Text":"that\u0027s what it is for a cube,"},{"Start":"03:01.040 ","End":"03:05.990","Text":"and the volume of the upper cube is its side cubed,"},{"Start":"03:05.990 ","End":"03:09.245","Text":"which is 8 minus x cubed."},{"Start":"03:09.245 ","End":"03:15.835","Text":"Now I have a formula for the volume in terms of the side of the lower cube x,"},{"Start":"03:15.835 ","End":"03:23.180","Text":"and then all I need is calculus to find what x is in order that this sum is minimum,"},{"Start":"03:23.180 ","End":"03:26.170","Text":"so we want minimum of y."},{"Start":"03:26.170 ","End":"03:30.500","Text":"We differentiate, we said equal to 0, we find suspects,"},{"Start":"03:30.500 ","End":"03:34.820","Text":"and then we determine whether this gives minimum or maximum,"},{"Start":"03:34.820 ","End":"03:36.260","Text":"and that\u0027s our usual techniques."},{"Start":"03:36.260 ","End":"03:38.180","Text":"Let\u0027s go ahead and do it."},{"Start":"03:38.180 ","End":"03:46.545","Text":"Y prime is equal to 3x squared plus,"},{"Start":"03:46.545 ","End":"03:48.735","Text":"now here I have 3,"},{"Start":"03:48.735 ","End":"03:51.990","Text":"8 minus x 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x squared is equal to 8 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:31.440 ","End":"04:34.800","Text":"If 2 things squared are equal,"},{"Start":"04:34.800 ","End":"04:39.920","Text":"then 1 is either the same as the other or the negative of the other."},{"Start":"04:39.920 ","End":"04:46.470","Text":"What I\u0027m saying is that x has got to be plus or minus 8 minus x,"},{"Start":"04:46.470 ","End":"04:48.980","Text":"and so I have 2 possibilities."},{"Start":"04:48.980 ","End":"04:52.370","Text":"If I take the plus sign,"},{"Start":"04:52.370 ","End":"04:55.925","Text":"I\u0027ve got x equals 8 minus x,"},{"Start":"04:55.925 ","End":"04:59.435","Text":"which gives me that x is equal to 4."},{"Start":"04:59.435 ","End":"05:01.490","Text":"If I take the minus,"},{"Start":"05:01.490 ","End":"05:05.760","Text":"I get x is equal to x minus 8,"},{"Start":"05:05.760 ","End":"05:07.245","Text":"which is the negative of these things."},{"Start":"05:07.245 ","End":"05:11.030","Text":"That\u0027s 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I want to get y in terms of x."},{"Start":"01:35.780 ","End":"01:39.380","Text":"But I haven\u0027t used the piece of information that the perimeter is 12."},{"Start":"01:39.380 ","End":"01:47.635","Text":"The perimeter is 12 means that 12 is equal to 2x plus 2y,"},{"Start":"01:47.635 ","End":"01:50.290","Text":"or I can write it as twice x plus y."},{"Start":"01:50.290 ","End":"01:53.180","Text":"The reason I did it that way is that where I can divide"},{"Start":"01:53.180 ","End":"01:57.289","Text":"by 2 and say that 6 is equal to x plus y."},{"Start":"01:57.289 ","End":"02:02.285","Text":"Therefore, that y is equal to 6 minus x."},{"Start":"02:02.285 ","End":"02:06.710","Text":"This is good for me because now I can plug that in here and say that"},{"Start":"02:06.710 ","End":"02:11.375","Text":"our volume is equal to x squared from these 2,"},{"Start":"02:11.375 ","End":"02:14.380","Text":"times 6 minus x."},{"Start":"02:14.380 ","End":"02:16.230","Text":"If I open it up,"},{"Start":"02:16.230 ","End":"02:21.555","Text":"it\u0027s 6x squared minus x cubed."},{"Start":"02:21.555 ","End":"02:25.220","Text":"In order to find the maximum,"},{"Start":"02:25.220 ","End":"02:27.540","Text":"we\u0027re going to use calculus methods now."},{"Start":"02:27.540 ","End":"02:30.545","Text":"For extremum, we differentiate set to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"02:30.545 ","End":"02:34.790","Text":"Let\u0027s see, V prime with respect to x is equal"},{"Start":"02:34.790 ","End":"02:42.455","Text":"to 12x minus 3x squared."},{"Start":"02:42.455 ","End":"02:45.710","Text":"I can take 3 out and I can take x out."},{"Start":"02:45.710 ","End":"02:47.660","Text":"I\u0027ve got 3x and what\u0027s left?"},{"Start":"02:47.660 ","End":"02:52.485","Text":"4 minus x."},{"Start":"02:52.485 ","End":"02:54.690","Text":"Now for a derivative,"},{"Start":"02:54.690 ","End":"02:58.389","Text":"we want V prime equals 0."},{"Start":"02:58.460 ","End":"03:02.205","Text":"You can see that we have 2 possibilities,"},{"Start":"03:02.205 ","End":"03:07.445","Text":"either x equals 0 or x equals 4."},{"Start":"03:07.445 ","End":"03:09.860","Text":"But 0 is not a length,"},{"Start":"03:09.860 ","End":"03:12.725","Text":"we have to have strictly positive lengths."},{"Start":"03:12.725 ","End":"03:15.200","Text":"I\u0027m going to rule this 1 out."},{"Start":"03:15.200 ","End":"03:17.905","Text":"We have x equals 4."},{"Start":"03:17.905 ","End":"03:21.590","Text":"Although we weren\u0027t asked to find all the dimensions,"},{"Start":"03:21.590 ","End":"03:23.825","Text":"if we were asked to find the height also,"},{"Start":"03:23.825 ","End":"03:26.990","Text":"I could say that if x equals 4,"},{"Start":"03:26.990 ","End":"03:30.380","Text":"then y equals 2."},{"Start":"03:30.380 ","End":"03:33.110","Text":"Back here, we\u0027ve got the answer,"},{"Start":"03:33.110 ","End":"03:37.990","Text":"but we haven\u0027t verified that it is indeed a maximum."},{"Start":"03:37.990 ","End":"03:40.890","Text":"What we want to do is,"},{"Start":"03:40.890 ","End":"03:42.300","Text":"well there\u0027s 2 main methods,"},{"Start":"03:42.300 ","End":"03:44.815","Text":"there\u0027s the second derivative method and the table method."},{"Start":"03:44.815 ","End":"03:47.425","Text":"I\u0027m going to use the table method."},{"Start":"03:47.425 ","End":"03:49.750","Text":"I\u0027m going to draw a table of,"},{"Start":"03:49.750 ","End":"03:51.890","Text":"I have here x."},{"Start":"03:51.890 ","End":"03:56.790","Text":"Here, I usually have y but here the dependent variable is V,"},{"Start":"03:56.790 ","End":"04:00.630","Text":"V prime and V. I put in all of them."},{"Start":"04:00.630 ","End":"04:03.520","Text":"There\u0027s only 1, which is x equals 4."},{"Start":"04:03.520 ","End":"04:06.635","Text":"At this point, V prime is 0."},{"Start":"04:06.635 ","End":"04:09.865","Text":"I want to know what it is to the left and to the right."},{"Start":"04:09.865 ","End":"04:13.525","Text":"Choose some points, I\u0027m going to choose 3 and 5,"},{"Start":"04:13.525 ","End":"04:17.680","Text":"and we\u0027re going to substitute in V prime."},{"Start":"04:17.680 ","End":"04:20.965","Text":"This will be convenient for me to substitute."},{"Start":"04:20.965 ","End":"04:24.525","Text":"But notice that 3x is positive,"},{"Start":"04:24.525 ","End":"04:28.355","Text":"I only have to look at the 4 minus x."},{"Start":"04:28.355 ","End":"04:30.260","Text":"Clearly, if x is 3,"},{"Start":"04:30.260 ","End":"04:32.345","Text":"4 minus x is positive."},{"Start":"04:32.345 ","End":"04:36.125","Text":"If x is 5, then 4 minus x is negative."},{"Start":"04:36.125 ","End":"04:38.295","Text":"That\u0027s all I needed to know is the sign."},{"Start":"04:38.295 ","End":"04:40.760","Text":"Here it is increasing,"},{"Start":"04:40.760 ","End":"04:43.130","Text":"here it is decreasing,"},{"Start":"04:43.130 ","End":"04:47.495","Text":"which means that the point for the graph looks something like this."},{"Start":"04:47.495 ","End":"04:52.020","Text":"In other words, it\u0027s a maximum indeed."},{"Start":"04:52.020 ","End":"04:56.750","Text":"Our x equals 4 is indeed a maximum,"},{"Start":"04:56.750 ","End":"04:59.040","Text":"and that is our answer."}],"ID":8572},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 17","Duration":"6m 46s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8392,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:01.560","Text":"Here we have another word problem,"},{"Start":"00:01.560 ","End":"00:02.970","Text":"I\u0027ll just explain it."},{"Start":"00:02.970 ","End":"00:06.780","Text":"We have a box here which is hollow."},{"Start":"00:06.780 ","End":"00:08.745","Text":"I mean, it\u0027s like a cardboard box,"},{"Start":"00:08.745 ","End":"00:10.080","Text":"but it has a base,"},{"Start":"00:10.080 ","End":"00:11.730","Text":"but it\u0027s an open top."},{"Start":"00:11.730 ","End":"00:15.180","Text":"It has the 4 sides and the base."},{"Start":"00:15.180 ","End":"00:21.960","Text":"We know that the surface area is 75 square centimeters and we"},{"Start":"00:21.960 ","End":"00:28.650","Text":"emphasize the surface area is only 1 base and 4 sides as opposed to the usual 6 sides,"},{"Start":"00:28.650 ","End":"00:30.435","Text":"there\u0027s only 5 sides here."},{"Start":"00:30.435 ","End":"00:33.000","Text":"Now, we have to find,"},{"Start":"00:33.000 ","End":"00:38.135","Text":"under this condition, the dimensions of the box with the maximal volume."},{"Start":"00:38.135 ","End":"00:42.740","Text":"It looks like we\u0027re going to take our dependent variable as the volume,"},{"Start":"00:42.740 ","End":"00:45.650","Text":"that\u0027s the 1 we\u0027re trying to maximize."},{"Start":"00:45.650 ","End":"00:48.220","Text":"Let\u0027s call the volume, V,"},{"Start":"00:48.220 ","End":"00:49.800","Text":"and we haven\u0027t got anything here,"},{"Start":"00:49.800 ","End":"00:51.410","Text":"so let me start labeling stuff."},{"Start":"00:51.410 ","End":"00:53.615","Text":"Let\u0027s say that the base is x."},{"Start":"00:53.615 ","End":"00:57.605","Text":"Now it\u0027s square, that means it\u0027s x here and it\u0027s x here."},{"Start":"00:57.605 ","End":"00:59.390","Text":"The height, I can call it h,"},{"Start":"00:59.390 ","End":"01:05.765","Text":"I can call it y, not to get too used to y being the dependent variable."},{"Start":"01:05.765 ","End":"01:09.860","Text":"Now, V is the product of all 3 dimensions,"},{"Start":"01:09.860 ","End":"01:12.140","Text":"I mean that\u0027s a standard formula for the volume,"},{"Start":"01:12.140 ","End":"01:14.735","Text":"it\u0027s just x times x times y,"},{"Start":"01:14.735 ","End":"01:16.730","Text":"which is x squared y."},{"Start":"01:16.730 ","End":"01:19.160","Text":"Some people say area of base times height,"},{"Start":"01:19.160 ","End":"01:21.784","Text":"but either way you look at it, it\u0027s the product of the 3 dimensions."},{"Start":"01:21.784 ","End":"01:24.650","Text":"Now the thing is I want to get it only in terms of 1 variable."},{"Start":"01:24.650 ","End":"01:27.635","Text":"Let\u0027s say that x is our independent variable,"},{"Start":"01:27.635 ","End":"01:29.480","Text":"so I need to put y in terms of x,"},{"Start":"01:29.480 ","End":"01:32.960","Text":"and I can do that by using this condition. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"01:32.960 ","End":"01:36.105","Text":"The surface area, there\u0027s 4 sides,"},{"Start":"01:36.105 ","End":"01:38.490","Text":"so the surface area,"},{"Start":"01:38.490 ","End":"01:41.190","Text":"let\u0027s call that S will be,"},{"Start":"01:41.190 ","End":"01:44.400","Text":"let\u0027s see, x times y is 1 of these things."},{"Start":"01:44.400 ","End":"01:47.250","Text":"Each 1 of these is x times y."},{"Start":"01:47.250 ","End":"01:50.210","Text":"There\u0027s 4 of these because they go all the way"},{"Start":"01:50.210 ","End":"01:54.200","Text":"around and then I have 1 base because it\u0027s open at the top,"},{"Start":"01:54.200 ","End":"01:59.045","Text":"which is x squared and this we\u0027re given is equal to 75."},{"Start":"01:59.045 ","End":"02:02.990","Text":"Now it seems to me like I could isolate y in terms"},{"Start":"02:02.990 ","End":"02:06.725","Text":"of x from here and then I can put it in here and I\u0027ll have just x."},{"Start":"02:06.725 ","End":"02:12.095","Text":"Here goes, I don\u0027t need the name of this S. I just need this equation."},{"Start":"02:12.095 ","End":"02:19.470","Text":"I\u0027ll take x squared to the other side so I\u0027ve got 75 minus x"},{"Start":"02:19.470 ","End":"02:27.830","Text":"squared and then I\u0027ll divide by the 4x and all I\u0027m left with is the y then."},{"Start":"02:27.830 ","End":"02:30.320","Text":"V equals, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"02:30.320 ","End":"02:39.560","Text":"x squared times 75 minus x squared over 4x."},{"Start":"02:39.560 ","End":"02:42.440","Text":"Now we can cancel a little bit."},{"Start":"02:42.440 ","End":"02:45.020","Text":"This x can go with 1 of these,"},{"Start":"02:45.020 ","End":"02:46.610","Text":"so I cancel basically the 2,"},{"Start":"02:46.610 ","End":"02:53.365","Text":"so it\u0027s no longer x squared and what I get if I multiply out will be,"},{"Start":"02:53.365 ","End":"02:55.190","Text":"put the 4 as a quarter in front."},{"Start":"02:55.190 ","End":"02:58.250","Text":"I don\u0027t want a big fraction. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"02:58.250 ","End":"02:59.435","Text":"Now if I multiply out,"},{"Start":"02:59.435 ","End":"03:05.175","Text":"I get 75x minus x cubed."},{"Start":"03:05.175 ","End":"03:10.085","Text":"This basically, this bit is going to give me"},{"Start":"03:10.085 ","End":"03:15.410","Text":"the equation of the thing I need to maximize in terms of the"},{"Start":"03:15.410 ","End":"03:19.670","Text":"independent variable x. I\u0027m going to use"},{"Start":"03:19.670 ","End":"03:27.885","Text":"calculus extrema methods to find what x gives the maximum V. Let\u0027s see now."},{"Start":"03:27.885 ","End":"03:31.180","Text":"V prime is equal to 1/4,"},{"Start":"03:31.180 ","End":"03:35.150","Text":"that\u0027s a constant so it can stay and differentiate what\u0027s inside."},{"Start":"03:35.150 ","End":"03:40.115","Text":"We have 75 minus 3x squared."},{"Start":"03:40.115 ","End":"03:45.439","Text":"For maximum, I need to have V prime equals 0."},{"Start":"03:45.439 ","End":"03:47.210","Text":"What will that give me?"},{"Start":"03:47.210 ","End":"03:50.375","Text":"The quarter is inconsequential here."},{"Start":"03:50.375 ","End":"03:54.790","Text":"I\u0027ll get 75 minus 3x squared equals 0."},{"Start":"03:54.790 ","End":"04:04.820","Text":"Basically, I\u0027ll get 75 equals 3x squared or if I switch sides and divide by 3,"},{"Start":"04:04.820 ","End":"04:08.105","Text":"I\u0027ll get x squared is 25."},{"Start":"04:08.105 ","End":"04:10.610","Text":"Now, x is a length,"},{"Start":"04:10.610 ","End":"04:11.960","Text":"it\u0027s a positive number,"},{"Start":"04:11.960 ","End":"04:17.930","Text":"it can\u0027t be negative so the only possibility is x is the square root of 25, which is 5."},{"Start":"04:17.930 ","End":"04:21.425","Text":"That\u0027s the only positive number squared that gives 25."},{"Start":"04:21.425 ","End":"04:25.985","Text":"We found what x is that would give the"},{"Start":"04:25.985 ","End":"04:32.195","Text":"maximum not enough to find x. I also have to find what y is."},{"Start":"04:32.195 ","End":"04:34.340","Text":"If x is 5,"},{"Start":"04:34.340 ","End":"04:44.120","Text":"then we have the y equals 75 minus 5 squared over 4 times 5, which is,"},{"Start":"04:44.120 ","End":"04:48.714","Text":"let\u0027s see, 5 squared is 25 from 75 is 50,"},{"Start":"04:48.714 ","End":"04:55.670","Text":"50 over 20 and that\u0027s basically 2 and 1/2 or 5 over 2 or 2.5."},{"Start":"04:55.670 ","End":"04:58.880","Text":"I\u0027ll just write that here as well."},{"Start":"04:58.880 ","End":"05:02.585","Text":"Y equals and I\u0027ll put it as a decimal here,"},{"Start":"05:02.585 ","End":"05:06.965","Text":"2.5 and I\u0027ll highlight that also."},{"Start":"05:06.965 ","End":"05:10.400","Text":"But as I said, we haven\u0027t yet shown that it is indeed"},{"Start":"05:10.400 ","End":"05:13.910","Text":"a maximum and there\u0027s 2 main methods,"},{"Start":"05:13.910 ","End":"05:19.000","Text":"1 is the second derivative method and 1 is 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box,"},{"Start":"00:06.570 ","End":"00:08.685","Text":"sometimes called wire frame,"},{"Start":"00:08.685 ","End":"00:13.035","Text":"means that each of these edges is like a piece of wire."},{"Start":"00:13.035 ","End":"00:18.345","Text":"Actually there\u0027s altogether, let\u0027s see how many these 12 pieces of wire,"},{"Start":"00:18.345 ","End":"00:19.830","Text":"4 for the base,"},{"Start":"00:19.830 ","End":"00:22.560","Text":"4 for the top and 4 supporting,"},{"Start":"00:22.560 ","End":"00:30.015","Text":"and we want the wire-frame box to hold 1,000 cubic centimeters,"},{"Start":"00:30.015 ","End":"00:32.880","Text":"but we want to do it with the least amount of wire,"},{"Start":"00:32.880 ","End":"00:38.605","Text":"basically we\u0027re asking what is the minimum length of wire needed to construct such a box?"},{"Start":"00:38.605 ","End":"00:42.550","Text":"Minimal means an extrema problem and"},{"Start":"00:42.550 ","End":"00:45.770","Text":"the length of wire is going to be our dependent variable."},{"Start":"00:45.770 ","End":"00:48.775","Text":"Let\u0027s call that variable L,"},{"Start":"00:48.775 ","End":"00:51.180","Text":"and it\u0027s going to equal;"},{"Start":"00:51.180 ","End":"00:53.055","Text":"but we haven\u0027t labeled anything yet,"},{"Start":"00:53.055 ","End":"00:58.565","Text":"but let\u0027s say the base is x and this is x also because it\u0027s a square base,"},{"Start":"00:58.565 ","End":"01:01.680","Text":"but the height, we\u0027ll call it y."},{"Start":"01:01.680 ","End":"01:07.185","Text":"Now, the length is going to equal, let\u0027s see now,"},{"Start":"01:07.185 ","End":"01:10.350","Text":"there\u0027s 8 pieces of length x,"},{"Start":"01:10.350 ","End":"01:15.035","Text":"because there\u0027s 4 along the base and then there\u0027s another 4 along here,"},{"Start":"01:15.035 ","End":"01:16.865","Text":"x, x, x and x,"},{"Start":"01:16.865 ","End":"01:18.290","Text":"and there\u0027s 2 more hidden."},{"Start":"01:18.290 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","End":"02:00.330","Text":"and I guess I don\u0027t need the letter V, I\u0027ll erase that,"},{"Start":"02:00.330 ","End":"02:02.585","Text":"and in that case,"},{"Start":"02:02.585 ","End":"02:09.245","Text":"we have this equation and we can extract y from it and say it\u0027s 1,000 over x squared."},{"Start":"02:09.245 ","End":"02:13.985","Text":"Now I can put that back in here and say that this is equal to"},{"Start":"02:13.985 ","End":"02:24.165","Text":"8x plus 4 times y is 4000 over x squared,"},{"Start":"02:24.165 ","End":"02:28.845","Text":"and we want the minimum of L,"},{"Start":"02:28.845 ","End":"02:37.005","Text":"that\u0027s what we want to minimize is L. Let\u0027s use calculus, differentiate."},{"Start":"02:37.005 ","End":"02:42.610","Text":"We\u0027ll get L prime is equal to 8x gives 8,"},{"Start":"02:42.610 ","End":"02:45.860","Text":"the derivative of 1 over x squared,"},{"Start":"02:45.860 ","End":"02:48.390","Text":"you can check it\u0027s minus 2 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"02:48.390 ","End":"02:50.160","Text":"if you write it as x^minus 2,"},{"Start":"02:50.160 ","End":"02:52.220","Text":"we get minus 2, x^minus 3,"},{"Start":"02:52.220 ","End":"02:54.934","Text":"and then it\u0027s minus 2 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"02:54.934 ","End":"03:02.130","Text":"so it\u0027s minus 2 times 4,000 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"03:02.130 ","End":"03:05.370","Text":"and we want to minimize,"},{"Start":"03:05.370 ","End":"03:06.770","Text":"so for an extrema problem,"},{"Start":"03:06.770 ","End":"03:09.980","Text":"we want the derivative to be 0 because that\u0027s the only place we"},{"Start":"03:09.980 ","End":"03:13.830","Text":"could find an extremum or suspect anyway."},{"Start":"03:13.830 ","End":"03:19.740","Text":"So that will give us that 8 equals,"},{"Start":"03:19.740 ","End":"03:22.290","Text":"let\u0027s see I bring this to the other side,"},{"Start":"03:22.290 ","End":"03:23.585","Text":"so they\u0027re saying it\u0027s equal to 0,"},{"Start":"03:23.585 ","End":"03:25.850","Text":"8 is equal to 8,000."},{"Start":"03:25.850 ","End":"03:31.745","Text":"That\u0027s the 2 times the 4,000 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"03:31.745 ","End":"03:35.540","Text":"and that will give us, see,"},{"Start":"03:35.540 ","End":"03:37.055","Text":"bring the x cubed over here,"},{"Start":"03:37.055 ","End":"03:38.570","Text":"bring the 8 over here,"},{"Start":"03:38.570 ","End":"03:42.265","Text":"we get x cubed equals 1,000,"},{"Start":"03:42.265 ","End":"03:45.520","Text":"divide by 8, multiply by x cubed."},{"Start":"03:45.520 ","End":"03:47.780","Text":"X is the cube root of 1,000,"},{"Start":"03:47.780 ","End":"03:49.655","Text":"which is a neat 10,"},{"Start":"03:49.655 ","End":"03:52.980","Text":"so that\u0027s going to be an important result,"},{"Start":"03:52.980 ","End":"03:55.930","Text":"and let me just check again what was it that they were asking."},{"Start":"03:55.930 ","End":"03:58.374","Text":"Minimal length of wire,"},{"Start":"03:58.374 ","End":"04:00.260","Text":"so we don\u0027t want the dimensions,"},{"Start":"04:00.260 ","End":"04:04.130","Text":"but we want the actual length of wire, not a problem."},{"Start":"04:04.130 ","End":"04:06.635","Text":"Once we have that x is 10,"},{"Start":"04:06.635 ","End":"04:10.745","Text":"we can then go back to computing y,"},{"Start":"04:10.745 ","End":"04:13.485","Text":"because we have that y is this,"},{"Start":"04:13.485 ","End":"04:15.195","Text":"so if x is 10,"},{"Start":"04:15.195 ","End":"04:21.285","Text":"then y equals 1,000 over 10 squared,"},{"Start":"04:21.285 ","End":"04:24.245","Text":"1,000 over a 100 which is 10."},{"Start":"04:24.245 ","End":"04:31.959","Text":"So that gives us also that x equals 10 and then y equals 10,"},{"Start":"04:31.959 ","End":"04:34.965","Text":"but what we need is L,"},{"Start":"04:34.965 ","End":"04:37.625","Text":"so if I plug it in here,"},{"Start":"04:37.625 ","End":"04:39.995","Text":"I will get that,"},{"Start":"04:39.995 ","End":"04:47.240","Text":"let\u0027s see L is equal to 8x plus 4y,"},{"Start":"04:47.420 ","End":"04:51.810","Text":"which is 8 times 10 plus 4 times,"},{"Start":"04:51.810 ","End":"04:53.895","Text":"so it\u0027s 8 plus 4 times 10,"},{"Start":"04:53.895 ","End":"04:57.830","Text":"so this is 120."},{"Start":"04:57.830 ","End":"04:59.405","Text":"Now the question is,"},{"Start":"04:59.405 ","End":"05:03.350","Text":"how do we know that it\u0027s a minimum?"},{"Start":"05:03.350 ","End":"05:08.510","Text":"2 techniques, second derivative or table,"},{"Start":"05:08.510 ","End":"05:09.810","Text":"those are the 2 main methods."},{"Start":"05:09.810 ","End":"05:12.070","Text":"I\u0027m going to opt for the table method,"},{"Start":"05:12.070 ","End":"05:14.375","Text":"so I\u0027m going to make a table,"},{"Start":"05:14.375 ","End":"05:19.230","Text":"where here I have x my independent variable,"},{"Start":"05:19.230 ","End":"05:21.380","Text":"here I have L prime,"},{"Start":"05:21.380 ","End":"05:23.360","Text":"and here I have L,"},{"Start":"05:23.360 ","End":"05:26.060","Text":"here I put in all the suspects in this case,"},{"Start":"05:26.060 ","End":"05:29.585","Text":"it\u0027s only 1 that happens to be x equals 10."},{"Start":"05:29.585 ","End":"05:33.220","Text":"At this point L prime is 0."},{"Start":"05:33.220 ","End":"05:37.200","Text":"How about I\u0027ll try 8, 20."},{"Start":"05:37.200 ","End":"05:40.080","Text":"Let me just write it again that,"},{"Start":"05:40.080 ","End":"05:49.020","Text":"L prime is 8 minus 8,000 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"05:49.020 ","End":"05:52.110","Text":"that\u0027s where I\u0027m going to be substituting."},{"Start":"05:52.110 ","End":"05:54.284","Text":"If x equals 10,"},{"Start":"05:54.284 ","End":"05:55.950","Text":"10 cubed is 1,000,"},{"Start":"05:55.950 ","End":"05:59.835","Text":"8,000 over 1,000 is 88 minus 8 is 0 that\u0027s fine."},{"Start":"05:59.835 ","End":"06:05.640","Text":"If x is 8, I get 8 cubed is 60,"},{"Start":"06:05.640 ","End":"06:06.810","Text":"I\u0027ll choose a better value,"},{"Start":"06:06.810 ","End":"06:08.490","Text":"let me try 5,"},{"Start":"06:08.490 ","End":"06:10.935","Text":"I think that will work better instead of 8."},{"Start":"06:10.935 ","End":"06:19.799","Text":"I\u0027m going to put 5, 5 cubed is 125, goes into 1,000,"},{"Start":"06:19.799 ","End":"06:24.345","Text":"8 times, so it goes into 8,000,"},{"Start":"06:24.345 ","End":"06:28.815","Text":"64 times, 8 minus 64 it\u0027s negative,"},{"Start":"06:28.815 ","End":"06:30.925","Text":"that\u0027s really all I needed to know."},{"Start":"06:30.925 ","End":"06:33.230","Text":"If I have x equals 20,"},{"Start":"06:33.230 ","End":"06:35.060","Text":"20 cubed is 8,000,"},{"Start":"06:35.060 ","End":"06:36.860","Text":"8,000 over 8,000 is 1,"},{"Start":"06:36.860 ","End":"06:41.450","Text":"8 minus 1, it\u0027s positive is all I need to know,"},{"Start":"06:41.450 ","End":"06:44.570","Text":"and so, here I have decreasing,"},{"Start":"06:44.570 ","End":"06:46.220","Text":"here I have increasing."},{"Start":"06:46.220 ","End":"06:49.235","Text":"The function L around 10"},{"Start":"06:49.235 ","End":"06:53.335","Text":"would be something like this shape in other words, it\u0027s a minimum,"},{"Start":"06:53.335 ","End":"06:57.604","Text":"and so this does give us indeed a minimum,"},{"Start":"06:57.604 ","End":"07:01.105","Text":"and the minimum length is 120,"},{"Start":"07:01.105 ","End":"07:04.640","Text":"and the dimensions that give it are 10,"},{"Start":"07:04.640 ","End":"07:10.140","Text":"everything\u0027s 10, all the pieces of wire are 10. We\u0027re done."}],"ID":8574},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 19","Duration":"13m 22s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8383,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.915","Text":"Let me explain this word problem in Geometry,"},{"Start":"00:03.915 ","End":"00:09.270","Text":"we have here what is called a right regular pyramid with square base,"},{"Start":"00:09.270 ","End":"00:11.985","Text":"which means that the base is a square,"},{"Start":"00:11.985 ","End":"00:16.395","Text":"all the sides are the same and the angles are 90 degrees."},{"Start":"00:16.395 ","End":"00:22.935","Text":"The word right, means that the apex is directly above the center of the base."},{"Start":"00:22.935 ","End":"00:26.070","Text":"This would be 90 degrees also,"},{"Start":"00:26.070 ","End":"00:30.525","Text":"the height meets this plane of the base and 90 degrees."},{"Start":"00:30.525 ","End":"00:34.215","Text":"What we\u0027re given is that it has a lateral edge,"},{"Start":"00:34.215 ","End":"00:37.055","Text":"lateral means side edge of a centimeter."},{"Start":"00:37.055 ","End":"00:40.700","Text":"This would be a, we are going to just use centimeters,"},{"Start":"00:40.700 ","End":"00:44.195","Text":"and this would be a, and this would be a,"},{"Start":"00:44.195 ","End":"00:46.595","Text":"and I guess the hidden one is also a,"},{"Start":"00:46.595 ","End":"00:48.545","Text":"what our task is,"},{"Start":"00:48.545 ","End":"00:53.675","Text":"is to get the greatest possible volume from all such pyramids."},{"Start":"00:53.675 ","End":"00:59.890","Text":"There are many which fits this description and we want the one with the biggest volume,"},{"Start":"00:59.890 ","End":"01:01.535","Text":"and to find that volume,"},{"Start":"01:01.535 ","End":"01:05.445","Text":"what we need is an independent variable."},{"Start":"01:05.445 ","End":"01:11.119","Text":"I think the side of the base looks fairly natural to me to take,"},{"Start":"01:11.119 ","End":"01:14.660","Text":"let\u0027s call this x, going to be our independent variable,"},{"Start":"01:14.660 ","End":"01:18.170","Text":"this is x and then these two will also be x."},{"Start":"01:18.170 ","End":"01:22.835","Text":"Now we have to express the volume in terms of x."},{"Start":"01:22.835 ","End":"01:28.160","Text":"Normally, the volume of a pyramid is given"},{"Start":"01:28.160 ","End":"01:34.085","Text":"by the formula V is equal to 1/3,"},{"Start":"01:34.085 ","End":"01:36.485","Text":"the area of the base times the height."},{"Start":"01:36.485 ","End":"01:40.310","Text":"Now the area of the base is x squared."},{"Start":"01:40.310 ","End":"01:43.160","Text":"The height would be this,"},{"Start":"01:43.160 ","End":"01:48.185","Text":"I\u0027ll call this h. But the thing is we don\u0027t have h yet,"},{"Start":"01:48.185 ","End":"01:51.035","Text":"we want to express it in terms of x."},{"Start":"01:51.035 ","End":"01:55.760","Text":"This can be done with Pythagoras\u0027s theorem twice."},{"Start":"01:55.760 ","End":"01:59.060","Text":"The first thing is that I want to look at this triangle,"},{"Start":"01:59.060 ","End":"02:07.280","Text":"then I can get h from Pythagoras\u0027s theorem because a is like a known quantity,"},{"Start":"02:07.280 ","End":"02:09.725","Text":"but I don\u0027t have this bit."},{"Start":"02:09.725 ","End":"02:12.035","Text":"I\u0027ll go back again,"},{"Start":"02:12.035 ","End":"02:17.150","Text":"and I\u0027m going to use a different color because we\u0027re going to use a different triangle."},{"Start":"02:17.150 ","End":"02:22.340","Text":"If I call this lets say l. This will"},{"Start":"02:22.340 ","End":"02:28.410","Text":"also be l because the diagonals bisect each other."},{"Start":"02:28.410 ","End":"02:31.675","Text":"Anywhere In a square also this is 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"02:31.675 ","End":"02:33.755","Text":"this angle is 45."},{"Start":"02:33.755 ","End":"02:38.935","Text":"For many reasons, these 2 are the same and this is also 90 degrees."},{"Start":"02:38.935 ","End":"02:41.990","Text":"If I look at the one I\u0027ve shaded in green,"},{"Start":"02:41.990 ","End":"02:50.700","Text":"I can get that l squared plus l squared equals x squared by Pythagoras."},{"Start":"02:51.280 ","End":"02:55.285","Text":"I\u0027ve got that 2l squared is x squared,"},{"Start":"02:55.285 ","End":"03:00.200","Text":"so l squared is 1/2 x squared,"},{"Start":"03:00.200 ","End":"03:03.730","Text":"or x squared over 2 maybe is better."},{"Start":"03:03.730 ","End":"03:07.845","Text":"Now let\u0027s go to the yellow triangle."},{"Start":"03:07.845 ","End":"03:13.385","Text":"I said this isn\u0027t going to be 90 degrees on the yellows got obliterated."},{"Start":"03:13.385 ","End":"03:17.540","Text":"If I apply Pythagoras to the yellow triangle,"},{"Start":"03:17.540 ","End":"03:20.930","Text":"I get that h squared is this squared minus this squared,"},{"Start":"03:20.930 ","End":"03:25.445","Text":"is a squared minus l squared,"},{"Start":"03:25.445 ","End":"03:31.300","Text":"but we know l squared is x squared over 2."},{"Start":"03:33.560 ","End":"03:35.675","Text":"Now I\u0027ve got this,"},{"Start":"03:35.675 ","End":"03:38.195","Text":"I can plug that in here."},{"Start":"03:38.195 ","End":"03:42.030","Text":"I\u0027ve got that v is 1/3 x squared."},{"Start":"03:42.030 ","End":"03:43.430","Text":"Here I have h squared,"},{"Start":"03:43.430 ","End":"03:51.205","Text":"but h is just the square root of a squared minus x squared over 2."},{"Start":"03:51.205 ","End":"03:53.630","Text":"We see that we have a square root,"},{"Start":"03:53.630 ","End":"03:56.225","Text":"which would be awkward if we start differentiating."},{"Start":"03:56.225 ","End":"04:01.625","Text":"We have a standard trick of raising everything squared,"},{"Start":"04:01.625 ","End":"04:03.755","Text":"taking the function squared."},{"Start":"04:03.755 ","End":"04:06.140","Text":"This only works when you have a positive function."},{"Start":"04:06.140 ","End":"04:07.670","Text":"I mean, besides the square root,"},{"Start":"04:07.670 ","End":"04:08.990","Text":"we also have this bit,"},{"Start":"04:08.990 ","End":"04:10.460","Text":"but this is always positive,"},{"Start":"04:10.460 ","End":"04:13.715","Text":"so we\u0027re okay, the positive functions, this trick works."},{"Start":"04:13.715 ","End":"04:17.750","Text":"I\u0027m going to let y be v squared,"},{"Start":"04:17.750 ","End":"04:23.405","Text":"which will be 1/9 x^4,"},{"Start":"04:23.405 ","End":"04:25.610","Text":"and then throughout the square root,"},{"Start":"04:25.610 ","End":"04:30.350","Text":"and I\u0027ve got a squared minus x squared over 2,"},{"Start":"04:30.350 ","End":"04:34.550","Text":"and y is going to have the same maximum or"},{"Start":"04:34.550 ","End":"04:39.530","Text":"minimum x as v. The actual value will be different,"},{"Start":"04:39.530 ","End":"04:41.825","Text":"but the x will be the same."},{"Start":"04:41.825 ","End":"04:47.285","Text":"When we actually find the volume,"},{"Start":"04:47.285 ","End":"04:50.885","Text":"then we have to use v and not y."},{"Start":"04:50.885 ","End":"04:54.815","Text":"Let\u0027s differentiate y prime is,"},{"Start":"04:54.815 ","End":"04:58.040","Text":"now the 1/9 is a constant and the rest I\u0027ll do with"},{"Start":"04:58.040 ","End":"05:04.300","Text":"a product rule like this will be u and this will be v,"},{"Start":"05:04.300 ","End":"05:06.050","Text":"I\u0027m assuming you know the product rule."},{"Start":"05:06.050 ","End":"05:08.749","Text":"We have u prime,"},{"Start":"05:08.749 ","End":"05:11.000","Text":"which is 4x cubed,"},{"Start":"05:11.000 ","End":"05:16.555","Text":"and then v as is a squared minus x squared over 2."},{"Start":"05:16.555 ","End":"05:21.295","Text":"Plus the other way around this one not differentiated,"},{"Start":"05:21.295 ","End":"05:23.465","Text":"and this one differentiated."},{"Start":"05:23.465 ","End":"05:30.450","Text":"Just gives us minus 2x over 2 is just minus x."},{"Start":"05:31.910 ","End":"05:34.860","Text":"We don\u0027t look for critical points first,"},{"Start":"05:34.860 ","End":"05:38.510","Text":"and from those we look for maximum or minimum,"},{"Start":"05:38.510 ","End":"05:42.150","Text":"so y prime is 0 gives us,"},{"Start":"05:42.150 ","End":"05:46.320","Text":"we can ignore this 1/9 is not going to make any difference,"},{"Start":"05:46.320 ","End":"05:49.880","Text":"we multiply both sides by 9,"},{"Start":"05:49.880 ","End":"05:51.905","Text":"it gets still 0."},{"Start":"05:51.905 ","End":"05:57.015","Text":"Not only that, since x is not 0,"},{"Start":"05:57.015 ","End":"05:59.060","Text":"where we\u0027re looking x is positive,"},{"Start":"05:59.060 ","End":"06:00.320","Text":"we can also cancel it,"},{"Start":"06:00.320 ","End":"06:04.220","Text":"lets say this x cubed with x cubed from here,"},{"Start":"06:04.220 ","End":"06:08.360","Text":"so that will get rid of that 4 make it just x."},{"Start":"06:08.360 ","End":"06:14.670","Text":"What do we get? 4a squared minus 4x squared over 2,"},{"Start":"06:14.670 ","End":"06:17.520","Text":"so that\u0027s minus 2x squared."},{"Start":"06:17.520 ","End":"06:24.420","Text":"Here minus x squared because it\u0027s just x minus x."},{"Start":"06:24.460 ","End":"06:29.250","Text":"This is going to equal 0,"},{"Start":"06:30.850 ","End":"06:34.410","Text":"what we get is"},{"Start":"06:37.270 ","End":"06:44.655","Text":"4a squared will equal 3x squared,"},{"Start":"06:44.655 ","End":"06:55.620","Text":"and so x squared is equal to 4 over 3a squared,"},{"Start":"06:55.620 ","End":"06:58.050","Text":"and x has to be positive."},{"Start":"06:58.050 ","End":"07:01.100","Text":"I can only take the positive square root,"},{"Start":"07:01.100 ","End":"07:02.779","Text":"no plus or minus."},{"Start":"07:02.779 ","End":"07:09.060","Text":"Take the square root of 4/3, a square root,"},{"Start":"07:09.060 ","End":"07:15.015","Text":"the positive square root simplify a bit square root of 4 is 2,"},{"Start":"07:15.015 ","End":"07:20.080","Text":"square root of a squared is a if a is positive."},{"Start":"07:20.150 ","End":"07:25.400","Text":"We have the value of x,"},{"Start":"07:25.400 ","End":"07:30.575","Text":"which gives the minimum or maximum or neither its critical point,"},{"Start":"07:30.575 ","End":"07:33.220","Text":"hopefully it\u0027s a maximum."},{"Start":"07:33.220 ","End":"07:36.870","Text":"Let\u0027s do the second derivative test."},{"Start":"07:36.870 ","End":"07:40.610","Text":"For this, we altered y prime a bit,"},{"Start":"07:40.610 ","End":"07:42.080","Text":"we took stuff out."},{"Start":"07:42.080 ","End":"07:45.195","Text":"Let\u0027s get the original y prime back."},{"Start":"07:45.195 ","End":"07:47.515","Text":"I\u0027ll leave the 1.9 then,"},{"Start":"07:47.515 ","End":"07:51.885","Text":"and I\u0027ll also leave the x cubed that I canceled,"},{"Start":"07:51.885 ","End":"07:58.625","Text":"but as for the rest of it we can see from the algebra that what we had was 4a squared,"},{"Start":"07:58.625 ","End":"08:04.170","Text":"I\u0027m reading off here with a simplified minus 3x squared."},{"Start":"08:07.310 ","End":"08:11.290","Text":"Then I need the second derivative,"},{"Start":"08:12.920 ","End":"08:16.605","Text":"and then I\u0027ll substitute the x."},{"Start":"08:16.605 ","End":"08:21.505","Text":"In general, y double prime is equal to,"},{"Start":"08:21.505 ","End":"08:25.170","Text":"I better expand this."},{"Start":"08:27.980 ","End":"08:35.970","Text":"Let\u0027s do it over here we have the 1/9 now we have 4a squared"},{"Start":"08:35.970 ","End":"08:44.450","Text":"x cubed minus 3x^5 because cubed squared fifth."},{"Start":"08:44.450 ","End":"08:49.650","Text":"Now we can differentiate y double prime,"},{"Start":"08:49.650 ","End":"08:51.900","Text":"that 1/9 just sticks,"},{"Start":"08:51.900 ","End":"08:57.565","Text":"and we get 3 times 4 is 12a squared x"},{"Start":"08:57.565 ","End":"09:05.830","Text":"squared,5 times 3 is 15x^4."},{"Start":"09:05.830 ","End":"09:08.570","Text":"It\u0027s just a bit more convenient if I"},{"Start":"09:08.570 ","End":"09:12.960","Text":"take x squared out"},{"Start":"09:12.960 ","End":"09:16.490","Text":"might as well take the 3 out as well you don\u0027t normally expect you to do this,"},{"Start":"09:16.490 ","End":"09:23.435","Text":"but if I take the 3 out I got 1/3,"},{"Start":"09:23.435 ","End":"09:27.890","Text":"the x squared I\u0027m also taking out and then"},{"Start":"09:27.890 ","End":"09:33.035","Text":"I\u0027ve left with 4a squared after I took 3x squared out,"},{"Start":"09:33.035 ","End":"09:37.425","Text":"and from here, if I take 3x squared 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","End":"11:34.970","Text":"so I copy pasted from the beginning what we found to be the volume,"},{"Start":"11:34.970 ","End":"11:41.030","Text":"and now all we have to do is substitute the volume when"},{"Start":"11:41.030 ","End":"11:47.900","Text":"x is 2 over root 3a and see what we get."},{"Start":"11:47.900 ","End":"11:52.414","Text":"We get 1/3 x squared,"},{"Start":"11:52.414 ","End":"11:58.770","Text":"we already said is 4/3 a squared."},{"Start":"12:01.330 ","End":"12:07.460","Text":"Then we have the square root of a squared minus,"},{"Start":"12:07.460 ","End":"12:11.255","Text":"now 1/2 x squared is just a half of this,"},{"Start":"12:11.255 ","End":"12:14.530","Text":"so it\u0027s 2/3 a squared,"},{"Start":"12:14.530 ","End":"12:18.210","Text":"lets\u0027 see a bit more algebra here,"},{"Start":"12:18.210 ","End":"12:25.240","Text":"what we have is 4/9 a squared."},{"Start":"12:25.240 ","End":"12:34.370","Text":"Now, here I can take a squared outside the square root,"},{"Start":"12:34.370 ","End":"12:36.385","Text":"but it comes out as a,"},{"Start":"12:36.385 ","End":"12:37.910","Text":"absolute value of a,"},{"Start":"12:37.910 ","End":"12:42.965","Text":"which is a square root of a squared times 1 minus 2/3,"},{"Start":"12:42.965 ","End":"12:47.730","Text":"so it\u0027s the square root of a third."},{"Start":"12:50.180 ","End":"12:56.480","Text":"What we get, we could slightly simplify this,"},{"Start":"12:56.480 ","End":"13:01.540","Text":"1 over 3 square root is 1 over root 3,"},{"Start":"13:01.540 ","End":"13:07.070","Text":"so I can write it as 4 over 9 root 3,"},{"Start":"13:07.070 ","End":"13:11.670","Text":"and a squared with a is a cubed."},{"Start":"13:12.050 ","End":"13:21.990","Text":"This is the answer for the volume which is maximum, and we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8575},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 20","Duration":"16m 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apex,"},{"Start":"00:29.655 ","End":"00:31.860","Text":"the top of the pyramid,"},{"Start":"00:31.860 ","End":"00:35.645","Text":"is directly above the center of the base."},{"Start":"00:35.645 ","End":"00:37.750","Text":"Which means that if I join these 2,"},{"Start":"00:37.750 ","End":"00:40.135","Text":"that this is a height to the base."},{"Start":"00:40.135 ","End":"00:42.095","Text":"If this is a height,"},{"Start":"00:42.095 ","End":"00:46.010","Text":"I\u0027ll label that height as h. But"},{"Start":"00:46.010 ","End":"00:50.885","Text":"this height is perpendicular to every line that goes through it in the base."},{"Start":"00:50.885 ","End":"00:54.740","Text":"It\u0027s a height. To indicate that we have a square,"},{"Start":"00:54.740 ","End":"00:59.030","Text":"let me just say that this side is x,"},{"Start":"00:59.030 ","End":"01:01.880","Text":"this is x, this is also x,"},{"Start":"01:01.880 ","End":"01:03.290","Text":"this is also x."},{"Start":"01:03.290 ","End":"01:04.640","Text":"Of course, this is a square,"},{"Start":"01:04.640 ","End":"01:07.930","Text":"so all these angles are 90 degrees on the base."},{"Start":"01:07.930 ","End":"01:15.055","Text":"Now we\u0027re given a piece of information that the surface area is 200,"},{"Start":"01:15.055 ","End":"01:19.550","Text":"but there are many such pyramids with"},{"Start":"01:19.550 ","End":"01:25.335","Text":"a surface area of 200 square centimeters which are right regular,"},{"Start":"01:25.335 ","End":"01:29.900","Text":"we want to find the 1 which has maximal volume."},{"Start":"01:29.900 ","End":"01:32.120","Text":"The volume is got to be the greatest."},{"Start":"01:32.120 ","End":"01:35.120","Text":"For 1 thing, this tells us that"},{"Start":"01:35.120 ","End":"01:40.385","Text":"our dependent variable is going to be V because that\u0027s the 1 that we want to maximize."},{"Start":"01:40.385 ","End":"01:44.195","Text":"I\u0027d like to write V in terms of the independent variable, and you know what?"},{"Start":"01:44.195 ","End":"01:46.415","Text":"X is not a bad choice, it seems to me."},{"Start":"01:46.415 ","End":"01:50.300","Text":"We\u0027ll let x be the independent variable and we want to write V in"},{"Start":"01:50.300 ","End":"01:54.260","Text":"terms of x. I can make a start"},{"Start":"01:54.260 ","End":"02:02.320","Text":"by saying that the volume of the pyramid is 1/3 of the area of the base times the height."},{"Start":"02:02.320 ","End":"02:03.890","Text":"The area of the base,"},{"Start":"02:03.890 ","End":"02:05.270","Text":"I can tell straight away,"},{"Start":"02:05.270 ","End":"02:07.560","Text":"it\u0027s just x squared."},{"Start":"02:07.670 ","End":"02:10.100","Text":"The height, I don\u0027t know yet,"},{"Start":"02:10.100 ","End":"02:11.420","Text":"but I\u0027ll write it in there."},{"Start":"02:11.420 ","End":"02:16.315","Text":"My goal now is to get the height in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:16.315 ","End":"02:19.520","Text":"There\u0027s a piece of information I haven\u0027t used in"},{"Start":"02:19.520 ","End":"02:24.800","Text":"the computation that is that the surface area is 200 square centimeters."},{"Start":"02:24.800 ","End":"02:26.930","Text":"To help me with this,"},{"Start":"02:26.930 ","End":"02:29.690","Text":"I\u0027m going to use an intermediate concept,"},{"Start":"02:29.690 ","End":"02:33.020","Text":"and it\u0027s called the slant height."},{"Start":"02:33.020 ","End":"02:35.180","Text":"I\u0027ll show you what the slant height is."},{"Start":"02:35.180 ","End":"02:40.700","Text":"If we take 1 of the faces or the lateral face and I"},{"Start":"02:40.700 ","End":"02:48.230","Text":"join the top to the center of the base because this triangle is isosceles,"},{"Start":"02:48.230 ","End":"02:50.825","Text":"the height and the median are the same."},{"Start":"02:50.825 ","End":"02:54.725","Text":"In other words, this bit is equal to this bit,"},{"Start":"02:54.725 ","End":"02:57.095","Text":"and this is also 90 degrees,"},{"Start":"02:57.095 ","End":"02:59.540","Text":"this is called the slant height."},{"Start":"02:59.540 ","End":"03:03.645","Text":"I\u0027ll call it s for slant."},{"Start":"03:03.645 ","End":"03:07.690","Text":"That\u0027s an intermediate concept I want."},{"Start":"03:07.690 ","End":"03:09.900","Text":"The idea is, first of all,"},{"Start":"03:09.900 ","End":"03:16.350","Text":"find s in terms of x and then I\u0027ll find h in terms of s and x,"},{"Start":"03:16.350 ","End":"03:18.910","Text":"and ultimately, in terms of x."},{"Start":"03:19.280 ","End":"03:26.230","Text":"What I want to say first off is that the surface area is made up of 5 faces;"},{"Start":"03:26.230 ","End":"03:29.120","Text":"there\u0027s 4 side faces and a base."},{"Start":"03:29.120 ","End":"03:35.255","Text":"The surface area, and I\u0027ll call that A for area,"},{"Start":"03:35.255 ","End":"03:39.060","Text":"the surface area is the base,"},{"Start":"03:39.060 ","End":"03:44.220","Text":"I\u0027ll write it first, plus 4 lateral faces."},{"Start":"03:44.220 ","End":"03:46.280","Text":"This 1 is a typical 1."},{"Start":"03:46.280 ","End":"03:47.450","Text":"They\u0027re all going to be the same,"},{"Start":"03:47.450 ","End":"03:48.785","Text":"so it\u0027s 4 times."},{"Start":"03:48.785 ","End":"03:53.005","Text":"Now the area of a triangle is 1/2 base times height."},{"Start":"03:53.005 ","End":"03:56.855","Text":"It\u0027s 1/2x times s,"},{"Start":"03:56.855 ","End":"04:02.020","Text":"which equals x squared plus 2xs."},{"Start":"04:02.020 ","End":"04:04.175","Text":"On the other hand,"},{"Start":"04:04.175 ","End":"04:07.315","Text":"the area is given to be 200."},{"Start":"04:07.315 ","End":"04:09.945","Text":"This is the equation I have."},{"Start":"04:09.945 ","End":"04:13.130","Text":"It\u0027s easy to isolate s because all I would do"},{"Start":"04:13.130 ","End":"04:16.250","Text":"is take the x squared to the other side and get"},{"Start":"04:16.250 ","End":"04:22.985","Text":"200 minus x squared and then divide by 2x."},{"Start":"04:22.985 ","End":"04:25.290","Text":"That gives me s in terms of x,"},{"Start":"04:25.290 ","End":"04:27.360","Text":"but I still haven\u0027t got what I want which is"},{"Start":"04:27.360 ","End":"04:31.735","Text":"h. Now I want to look at a specific triangle."},{"Start":"04:31.735 ","End":"04:39.000","Text":"I\u0027m going to join this to this,"},{"Start":"04:39.000 ","End":"04:46.260","Text":"and I\u0027m going to take this slant and this height."},{"Start":"04:46.260 ","End":"04:48.440","Text":"This is my triangle, and of course,"},{"Start":"04:48.440 ","End":"04:51.650","Text":"this is 90 degrees because h is 90 degrees to"},{"Start":"04:51.650 ","End":"04:56.030","Text":"every line going through the center of the base that\u0027s in the base."},{"Start":"04:56.030 ","End":"05:00.185","Text":"I claim I also know in terms of x what this is."},{"Start":"05:00.185 ","End":"05:03.500","Text":"This is a parallel line to the base,"},{"Start":"05:03.500 ","End":"05:05.270","Text":"so the whole thing is going to be x."},{"Start":"05:05.270 ","End":"05:07.950","Text":"This is just 1/2x, x/2."},{"Start":"05:08.200 ","End":"05:13.180","Text":"If you\u0027re still not sure then let\u0027s look at it from above."},{"Start":"05:13.180 ","End":"05:16.235","Text":"It\u0027s clear that if this is x, this is just 1/2x."},{"Start":"05:16.235 ","End":"05:19.050","Text":"Try and think about it if it\u0027s not."},{"Start":"05:19.390 ","End":"05:24.185","Text":"Now I can use Pythagoras on this yellow."},{"Start":"05:24.185 ","End":"05:32.120","Text":"Then what I will get is that h squared plus this squared is this squared,"},{"Start":"05:32.120 ","End":"05:35.540","Text":"or I can say that it\u0027s equal to this squared minus this squared."},{"Start":"05:35.540 ","End":"05:43.410","Text":"It\u0027s equal to s squared minus x/2 squared."},{"Start":"05:43.410 ","End":"05:48.765","Text":"Now I\u0027m going to substitute for s what it is here."},{"Start":"05:48.765 ","End":"05:58.355","Text":"I\u0027ve got that this is now equal to 200 minus x squared over 2x,"},{"Start":"05:58.355 ","End":"06:04.490","Text":"all this squared minus x/2 squared,"},{"Start":"06:04.490 ","End":"06:08.475","Text":"I\u0027ll just leave it as x/2 squared meanwhile."},{"Start":"06:08.475 ","End":"06:12.965","Text":"I want to do a bit of algebra to simplify this."},{"Start":"06:12.965 ","End":"06:19.785","Text":"Let\u0027s put the whole thing over 2x squared."},{"Start":"06:19.785 ","End":"06:23.315","Text":"Here we have on the numerator,"},{"Start":"06:23.315 ","End":"06:27.230","Text":"200 minus x squared squared,"},{"Start":"06:27.230 ","End":"06:29.975","Text":"and here we have minus,"},{"Start":"06:29.975 ","End":"06:32.900","Text":"if I wanted to have it over 2x squared,"},{"Start":"06:32.900 ","End":"06:36.650","Text":"I would just multiply this by x and this by x."},{"Start":"06:36.650 ","End":"06:39.020","Text":"Then it would be the same as this,"},{"Start":"06:39.020 ","End":"06:41.434","Text":"and so I\u0027d get x squared squared,"},{"Start":"06:41.434 ","End":"06:44.590","Text":"so what I\u0027m going to get is x^4."},{"Start":"06:44.590 ","End":"06:47.870","Text":"Or let\u0027s leave it as x squared squared for the moment."},{"Start":"06:47.870 ","End":"06:50.645","Text":"Now let\u0027s compute further."},{"Start":"06:50.645 ","End":"06:57.125","Text":"Here I have 200 squared is 40,000,"},{"Start":"06:57.125 ","End":"07:06.900","Text":"minus twice this times this is minus 400x plus x^4."},{"Start":"07:06.900 ","End":"07:10.150","Text":"Here I have minus x^4,"},{"Start":"07:10.150 ","End":"07:11.960","Text":"that\u0027s the x squared squared,"},{"Start":"07:11.960 ","End":"07:18.605","Text":"all over 2x, all squared is 4x squared."},{"Start":"07:18.605 ","End":"07:25.635","Text":"Something cancels, at least the x^4 with x^4 cancels."},{"Start":"07:25.635 ","End":"07:34.920","Text":"Let\u0027s see, I can also cancel 4 here and make this just 10,000 and this just 100."},{"Start":"07:35.100 ","End":"07:37.810","Text":"Let\u0027s see any more I can do."},{"Start":"07:37.810 ","End":"07:40.960","Text":"Yes, I could take 100 out here,"},{"Start":"07:40.960 ","End":"07:47.219","Text":"so altogether I\u0027ve got 100 and a 100 into 10,000 goes a 100 times,"},{"Start":"07:47.219 ","End":"07:53.490","Text":"minus x all over x squared."},{"Start":"07:53.490 ","End":"07:55.440","Text":"What I get finally,"},{"Start":"07:55.440 ","End":"08:01.600","Text":"if I take the square root is that h equals take the square root of each piece separately,"},{"Start":"08:01.600 ","End":"08:04.165","Text":"square root of a 100 is 10."},{"Start":"08:04.165 ","End":"08:07.045","Text":"Here I get the square root of"},{"Start":"08:07.045 ","End":"08:14.395","Text":"100 minus x and here I have over x. I\u0027m going to go back up now."},{"Start":"08:14.395 ","End":"08:21.925","Text":"I can get that this is equal to 1/3 x squared times h,"},{"Start":"08:21.925 ","End":"08:31.480","Text":"10 times the square root of a 100 minus x over x."},{"Start":"08:31.480 ","End":"08:33.565","Text":"This is what I wanted."},{"Start":"08:33.565 ","End":"08:38.080","Text":"I wanted what v is in terms of x, and here it is."},{"Start":"08:38.080 ","End":"08:39.910","Text":"Now just simplify a bit."},{"Start":"08:39.910 ","End":"08:42.475","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we can do with this."},{"Start":"08:42.475 ","End":"08:49.060","Text":"Of course, the x here can cancel with the x squared, leaving just x."},{"Start":"08:49.060 ","End":"08:52.720","Text":"What I get is 10/3,"},{"Start":"08:52.720 ","End":"09:01.615","Text":"which is a constant times x times square root of 100 minus x."},{"Start":"09:01.615 ","End":"09:09.025","Text":"That\u0027s my function V in terms of x and the 1 that I need to maximize."},{"Start":"09:09.025 ","End":"09:15.250","Text":"What I want is the maximum of V. I just"},{"Start":"09:15.250 ","End":"09:21.460","Text":"noticed that I made a small error in copying, it\u0027s right here."},{"Start":"09:21.460 ","End":"09:25.825","Text":"When I multiply out 200 minus x squared squared,"},{"Start":"09:25.825 ","End":"09:30.205","Text":"the middle term is twice this times this is 400x squared."},{"Start":"09:30.205 ","End":"09:34.990","Text":"I apologize about that and I have to carry this all the way through."},{"Start":"09:34.990 ","End":"09:41.020","Text":"That\u0027s x squared and this is a 100 minus x squared and over"},{"Start":"09:41.020 ","End":"09:47.290","Text":"here it\u0027s x squared and over here it\u0027s x squared."},{"Start":"09:47.290 ","End":"09:50.140","Text":"Caught it in time, no harm done."},{"Start":"09:50.140 ","End":"09:52.884","Text":"V prime of x,"},{"Start":"09:52.884 ","End":"09:55.645","Text":"let\u0027s see what this equals."},{"Start":"09:55.645 ","End":"09:59.110","Text":"The 10/3 will stay."},{"Start":"09:59.110 ","End":"10:02.290","Text":"It\u0027s just a multiplicative constant."},{"Start":"10:02.290 ","End":"10:04.120","Text":"Here I have a product,"},{"Start":"10:04.120 ","End":"10:07.855","Text":"so I\u0027m going to use the product rule and take,"},{"Start":"10:07.855 ","End":"10:10.090","Text":"first of all, derive this 1,"},{"Start":"10:10.090 ","End":"10:14.050","Text":"so I\u0027ve got 1 and leave the other 1 as is square root of"},{"Start":"10:14.050 ","End":"10:20.875","Text":"100 minus x squared plus x as is and the derivative of this."},{"Start":"10:20.875 ","End":"10:23.530","Text":"The derivative of square root you\u0027ve had this many times,"},{"Start":"10:23.530 ","End":"10:30.055","Text":"is 1 over twice the square root and then times the derivative of what\u0027s inside,"},{"Start":"10:30.055 ","End":"10:32.980","Text":"which is minus 2x."},{"Start":"10:32.980 ","End":"10:40.100","Text":"What\u0027s under the square root is a 100 minus x squared and close the brackets."},{"Start":"10:40.470 ","End":"10:43.960","Text":"Let\u0027s see now what we can do with this."},{"Start":"10:43.960 ","End":"10:50.590","Text":"The only thing that seems to cancel is this 2, with this 2."},{"Start":"10:50.590 ","End":"10:54.505","Text":"What I suggest is we put it all over"},{"Start":"10:54.505 ","End":"11:02.000","Text":"this square root and so we\u0027ll get that this is equal to 10/3."},{"Start":"11:02.520 ","End":"11:05.560","Text":"Now on the denominator here,"},{"Start":"11:05.560 ","End":"11:12.520","Text":"the square root of 100 minus x squared. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"11:12.520 ","End":"11:18.340","Text":"The first bit is just this thing times itself,"},{"Start":"11:18.340 ","End":"11:20.365","Text":"which means without the square root,"},{"Start":"11:20.365 ","End":"11:22.900","Text":"we have a 100 minus x squared."},{"Start":"11:22.900 ","End":"11:26.305","Text":"That\u0027s for this bit. For this bit we already have the denominator,"},{"Start":"11:26.305 ","End":"11:32.125","Text":"so I\u0027ll take the minus x with the x and get minus x squared."},{"Start":"11:32.125 ","End":"11:35.470","Text":"Now to find the extremum,"},{"Start":"11:35.470 ","End":"11:39.340","Text":"I assign V prime to be 0."},{"Start":"11:39.340 ","End":"11:42.310","Text":"If V prime is equal to 0,"},{"Start":"11:42.310 ","End":"11:46.300","Text":"because that\u0027s where I look for possible maxima and minima,"},{"Start":"11:46.300 ","End":"11:48.520","Text":"then this whole thing is 0."},{"Start":"11:48.520 ","End":"11:50.050","Text":"This fraction must be 0,"},{"Start":"11:50.050 ","End":"11:52.315","Text":"its numerator must be 0."},{"Start":"11:52.315 ","End":"11:59.665","Text":"So I have 100 minus x squared minus x squared."},{"Start":"11:59.665 ","End":"12:02.454","Text":"This has got to be equal to 0."},{"Start":"12:02.454 ","End":"12:07.030","Text":"If you think about this 100 minus 2x squared is 0,"},{"Start":"12:07.030 ","End":"12:15.460","Text":"so x squared is equal to 50 and I can take the square root of this,"},{"Start":"12:15.460 ","End":"12:17.770","Text":"x equals the square root of 50."},{"Start":"12:17.770 ","End":"12:20.680","Text":"But if I write the 50, you don\u0027t have to do this."},{"Start":"12:20.680 ","End":"12:23.770","Text":"But I just noticed that it\u0027s 25 times 2,"},{"Start":"12:23.770 ","End":"12:29.605","Text":"then it might be nicer to write x to the square root of 50 as 5 times square root of 2."},{"Start":"12:29.605 ","End":"12:31.630","Text":"Square root of 25 is this,"},{"Start":"12:31.630 ","End":"12:33.235","Text":"times square root of 2."},{"Start":"12:33.235 ","End":"12:36.290","Text":"That gives us x."},{"Start":"12:36.810 ","End":"12:39.760","Text":"Well, there\u0027s 2 things that we have still to do."},{"Start":"12:39.760 ","End":"12:42.190","Text":"1 is to find the volume and the second is to"},{"Start":"12:42.190 ","End":"12:45.055","Text":"prove that this really is a maximum and not a minimum."},{"Start":"12:45.055 ","End":"12:48.145","Text":"Let me show that it\u0027s a maximum first."},{"Start":"12:48.145 ","End":"12:51.370","Text":"I\u0027m going to use the table method of showing that it\u0027s a maximum,"},{"Start":"12:51.370 ","End":"12:55.690","Text":"but I also for convenience would like to rewrite V prime."},{"Start":"12:55.690 ","End":"13:02.845","Text":"Now, the point I want to make is I\u0027m going to be substituting various values in V prime,"},{"Start":"13:02.845 ","End":"13:04.480","Text":"not to get the answer,"},{"Start":"13:04.480 ","End":"13:09.145","Text":"but just to get whether it comes out positive or negative."},{"Start":"13:09.145 ","End":"13:14.320","Text":"The only thing that really matters is this bit here,"},{"Start":"13:14.320 ","End":"13:18.520","Text":"because this is positive and this fraction is positive."},{"Start":"13:18.520 ","End":"13:22.000","Text":"If I substitute here and it comes out positive or negative,"},{"Start":"13:22.000 ","End":"13:24.700","Text":"that\u0027s applies to the whole of V prime."},{"Start":"13:24.700 ","End":"13:29.830","Text":"My table has 3 rows to it."},{"Start":"13:29.830 ","End":"13:37.510","Text":"It has x, it has the dependent variable and its derivative."},{"Start":"13:37.510 ","End":"13:40.075","Text":"In here we put all our suspects,"},{"Start":"13:40.075 ","End":"13:46.600","Text":"but we only have 1 suspect and that is 5 square root of 2."},{"Start":"13:46.600 ","End":"13:52.300","Text":"If I put in 5 square root of 2 I\u0027d better get an approximate value for that."},{"Start":"13:52.300 ","End":"13:54.745","Text":"Let me look at the calculator,"},{"Start":"13:54.745 ","End":"14:03.670","Text":"I make it approximately 7.071, something like that."},{"Start":"14:03.670 ","End":"14:06.280","Text":"Anyway, it\u0027s over 7."},{"Start":"14:06.280 ","End":"14:08.695","Text":"If I put this here,"},{"Start":"14:08.695 ","End":"14:11.500","Text":"5 square root of 2,"},{"Start":"14:11.500 ","End":"14:13.900","Text":"I put it in V prime,"},{"Start":"14:13.900 ","End":"14:17.860","Text":"then this comes out to be 0, which I expected."},{"Start":"14:17.860 ","End":"14:20.350","Text":"But I want to know what happens before and after if"},{"Start":"14:20.350 ","End":"14:23.530","Text":"it\u0027s increasing or decreasing the function."},{"Start":"14:23.530 ","End":"14:27.370","Text":"Take something bigger, I\u0027ll take 8,"},{"Start":"14:27.370 ","End":"14:30.610","Text":"and I\u0027ll also take something smaller."},{"Start":"14:30.610 ","End":"14:32.905","Text":"Could just be 7,"},{"Start":"14:32.905 ","End":"14:36.010","Text":"6, whatever, unless it\u0027s smaller."},{"Start":"14:36.010 ","End":"14:38.035","Text":"Now, as I said,"},{"Start":"14:38.035 ","End":"14:44.530","Text":"I don\u0027t want V prime itself only its sign so I can substitute in this highlighted bit."},{"Start":"14:44.530 ","End":"14:48.175","Text":"If I put x equals 8,"},{"Start":"14:48.175 ","End":"14:51.535","Text":"8 squared is 64 times 2 is 128."},{"Start":"14:51.535 ","End":"14:54.730","Text":"This comes out to be negative."},{"Start":"14:54.730 ","End":"14:57.294","Text":"If I put x equals 7,"},{"Start":"14:57.294 ","End":"15:00.370","Text":"7 squared is 49 times 2 is 98,"},{"Start":"15:00.370 ","End":"15:03.700","Text":"100 minus 98 is positive."},{"Start":"15:03.700 ","End":"15:08.920","Text":"The function is here increasing and here decreasing,"},{"Start":"15:08.920 ","End":"15:12.320","Text":"and just the look of it means that the shape is like this."},{"Start":"15:12.320 ","End":"15:15.930","Text":"This is a maximum indeed."},{"Start":"15:16.210 ","End":"15:23.300","Text":"What I highlighted in green is indeed the x that gives the maximum,"},{"Start":"15:23.300 ","End":"15:25.640","Text":"except that what they asked for was"},{"Start":"15:25.640 ","End":"15:29.045","Text":"the maximum itself so we have to know what V itself is."},{"Start":"15:29.045 ","End":"15:32.735","Text":"Let me rewrite what V was."},{"Start":"15:32.735 ","End":"15:35.450","Text":"Here it is, I just copied the formula from above."},{"Start":"15:35.450 ","End":"15:41.270","Text":"What I want is to put this x into here."},{"Start":"15:41.270 ","End":"15:46.960","Text":"I want V of 5 square root of 2 and see what this is equal to."},{"Start":"15:46.960 ","End":"15:51.800","Text":"This is 10/3, x is 5 root 2,"},{"Start":"15:51.800 ","End":"15:57.235","Text":"and the square root of 100 minus,"},{"Start":"15:57.235 ","End":"16:02.385","Text":"now if I square this thing gets 25 times 2, which is 50."},{"Start":"16:02.385 ","End":"16:04.450","Text":"What I get is,"},{"Start":"16:04.450 ","End":"16:08.335","Text":"let\u0027s see, 10 times 5 is 50."},{"Start":"16:08.335 ","End":"16:15.375","Text":"I get 50/3 square root of 2,"},{"Start":"16:15.375 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diagonal length of 12."},{"Start":"00:30.870 ","End":"00:32.835","Text":"Everything is in centimeters."},{"Start":"00:32.835 ","End":"00:38.600","Text":"What we have to find is from all such cylinders which"},{"Start":"00:38.600 ","End":"00:44.344","Text":"have this 12 in the diagonal of the axial cross-section,"},{"Start":"00:44.344 ","End":"00:49.055","Text":"which has the largest volume, volume is maximal?"},{"Start":"00:49.055 ","End":"00:54.589","Text":"This tells us already that volume is going to be the dependent variable."},{"Start":"00:54.589 ","End":"00:58.730","Text":"That\u0027s the variable we\u0027re going to have to find the maximum of."},{"Start":"00:58.730 ","End":"01:01.685","Text":"Let me just write something in general."},{"Start":"01:01.685 ","End":"01:05.480","Text":"That in general for a cylinder,"},{"Start":"01:05.480 ","End":"01:07.640","Text":"we have a formula from geometry,"},{"Start":"01:07.640 ","End":"01:12.620","Text":"V equals Pi r squared h,"},{"Start":"01:12.620 ","End":"01:16.875","Text":"where r is the radius of the base and h is the height."},{"Start":"01:16.875 ","End":"01:19.260","Text":"Now there\u0027s nothing marked here."},{"Start":"01:19.260 ","End":"01:24.510","Text":"Let\u0027s take x as the radius."},{"Start":"01:24.510 ","End":"01:27.765","Text":"This is x and this is x,"},{"Start":"01:27.765 ","End":"01:32.440","Text":"and let\u0027s take the height as y."},{"Start":"01:32.990 ","End":"01:37.565","Text":"This gives us that in terms of our variables,"},{"Start":"01:37.565 ","End":"01:47.715","Text":"that V is equal to Pi x squared y."},{"Start":"01:47.715 ","End":"01:51.454","Text":"Now I only want 1 independent variable,"},{"Start":"01:51.454 ","End":"01:54.910","Text":"and I\u0027m going to use x as the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:54.910 ","End":"01:57.935","Text":"What I have to do is get y in terms of x,"},{"Start":"01:57.935 ","End":"02:00.515","Text":"and then I\u0027ll have V just in terms 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I"},{"Start":"02:11.420 ","End":"02:15.320","Text":"want to use Pythagoras\u0027s theorem and I want to show you which triangle."},{"Start":"02:15.320 ","End":"02:21.440","Text":"I\u0027m going to take the triangle as this and this, and this."},{"Start":"02:21.440 ","End":"02:23.765","Text":"This is a right triangle;"},{"Start":"02:23.765 ","End":"02:27.500","Text":"I can say that y squared"},{"Start":"02:27.500 ","End":"02:34.610","Text":"plus 2x squared is equal to 12 squared."},{"Start":"02:34.610 ","End":"02:38.525","Text":"That\u0027s Pythagoras\u0027s theorem on the yellow highlighted triangle."},{"Start":"02:38.525 ","End":"02:44.840","Text":"This gives me that y squared equals, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"02:44.840 ","End":"02:47.780","Text":"the 12 squared is a 144 and I\u0027m going to bring"},{"Start":"02:47.780 ","End":"02:50.975","Text":"this to the other side and also at the same time,"},{"Start":"02:50.975 ","End":"02:53.585","Text":"open it up as 4x squared,"},{"Start":"02:53.585 ","End":"02:56.785","Text":"which gives me that y."},{"Start":"02:56.785 ","End":"03:00.200","Text":"Let me also take the 4 outside."},{"Start":"03:00.200 ","End":"03:01.910","Text":"I like to cancel where possible,"},{"Start":"03:01.910 ","End":"03:03.920","Text":"especially since 4 is a square number,"},{"Start":"03:03.920 ","End":"03:07.280","Text":"and get 36 minus x squared."},{"Start":"03:07.280 ","End":"03:11.285","Text":"Y is equal to the square root of this,"},{"Start":"03:11.285 ","End":"03:13.220","Text":"which is the square root of 4 is 2."},{"Start":"03:13.220 ","End":"03:18.365","Text":"The square root of this is just the square root of 36 minus x squared."},{"Start":"03:18.365 ","End":"03:20.360","Text":"Now that I have that,"},{"Start":"03:20.360 ","End":"03:25.935","Text":"then I can go back here and say that this is equal to"},{"Start":"03:25.935 ","End":"03:32.310","Text":"Pi times x squared times y which is twice this."},{"Start":"03:32.310 ","End":"03:38.460","Text":"I\u0027ll put the 2 in front of the Pi and here 36 minus x squared."},{"Start":"03:38.460 ","End":"03:48.370","Text":"Basically, this is my equation for V in terms of x. I\u0027ll highlight that."},{"Start":"03:50.900 ","End":"03:54.490","Text":"This is okay."},{"Start":"03:55.370 ","End":"03:57.890","Text":"That\u0027s the geometry part."},{"Start":"03:57.890 ","End":"04:02.660","Text":"Now let\u0027s get onto the calculus because we have an extremum problems specifically,"},{"Start":"04:02.660 ","End":"04:05.410","Text":"you want to find the maximal volume."},{"Start":"04:05.410 ","End":"04:08.030","Text":"Now normally what we would do would be to"},{"Start":"04:08.030 ","End":"04:12.065","Text":"differentiate and then find critical points by setting to 0,"},{"Start":"04:12.065 ","End":"04:14.255","Text":"but because of the square root here,"},{"Start":"04:14.255 ","End":"04:16.325","Text":"differentiation will be messy."},{"Start":"04:16.325 ","End":"04:21.210","Text":"So we\u0027ll use our standard trick that in general,"},{"Start":"04:21.210 ","End":"04:24.755","Text":"when we have a positive function which this 1 is,"},{"Start":"04:24.755 ","End":"04:29.420","Text":"we can square it and then the maximum or minimum will occur for the same"},{"Start":"04:29.420 ","End":"04:34.530","Text":"x. I\u0027m going to pick a letter I can\u0027t use x or y."},{"Start":"04:34.530 ","End":"04:40.140","Text":"See, after V is make it W. Let\u0027s take W to be V squared"},{"Start":"04:40.140 ","End":"04:50.020","Text":"which is 4Pi squared x^4,"},{"Start":"04:50.020 ","End":"04:55.525","Text":"and then just 36 minus x squared."},{"Start":"04:55.525 ","End":"04:58.305","Text":"Let me open the brackets here,"},{"Start":"04:58.305 ","End":"05:00.420","Text":"W is 4Pi squared."},{"Start":"05:00.420 ","End":"05:01.990","Text":"At least I\u0027ll leave out the brackets,"},{"Start":"05:01.990 ","End":"05:04.975","Text":"but I\u0027ll put the x^4 inside."},{"Start":"05:04.975 ","End":"05:09.475","Text":"I\u0027ve got 36x^4 minus x^6."},{"Start":"05:09.475 ","End":"05:19.965","Text":"Now we\u0027ll find the maximum or minimum or whatever for w. W prime is 4Pi squared sticks,"},{"Start":"05:19.965 ","End":"05:29.050","Text":"4 times 36 is a 144x cubed minus 6x^5."},{"Start":"05:31.540 ","End":"05:35.240","Text":"I can take stuff outside the brackets."},{"Start":"05:35.240 ","End":"05:40.475","Text":"I see that 6 goes into this and x cubed goes into this."},{"Start":"05:40.475 ","End":"05:48.540","Text":"I\u0027ll take the 6x cubed out of the brackets to the front."},{"Start":"05:48.540 ","End":"05:59.805","Text":"Let\u0027s see 6 with the 4 is 24Pi squared x cubed."},{"Start":"05:59.805 ","End":"06:09.510","Text":"Then what we\u0027re left with after we take 6 out is just 24 minus,"},{"Start":"06:09.510 ","End":"06:14.085","Text":"I have taken out 6, 24 minus x squared."},{"Start":"06:14.085 ","End":"06:17.100","Text":"If W prime equals 0,"},{"Start":"06:17.100 ","End":"06:18.405","Text":"which is for critical point,"},{"Start":"06:18.405 ","End":"06:21.510","Text":"this part is positive,"},{"Start":"06:21.510 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all, we\u0027ll take W double prime,"},{"Start":"07:05.840 ","End":"07:10.430","Text":"the second derivative, and then we substitute it to our given x."},{"Start":"07:10.430 ","End":"07:13.910","Text":"In general, second derivative is,"},{"Start":"07:13.910 ","End":"07:15.845","Text":"I\u0027m reading from here,"},{"Start":"07:15.845 ","End":"07:18.950","Text":"the 4Pi squared is still there,"},{"Start":"07:18.950 ","End":"07:25.260","Text":"the derivative of this 3 times 144, now those are big numbers."},{"Start":"07:25.260 ","End":"07:26.760","Text":"You know what, let\u0027s just take the 6 out,"},{"Start":"07:26.760 ","End":"07:30.120","Text":"not the 6x cubed, that\u0027s 24 here."},{"Start":"07:30.120 ","End":"07:36.165","Text":"Now this would be,"},{"Start":"07:36.165 ","End":"07:38.310","Text":"back to W prime,"},{"Start":"07:38.310 ","End":"07:41.370","Text":"just retaking the 6 out to work with smaller numbers."},{"Start":"07:41.370 ","End":"07:45.780","Text":"It\u0027s 24 x cubed minus x^5."},{"Start":"07:45.780 ","End":"07:53.200","Text":"Now I\u0027ll do the second derivative which is 24Pi squared."},{"Start":"07:56.450 ","End":"07:58.830","Text":"That\u0027s the constant part."},{"Start":"07:58.830 ","End":"08:00.615","Text":"Here is 3 times 24,"},{"Start":"08:00.615 ","End":"08:03.900","Text":"72x squared and"},{"Start":"08:03.900 ","End":"08:12.930","Text":"then minus 5x^4."},{"Start":"08:12.930 ","End":"08:17.040","Text":"Now I can take the x squared out;"},{"Start":"08:17.040 ","End":"08:22.365","Text":"24Pi squared x squared"},{"Start":"08:22.365 ","End":"08:28.815","Text":"times 72 minus 5x squared."},{"Start":"08:28.815 ","End":"08:30.785","Text":"Now the question is,"},{"Start":"08:30.785 ","End":"08:37.310","Text":"what happens when I plug in the square root of 24 for x?"},{"Start":"08:37.310 ","End":"08:42.780","Text":"Because this is W prime double prime as a function of x."},{"Start":"08:43.000 ","End":"08:45.365","Text":"What we get, well,"},{"Start":"08:45.365 ","End":"08:52.085","Text":"this part is positive and all I need to know is whether it\u0027s positive or negative."},{"Start":"08:52.085 ","End":"08:56.285","Text":"If I just plug in this part,"},{"Start":"08:56.285 ","End":"08:59.870","Text":"I\u0027ve got 72 minus"},{"Start":"08:59.870 ","End":"09:07.820","Text":"5 times root 24 squared,"},{"Start":"09:07.820 ","End":"09:10.760","Text":"which is let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"09:10.760 ","End":"09:18.120","Text":"72 minus 24 square root squared is just 24,"},{"Start":"09:18.120 ","End":"09:24.075","Text":"5 times 24 is a 120, well, it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"09:24.075 ","End":"09:26.025","Text":"This part is positive,"},{"Start":"09:26.025 ","End":"09:27.870","Text":"this part is negative,"},{"Start":"09:27.870 ","End":"09:30.229","Text":"so this is negative."},{"Start":"09:30.229 ","End":"09:32.795","Text":"We don\u0027t need the value just the sign."},{"Start":"09:32.795 ","End":"09:34.400","Text":"If it\u0027s a negative,"},{"Start":"09:34.400 ","End":"09:39.660","Text":"then it means that we do have a maximum."},{"Start":"09:40.480 ","End":"09:45.050","Text":"But we\u0027re not done because we had to find x and y. X was"},{"Start":"09:45.050 ","End":"09:48.905","Text":"the radius of the base of the cylinder and y was the height of the cylinder."},{"Start":"09:48.905 ","End":"09:53.940","Text":"Let\u0027s see, let me go back to where I got y in terms of x."},{"Start":"09:54.680 ","End":"09:58.060","Text":"We have it somewhere."},{"Start":"09:59.470 ","End":"10:06.900","Text":"There it is. I want to see them both."},{"Start":"10:06.900 ","End":"10:12.010","Text":"I\u0027m going to take this and plug it into here."},{"Start":"10:12.830 ","End":"10:16.680","Text":"We\u0027ll call this x, well, it\u0027s not x max,"},{"Start":"10:16.680 ","End":"10:22.060","Text":"it\u0027s x that gives the maximum volume."},{"Start":"10:22.100 ","End":"10:27.980","Text":"I\u0027ll get the y max which is the y that gives the maximum volume."},{"Start":"10:27.980 ","End":"10:29.810","Text":"Was it volume that they wanted?"},{"Start":"10:29.810 ","End":"10:33.480","Text":"Yeah, volume maximal."},{"Start":"10:34.850 ","End":"10:45.595","Text":"We get twice the square root of 36 minus x squared is just 24,"},{"Start":"10:45.595 ","End":"10:52.590","Text":"this is equal to 2 root 12."},{"Start":"10:52.590 ","End":"10:59.400","Text":"I\u0027ll write again y max and highlight that."},{"Start":"10:59.400 ","End":"11:06.305","Text":"This and this together give us the x and the y."},{"Start":"11:06.305 ","End":"11:10.090","Text":"You might be able to simplify this a little bit."},{"Start":"11:10.090 ","End":"11:15.840","Text":"Actually this is square root of 4 times 6."},{"Start":"11:15.840 ","End":"11:20.435","Text":"This is actually twice square root of 6."},{"Start":"11:20.435 ","End":"11:25.790","Text":"This is the square root of 4 times 3."},{"Start":"11:25.790 ","End":"11:33.335","Text":"It\u0027s twice square root of 3 times the 2,so this is 4 times square root of 3."},{"Start":"11:33.335 ","End":"11:39.590","Text":"Anyway, I don\u0027t want to do a numerical evaluation on the calculator."},{"Start":"11:39.590 ","End":"11:42.870","Text":"We\u0027ll just leave it at that and we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8577},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 22","Duration":"8m 32s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8386,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4853,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.525","Text":"Here we have another geometrical problem."},{"Start":"00:03.525 ","End":"00:07.545","Text":"What\u0027s going on here is that we have a cylindrical container,"},{"Start":"00:07.545 ","End":"00:11.610","Text":"meaning it\u0027s not a solid cylinder, it\u0027s hollow."},{"Start":"00:11.610 ","End":"00:14.115","Text":"It\u0027s open on top, means it has a base."},{"Start":"00:14.115 ","End":"00:16.875","Text":"It\u0027s like a tin can that\u0027s been opened."},{"Start":"00:16.875 ","End":"00:21.750","Text":"There is a base but there\u0027s no top and we\u0027re given that its volume is"},{"Start":"00:21.750 ","End":"00:26.895","Text":"64 meters cubed and it\u0027s made entirely of tin."},{"Start":"00:26.895 ","End":"00:29.910","Text":"Of course, you want to save on the cost,"},{"Start":"00:29.910 ","End":"00:32.729","Text":"so we want the area of tin to be minimal."},{"Start":"00:32.729 ","End":"00:35.850","Text":"The question asked us to show that this is"},{"Start":"00:35.850 ","End":"00:40.050","Text":"true when the base radius is 4 over cube root of Pi."},{"Start":"00:40.050 ","End":"00:43.740","Text":"Let\u0027s mark some variables."},{"Start":"00:43.740 ","End":"00:46.710","Text":"Let the base radius be this,"},{"Start":"00:46.710 ","End":"00:52.935","Text":"I\u0027ll call it x and let the height be y."},{"Start":"00:52.935 ","End":"00:57.150","Text":"In general, there\u0027s 2 formulas we need from geometry,"},{"Start":"00:57.150 ","End":"01:00.625","Text":"1 is for volume and 1 is for surface area."},{"Start":"01:00.625 ","End":"01:04.250","Text":"The area means the surface area of the tin here."},{"Start":"01:04.250 ","End":"01:08.075","Text":"Now, the volume is given by, in general,"},{"Start":"01:08.075 ","End":"01:15.525","Text":"it\u0027s Pir squared H. But here radius is x and the H is y."},{"Start":"01:15.525 ","End":"01:18.710","Text":"The volume is Pix squared y."},{"Start":"01:18.710 ","End":"01:24.335","Text":"The surface area is given by the area of the base,"},{"Start":"01:24.335 ","End":"01:25.530","Text":"there\u0027s only 1 base,"},{"Start":"01:25.530 ","End":"01:31.545","Text":"so that\u0027s Pix squared and we have the sides."},{"Start":"01:31.545 ","End":"01:34.980","Text":"This part is given by, well, you don\u0027t have to remember it,"},{"Start":"01:34.980 ","End":"01:38.660","Text":"you can just think of it as the length of the circumference times the height."},{"Start":"01:38.660 ","End":"01:45.135","Text":"The length of the circumference is 2Pix and here times the y."},{"Start":"01:45.135 ","End":"01:48.840","Text":"This is the formula for this amount of tin."},{"Start":"01:48.840 ","End":"01:53.905","Text":"Now, we\u0027re given that S is 64."},{"Start":"01:53.905 ","End":"01:55.925","Text":"Now here\u0027s my plan."},{"Start":"01:55.925 ","End":"01:58.760","Text":"Using the fact that S is 64,"},{"Start":"01:58.760 ","End":"02:04.145","Text":"I get a relationship between x and y. I can get y in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:04.145 ","End":"02:06.395","Text":"The plan is this,"},{"Start":"02:06.395 ","End":"02:09.620","Text":"the dependent variable is the thing we want to minimize,"},{"Start":"02:09.620 ","End":"02:15.740","Text":"and that\u0027s the area I would have called S. S is equal to,"},{"Start":"02:15.740 ","End":"02:21.420","Text":"I\u0027ll write it again, Pix squared plus 2Pixy."},{"Start":"02:21.560 ","End":"02:25.100","Text":"But I want 1 independent variable,"},{"Start":"02:25.100 ","End":"02:29.120","Text":"and I want that variable to be x. I don\u0027t want the y here."},{"Start":"02:29.120 ","End":"02:32.735","Text":"What I\u0027m going to do is use the fact that I have V,"},{"Start":"02:32.735 ","End":"02:36.760","Text":"that V is equal to in fact 64."},{"Start":"02:36.760 ","End":"02:42.650","Text":"Then I\u0027ll get y in terms of x and substitute that here,"},{"Start":"02:42.650 ","End":"02:46.415","Text":"and then I\u0027ll get S in terms of all x. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"02:46.415 ","End":"02:47.930","Text":"If this is true,"},{"Start":"02:47.930 ","End":"02:49.860","Text":"then I can see it right away."},{"Start":"02:49.860 ","End":"02:58.029","Text":"From this and this y is equal to 64 over Pix squared."},{"Start":"02:58.029 ","End":"03:07.105","Text":"Now, I can put that in here and get that this is equal to Pix squared plus 2Pix,"},{"Start":"03:07.105 ","End":"03:15.080","Text":"and instead of y, 64 over Pix squared,"},{"Start":"03:15.080 ","End":"03:19.220","Text":"Let\u0027s start simplifying and see what we can do."},{"Start":"03:19.220 ","End":"03:24.020","Text":"Certainly, this x will cancel with 1 of these xs,"},{"Start":"03:24.020 ","End":"03:26.990","Text":"so I\u0027ll just cancel the twos, so to speak."},{"Start":"03:26.990 ","End":"03:31.350","Text":"This Pi will cancel with this Pi."},{"Start":"03:31.420 ","End":"03:37.880","Text":"What we are left with is that S is equal"},{"Start":"03:37.880 ","End":"03:48.979","Text":"to Pix squared plus what are we left with twice 64 is 128 over x."},{"Start":"03:48.979 ","End":"03:57.650","Text":"Because this is our main equation relating the area to the radius of the base."},{"Start":"03:57.650 ","End":"04:02.135","Text":"We\u0027re hoping to show that x is going to equal this when S is minimum."},{"Start":"04:02.135 ","End":"04:06.030","Text":"Now, this is the end of the geometry part."},{"Start":"04:06.030 ","End":"04:08.525","Text":"Now, we come to the calculus part."},{"Start":"04:08.525 ","End":"04:11.905","Text":"We want to find minimum S,"},{"Start":"04:11.905 ","End":"04:14.765","Text":"minimum or maximum we differentiate."},{"Start":"04:14.765 ","End":"04:19.100","Text":"I\u0027m going to get that S prime is equal to"},{"Start":"04:19.100 ","End":"04:25.010","Text":"2Pix and the derivative of 1 over x is minus 1 over x squared,"},{"Start":"04:25.010 ","End":"04:29.230","Text":"so minus 128 over x squared."},{"Start":"04:29.230 ","End":"04:32.375","Text":"Now, for an extremum maximum or minimum,"},{"Start":"04:32.375 ","End":"04:36.725","Text":"I check where S prime is 0 and get my suspects."},{"Start":"04:36.725 ","End":"04:41.295","Text":"If this is 0, then I get that"},{"Start":"04:41.295 ","End":"04:49.475","Text":"2Pix minus 128 over x squared equals 0."},{"Start":"04:49.475 ","End":"04:54.640","Text":"I can multiply by x squared."},{"Start":"04:54.640 ","End":"04:59.940","Text":"I\u0027ve got that 2Pix cubed,"},{"Start":"04:59.940 ","End":"05:03.315","Text":"and I can bring the 128 to the other side,"},{"Start":"05:03.315 ","End":"05:06.880","Text":"so Pix cubed is 64."},{"Start":"05:06.880 ","End":"05:10.040","Text":"If I divide by 2, that\u0027s a 3 there."},{"Start":"05:10.040 ","End":"05:12.525","Text":"We shouldn\u0027t divide it by Pi."},{"Start":"05:12.525 ","End":"05:17.835","Text":"Let\u0027s just erase the Pi and put it on the other side."},{"Start":"05:17.835 ","End":"05:23.020","Text":"Now, I can take the cube root of both sides and get x equals."},{"Start":"05:23.020 ","End":"05:25.210","Text":"Now, the cube root of 64 is just"},{"Start":"05:25.210 ","End":"05:30.010","Text":"4 and the cube root of Pi that\u0027s just the cube root of Pi."},{"Start":"05:30.010 ","End":"05:31.540","Text":"I can do it on the calculator,"},{"Start":"05:31.540 ","End":"05:32.770","Text":"but that\u0027s just the expression."},{"Start":"05:32.770 ","End":"05:35.530","Text":"I\u0027m going to leave it like that because if we look up,"},{"Start":"05:35.530 ","End":"05:39.040","Text":"then this is exactly what we were asked to find."},{"Start":"05:39.040 ","End":"05:43.490","Text":"But we\u0027re not done because here talks"},{"Start":"05:43.490 ","End":"05:48.050","Text":"about minimal and we haven\u0027t shown whether this suspect for extremum is a minimum."},{"Start":"05:48.050 ","End":"05:50.060","Text":"It could be a maximum or something else."},{"Start":"05:50.060 ","End":"05:53.495","Text":"Let\u0027s use the table method."},{"Start":"05:53.495 ","End":"05:55.490","Text":"This also the second derivative method."},{"Start":"05:55.490 ","End":"05:58.190","Text":"I prefer the table when I can."},{"Start":"05:58.190 ","End":"06:01.220","Text":"Let\u0027s make a table of values."},{"Start":"06:01.220 ","End":"06:04.775","Text":"The table is as follows."},{"Start":"06:04.775 ","End":"06:09.200","Text":"Here I put the independent variable x here,"},{"Start":"06:09.200 ","End":"06:11.690","Text":"the dependent variable prime."},{"Start":"06:11.690 ","End":"06:13.670","Text":"Here, the dependent variable,"},{"Start":"06:13.670 ","End":"06:16.070","Text":"here the list of suspects."},{"Start":"06:16.070 ","End":"06:24.214","Text":"There is only 1 suspect and that is 4 over cube root of Pi."},{"Start":"06:24.214 ","End":"06:26.750","Text":"To make the computation a bit easier,"},{"Start":"06:26.750 ","End":"06:31.130","Text":"let me just rewrite S prime to be just like I did"},{"Start":"06:31.130 ","End":"06:35.810","Text":"here when I took the 2 out and I put the x cubed multiplied by x squared."},{"Start":"06:35.810 ","End":"06:43.040","Text":"Let me just say here that I can take 2 out and I can also put it over x squared."},{"Start":"06:43.040 ","End":"06:49.685","Text":"What I get is Pix cubed minus 64."},{"Start":"06:49.685 ","End":"06:51.650","Text":"Just to check that we\u0027re on track."},{"Start":"06:51.650 ","End":"06:54.320","Text":"If I put in this value of x, I should get 0."},{"Start":"06:54.320 ","End":"06:56.090","Text":"Let\u0027s see that we do."},{"Start":"06:56.090 ","End":"06:59.495","Text":"If x is 4 over cube root of Pi,"},{"Start":"06:59.495 ","End":"07:07.905","Text":"x cubed is just 64 over Pi multiplied by Pi or 64 minus 64 is 0."},{"Start":"07:07.905 ","End":"07:09.560","Text":"That looks okay."},{"Start":"07:09.560 ","End":"07:13.040","Text":"Let\u0027s take a value smaller and a value larger."},{"Start":"07:13.040 ","End":"07:15.770","Text":"It\u0027s suits me to keep the cube root of Pi,"},{"Start":"07:15.770 ","End":"07:17.570","Text":"I don\u0027t have to take whole numbers."},{"Start":"07:17.570 ","End":"07:25.175","Text":"I could take 5 over cube root of Pi and I could take 3 over cube root of Pi."},{"Start":"07:25.175 ","End":"07:29.715","Text":"Then if I put this value in here,"},{"Start":"07:29.715 ","End":"07:39.260","Text":"then here I get x cubed is equal to 27 over Pi."},{"Start":"07:39.260 ","End":"07:47.540","Text":"In here, it\u0027s 27 and 27 minus 64 is negative and the rest of it\u0027s positive,"},{"Start":"07:47.540 ","End":"07:49.250","Text":"so this is negative."},{"Start":"07:49.250 ","End":"07:51.770","Text":"Similarly, if I put 5 in,"},{"Start":"07:51.770 ","End":"07:58.425","Text":"I\u0027ll just get inside the brackets 125 minus 64, which is positive."},{"Start":"07:58.425 ","End":"08:00.870","Text":"Here the function is 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I want it all in terms of 1 variable."},{"Start":"01:28.230 ","End":"01:33.000","Text":"I\u0027d like x to be my independent variable so I"},{"Start":"01:33.000 ","End":"01:38.225","Text":"want to get y in terms of x and I haven\u0027t used the fact that the generator is 10,"},{"Start":"01:38.225 ","End":"01:40.040","Text":"and you\u0027re probably thinking what I\u0027m thinking,"},{"Start":"01:40.040 ","End":"01:41.990","Text":"why not use Pythagoras."},{"Start":"01:41.990 ","End":"01:46.140","Text":"Let me just highlight the triangle,"},{"Start":"01:46.540 ","End":"01:49.990","Text":"this, this, and this."},{"Start":"01:49.990 ","End":"01:59.150","Text":"We have that 10 squared equals x squared plus y squared."},{"Start":"01:59.150 ","End":"02:06.530","Text":"It\u0027s easy to see that y is just the square root of 10 squared minus x squared,"},{"Start":"02:06.530 ","End":"02:12.290","Text":"which means that our volume as a function of x is"},{"Start":"02:12.290 ","End":"02:17.030","Text":"1/3 Pi x squared and times"},{"Start":"02:17.030 ","End":"02:23.135","Text":"this square root of 100 minus x squared,"},{"Start":"02:23.135 ","End":"02:29.690","Text":"we want the maximal V. Now we come to the calculus part."},{"Start":"02:29.690 ","End":"02:33.590","Text":"Normally, we would differentiate and then find critical points,"},{"Start":"02:33.590 ","End":"02:36.155","Text":"but because of the square root,"},{"Start":"02:36.155 ","End":"02:38.735","Text":"the derivative is awkward,"},{"Start":"02:38.735 ","End":"02:44.060","Text":"so we use the famous trick of squaring both sides."},{"Start":"02:44.060 ","End":"02:47.810","Text":"You can do this when the function here is always positive."},{"Start":"02:47.810 ","End":"02:50.945","Text":"This is positive x squared, positive square roots."},{"Start":"02:50.945 ","End":"02:54.215","Text":"Let\u0027s take a new letter."},{"Start":"02:54.215 ","End":"02:56.315","Text":"After v comes w,"},{"Start":"02:56.315 ","End":"03:00.010","Text":"let me take W to equal V squared,"},{"Start":"03:00.010 ","End":"03:02.660","Text":"and so W also a function of x,"},{"Start":"03:02.660 ","End":"03:07.550","Text":"is going to equal 1/9 Pi"},{"Start":"03:07.550 ","End":"03:14.945","Text":"squared x^4 100 minus x squared,"},{"Start":"03:14.945 ","End":"03:24.795","Text":"and the maximum x for W will also be the same maximum x for V. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"03:24.795 ","End":"03:27.315","Text":"We want to find critical points."},{"Start":"03:27.315 ","End":"03:31.709","Text":"I think I\u0027ll multiply the x^4,"},{"Start":"03:31.709 ","End":"03:37.125","Text":"so we get 1/9 Pi squared"},{"Start":"03:37.125 ","End":"03:42.885","Text":"and then 100x_4 minus x^6,"},{"Start":"03:42.885 ","End":"03:44.795","Text":"4 plus 2 is 6."},{"Start":"03:44.795 ","End":"03:47.900","Text":"That\u0027s going to be easier for me to differentiate."},{"Start":"03:47.900 ","End":"03:51.905","Text":"The constant just stays 1/9 Pi squared."},{"Start":"03:51.905 ","End":"03:54.980","Text":"Here we differentiate, and 4 times 100 is"},{"Start":"03:54.980 ","End":"04:04.205","Text":"400 and it\u0027s x cubed minus 6x^5."},{"Start":"04:04.205 ","End":"04:09.270","Text":"I can also take x cubed out of the brackets."},{"Start":"04:09.270 ","End":"04:13.365","Text":"Let me just say this is Pi squared, x cubed,"},{"Start":"04:13.365 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","End":"02:16.260","Text":"To find the maximum or minimum, we differentiate."},{"Start":"02:16.930 ","End":"02:25.650","Text":"We get p\u0027 of x is equal to 12 minus 4x."},{"Start":"02:26.060 ","End":"02:28.775","Text":"When we are looking for maximum or minimum,"},{"Start":"02:28.775 ","End":"02:31.490","Text":"we want the derivative to equal 0."},{"Start":"02:31.490 ","End":"02:39.000","Text":"I\u0027m letting p\u0027=0 and this will give me 12 minus 4x is 0."},{"Start":"02:39.410 ","End":"02:42.290","Text":"Clearly x=3."},{"Start":"02:42.290 ","End":"02:43.840","Text":"You can do that in your heads."},{"Start":"02:43.840 ","End":"02:45.430","Text":"There\u0027s only a suspect."},{"Start":"02:45.430 ","End":"02:48.800","Text":"Let\u0027s make a little table."},{"Start":"02:49.550 ","End":"02:52.065","Text":"Here I have x,"},{"Start":"02:52.065 ","End":"02:53.790","Text":"here I have p\u0027,"},{"Start":"02:53.790 ","End":"02:55.485","Text":"here I have p,"},{"Start":"02:55.485 ","End":"02:58.060","Text":"here I put the list of suspects."},{"Start":"02:58.060 ","End":"03:01.435","Text":"There is only one suspect and that is x=3."},{"Start":"03:01.435 ","End":"03:05.260","Text":"Of course at x equals 3p\u0027 is 0,"},{"Start":"03:05.260 ","End":"03:06.880","Text":"which is how I found it."},{"Start":"03:06.880 ","End":"03:10.405","Text":"What I want to do is see what happens on the left and on the right,"},{"Start":"03:10.405 ","End":"03:14.380","Text":"2 is on the left and 4 is on the right above."},{"Start":"03:14.380 ","End":"03:18.595","Text":"If we substitute x into p\u0027,"},{"Start":"03:18.595 ","End":"03:22.220","Text":"here it is 12 minus 4 times 2."},{"Start":"03:22.220 ","End":"03:23.790","Text":"I just need to know the sign."},{"Start":"03:23.790 ","End":"03:26.775","Text":"It\u0027s positive and if I put x=4,"},{"Start":"03:26.775 ","End":"03:29.715","Text":"12 minus 16, it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"03:29.715 ","End":"03:37.549","Text":"That means that the perimeter function is increasing here, decreasing here."},{"Start":"03:37.549 ","End":"03:41.060","Text":"The general shape is like this,"},{"Start":"03:41.060 ","End":"03:45.370","Text":"which is a maximum indeed."},{"Start":"03:45.370 ","End":"03:50.540","Text":"We\u0027re asked about the coordinates of A and A is x,"},{"Start":"03:50.540 ","End":"03:53.990","Text":"y, where y is on the graph."},{"Start":"03:53.990 ","End":"03:58.310","Text":"We have x=3 is the maximum."},{"Start":"03:58.310 ","End":"04:05.210","Text":"At this point, y is equal to minus x^2 plus 5x."},{"Start":"04:05.210 ","End":"04:13.130","Text":"It\u0027s minus 3^2 plus 5 times 3 because I\u0027m substituting in here."},{"Start":"04:13.130 ","End":"04:15.185","Text":"This equals, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"04:15.185 ","End":"04:18.800","Text":"minus 9 plus 15 is 6."},{"Start":"04:18.800 ","End":"04:24.405","Text":"The point A is the point 3, 6,"},{"Start":"04:24.405 ","End":"04:32.480","Text":"and that answers questions both A and B because I know that this is a maximum."},{"Start":"04:32.480 ","End":"04:35.255","Text":"We found that this is a maximum."},{"Start":"04:35.255 ","End":"04:38.570","Text":"For part A,"},{"Start":"04:38.570 ","End":"04:43.780","Text":"this is the answer to part A and to part B,"},{"Start":"04:43.780 ","End":"04:47.105","Text":"there is no minimum."},{"Start":"04:47.105 ","End":"04:49.790","Text":"There is only a maximum in part B,"},{"Start":"04:49.790 ","End":"04:53.090","Text":"I would say there is no minimum."},{"Start":"04:53.090 ","End":"05:00.650","Text":"This part A is the maximum. That\u0027s it. We\u0027re done."}],"ID":8544},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 2","Duration":"5m 16s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8410,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.490","Text":"Here we have another word problem."},{"Start":"00:02.490 ","End":"00:04.500","Text":"Let me explain what\u0027s going on."},{"Start":"00:04.500 ","End":"00:06.300","Text":"We have a figure, fortunately."},{"Start":"00:06.300 ","End":"00:09.390","Text":"We have a parabola, y = 9 minus x^2,"},{"Start":"00:09.390 ","End":"00:13.050","Text":"an inverted parabola because of the negative coefficient."},{"Start":"00:13.050 ","End":"00:17.370","Text":"Let me write this as y = 9 minus x^2."},{"Start":"00:17.370 ","End":"00:21.750","Text":"Notice that it\u0027s symmetrical about the y-axis because it\u0027s an even function."},{"Start":"00:21.750 ","End":"00:25.485","Text":"Replacing x by minus x doesn\u0027t change anything."},{"Start":"00:25.485 ","End":"00:28.650","Text":"Now we have a rectangle here, A,"},{"Start":"00:28.650 ","End":"00:30.045","Text":"D, C,"},{"Start":"00:30.045 ","End":"00:32.040","Text":"B, or A, B, C,"},{"Start":"00:32.040 ","End":"00:38.055","Text":"D, bounded by the parabola and the x-axis,"},{"Start":"00:38.055 ","End":"00:40.260","Text":"just as in the figure."},{"Start":"00:40.260 ","End":"00:45.330","Text":"We have to figure out the length of the side, C, D,"},{"Start":"00:45.330 ","End":"00:46.765","Text":"or D, C,"},{"Start":"00:46.765 ","End":"00:49.580","Text":"to maximize the area of the rectangle."},{"Start":"00:49.580 ","End":"00:55.115","Text":"The rectangle has a certain area called the area,"},{"Start":"00:55.115 ","End":"00:57.785","Text":"let\u0027s say, or in a different color."},{"Start":"00:57.785 ","End":"01:02.350","Text":"Say it\u0027s A for area."},{"Start":"01:03.080 ","End":"01:08.945","Text":"Let\u0027s see now, we need to figure out some points."},{"Start":"01:08.945 ","End":"01:12.560","Text":"The point B, let this be x,"},{"Start":"01:12.560 ","End":"01:14.555","Text":"this distance from here to here."},{"Start":"01:14.555 ","End":"01:24.130","Text":"This is point B will be the point x,0 and A will be the point minus x,0."},{"Start":"01:24.130 ","End":"01:29.315","Text":"Now the point C has the same x,"},{"Start":"01:29.315 ","End":"01:32.450","Text":"but its height is given by y,"},{"Start":"01:32.450 ","End":"01:35.645","Text":"which is 9 minus x^2."},{"Start":"01:35.645 ","End":"01:40.415","Text":"I think I have all the information I need to compute the area."},{"Start":"01:40.415 ","End":"01:42.830","Text":"The area is going to be my dependent variable."},{"Start":"01:42.830 ","End":"01:46.235","Text":"That\u0027s clear because that\u0027s the 1 that we have to maximize."},{"Start":"01:46.235 ","End":"01:52.984","Text":"Now, I know that the area is going to be base times height and the base,"},{"Start":"01:52.984 ","End":"01:54.785","Text":"well, this bit is x,"},{"Start":"01:54.785 ","End":"01:58.625","Text":"this bit is x, and this bit is y."},{"Start":"01:58.625 ","End":"02:01.985","Text":"But y here is equal to this."},{"Start":"02:01.985 ","End":"02:06.245","Text":"If I put all this into formula,"},{"Start":"02:06.245 ","End":"02:07.520","Text":"I\u0027ve got that A,"},{"Start":"02:07.520 ","End":"02:12.020","Text":"the area which is base times height,"},{"Start":"02:12.020 ","End":"02:14.360","Text":"which we said is 2x is the base,"},{"Start":"02:14.360 ","End":"02:18.930","Text":"the height is y, which is 9 minus x^2."},{"Start":"02:18.930 ","End":"02:22.655","Text":"This in fact gives us the area in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:22.655 ","End":"02:25.790","Text":"If I expand, this gives me"},{"Start":"02:25.790 ","End":"02:33.560","Text":"18x minus 2x^3 and that\u0027s basically it for the geometry part."},{"Start":"02:33.560 ","End":"02:35.660","Text":"We have A in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:35.660 ","End":"02:43.245","Text":"Now we go into the calculus where we differentiate to find the maximum, hopefully."},{"Start":"02:43.245 ","End":"02:48.780","Text":"A\u0027 =18 minus 6x^2."},{"Start":"02:50.870 ","End":"02:54.050","Text":"To look for a maximum or minimum,"},{"Start":"02:54.050 ","End":"02:56.845","Text":"we let A\u0027 = 0,"},{"Start":"02:56.845 ","End":"03:04.050","Text":"which gives us that 18 minus 6x^2 = 0."},{"Start":"03:04.050 ","End":"03:07.785","Text":"Clearly, x^2 = 3,"},{"Start":"03:07.785 ","End":"03:10.115","Text":"and since x is positive,"},{"Start":"03:10.115 ","End":"03:14.730","Text":"we get x equals the square root of 3."},{"Start":"03:16.510 ","End":"03:23.595","Text":"We want to know the length of the side C, D. Length."},{"Start":"03:23.595 ","End":"03:25.545","Text":"Sometimes I put it in absolute value."},{"Start":"03:25.545 ","End":"03:28.220","Text":"Is equals 2x,"},{"Start":"03:28.220 ","End":"03:30.955","Text":"so it\u0027s twice the square root of 3."},{"Start":"03:30.955 ","End":"03:36.065","Text":"Now, all that remains to show is that we really do have a maximum here,"},{"Start":"03:36.065 ","End":"03:41.785","Text":"and this we usually do with a table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"03:41.785 ","End":"03:44.480","Text":"Let\u0027s make a little table."},{"Start":"03:46.310 ","End":"03:49.575","Text":"In the table, I put x,"},{"Start":"03:49.575 ","End":"03:52.430","Text":"A\u0027, and A."},{"Start":"03:52.430 ","End":"03:54.729","Text":"Here I put a list of my suspects,"},{"Start":"03:54.729 ","End":"03:56.290","Text":"and I only have 1 in this case,"},{"Start":"03:56.290 ","End":"03:59.170","Text":"and that is the square root of 3,"},{"Start":"03:59.170 ","End":"04:02.605","Text":"at which point A\u0027 = 0."},{"Start":"04:02.605 ","End":"04:03.940","Text":"That you can substitute it,"},{"Start":"04:03.940 ","End":"04:07.160","Text":"but that\u0027s how we got the square root of 3."},{"Start":"04:07.880 ","End":"04:10.670","Text":"Then I need a value on the left and the right,"},{"Start":"04:10.670 ","End":"04:16.400","Text":"and the square root of 3 is roughly 1.7 something."},{"Start":"04:16.400 ","End":"04:19.715","Text":"I can take, on this side,"},{"Start":"04:19.715 ","End":"04:20.900","Text":"1, and on this side,"},{"Start":"04:20.900 ","End":"04:22.355","Text":"I can take 2."},{"Start":"04:22.355 ","End":"04:24.275","Text":"I just need the sign of A\u0027."},{"Start":"04:24.275 ","End":"04:26.875","Text":"Let\u0027s see if I put x equals 1."},{"Start":"04:26.875 ","End":"04:31.865","Text":"In here, I\u0027ve got 18 minus 6 is 12,"},{"Start":"04:31.865 ","End":"04:37.335","Text":"and that\u0027s positive and if I put x = 2 in here,"},{"Start":"04:37.335 ","End":"04:41.124","Text":"then I get 2^2 is 4 times 6 is 24,"},{"Start":"04:41.124 ","End":"04:44.155","Text":"18 minus 24 is negative."},{"Start":"04:44.155 ","End":"04:50.230","Text":"This means that the function up to the point square root of 3 is increasing."},{"Start":"04:50.230 ","End":"04:54.230","Text":"From the square root of 3, it\u0027s decreasing."},{"Start":"04:54.230 ","End":"04:57.710","Text":"The general shape around here is like this,"},{"Start":"04:57.710 ","End":"05:00.965","Text":"which means that this really is a maximum."},{"Start":"05:00.965 ","End":"05:06.850","Text":"The area function does indeed have a maximum when x is square root of 3."},{"Start":"05:06.850 ","End":"05:10.490","Text":"What they asked us was the length of the side C, D,"},{"Start":"05:10.490 ","End":"05:14.465","Text":"which is twice the square root of 3 and that\u0027s the answer."},{"Start":"05:14.465 ","End":"05:17.340","Text":"We are done."}],"ID":8545},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 3","Duration":"9m 6s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8411,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:08.340","Text":"Here we have another word problem involving a trapezoid inside an upside-down parabola."},{"Start":"00:08.340 ","End":"00:14.235","Text":"It\u0027s upside down, it\u0027s got a minus coefficient of x^2 and here it is in the picture."},{"Start":"00:14.235 ","End":"00:22.860","Text":"In fact, let me just write down that this parabola is y=9-x^2."},{"Start":"00:22.860 ","End":"00:25.560","Text":"Notice that it\u0027s symmetrical also because"},{"Start":"00:25.560 ","End":"00:30.210","Text":"it\u0027s an even function if I put extra set of minus x to get the same thing."},{"Start":"00:30.210 ","End":"00:32.700","Text":"So there is really a symmetry."},{"Start":"00:32.700 ","End":"00:40.790","Text":"What we want to find out is the coordinates of point A."},{"Start":"00:40.790 ","End":"00:43.600","Text":"Let\u0027s call it x,"},{"Start":"00:43.600 ","End":"00:49.385","Text":"y in such a way that this area of the trapezoid, it\u0027ll be maximal."},{"Start":"00:49.385 ","End":"00:52.430","Text":"If I move a around to a different place,"},{"Start":"00:52.430 ","End":"00:54.365","Text":"I get a different trapezoid."},{"Start":"00:54.365 ","End":"00:57.605","Text":"One of them is going to give me the greatest hopefully."},{"Start":"00:57.605 ","End":"00:59.180","Text":"That\u0027s what we have to compute."},{"Start":"00:59.180 ","End":"01:01.295","Text":"Obviously, the area,"},{"Start":"01:01.295 ","End":"01:05.370","Text":"let me call the area S,"},{"Start":"01:05.540 ","End":"01:09.339","Text":"I could say A for area but A is this point."},{"Start":"01:09.339 ","End":"01:15.950","Text":"We\u0027re going to have our dependent variable being S. We\u0027ll get back"},{"Start":"01:15.950 ","End":"01:23.525","Text":"to this once I\u0027ve shown you some take two,"},{"Start":"01:23.525 ","End":"01:27.095","Text":"I\u0027ll get back to this when we\u0027ve done some preparation."},{"Start":"01:27.095 ","End":"01:32.800","Text":"Now, let me complete finding these points."},{"Start":"01:32.800 ","End":"01:38.780","Text":"The points B and C are where the parabola cuts the x-axis,"},{"Start":"01:38.780 ","End":"01:41.720","Text":"which means that the y of the parabola is 0."},{"Start":"01:41.720 ","End":"01:45.600","Text":"In short, if I want to get the points B and c,"},{"Start":"01:45.600 ","End":"01:47.265","Text":"I have to solve the equation,"},{"Start":"01:47.265 ","End":"01:56.355","Text":"9-x^2=0, x^2 equals 9 and so x equals plus or minus 3."},{"Start":"01:56.355 ","End":"02:00.230","Text":"That means that we can complete some inflammation."},{"Start":"02:00.230 ","End":"02:06.215","Text":"B has got to be the 0.30 and C is got to be minus 30."},{"Start":"02:06.215 ","End":"02:09.305","Text":"That\u0027s the 2 routes here."},{"Start":"02:09.305 ","End":"02:14.585","Text":"The point d is symmetrical to the point a,"},{"Start":"02:14.585 ","End":"02:20.700","Text":"so it\u0027s going to be x comma minus y. I don\u0027t know if we need that."},{"Start":"02:20.980 ","End":"02:24.800","Text":"We\u0027re about ready to say what S is."},{"Start":"02:24.800 ","End":"02:31.700","Text":"But first I need to remind you of a formula from geometry of the area of a trapezoid."},{"Start":"02:31.700 ","End":"02:34.430","Text":"In general, if I have a trapezoid,"},{"Start":"02:34.430 ","End":"02:38.250","Text":"doesn\u0027t have to be symmetrical like we do here."},{"Start":"02:38.250 ","End":"02:40.625","Text":"It has 2 bases,"},{"Start":"02:40.625 ","End":"02:43.895","Text":"let\u0027s call them a and b."},{"Start":"02:43.895 ","End":"02:46.175","Text":"What we need is the height,"},{"Start":"02:46.175 ","End":"02:49.505","Text":"which is dropping a perpendicular from one base to the other."},{"Start":"02:49.505 ","End":"02:55.430","Text":"The formula, if this is the area s is equal to 1.5,"},{"Start":"02:55.430 ","End":"02:59.030","Text":"the sum of the bases times the height."},{"Start":"02:59.030 ","End":"03:06.439","Text":"Now we pretty much have everything that we need because to figure out B,"},{"Start":"03:06.439 ","End":"03:09.540","Text":"well, this is 3 and this is 3,"},{"Start":"03:09.540 ","End":"03:11.430","Text":"so B is 6."},{"Start":"03:11.430 ","End":"03:14.265","Text":"This is x, and this is x,"},{"Start":"03:14.265 ","End":"03:15.660","Text":"as far as distance goes,"},{"Start":"03:15.660 ","End":"03:18.225","Text":"I wrote this wrongly,"},{"Start":"03:18.225 ","End":"03:21.420","Text":"is minus x comma y."},{"Start":"03:21.420 ","End":"03:25.560","Text":"This base would be 2x and all I need is the height."},{"Start":"03:25.560 ","End":"03:28.445","Text":"I can take the height from here to here."},{"Start":"03:28.445 ","End":"03:33.765","Text":"This is h from here to here and this h is just"},{"Start":"03:33.765 ","End":"03:39.495","Text":"equal to y which is 9 minus x^2,"},{"Start":"03:39.495 ","End":"03:42.485","Text":"that\u0027s the h. I\u0027ve got everything."},{"Start":"03:42.485 ","End":"03:47.825","Text":"So let\u0027s see, 1/2 times a,"},{"Start":"03:47.825 ","End":"03:55.695","Text":"which is 2x plus 2 times 3 for b,"},{"Start":"03:55.695 ","End":"03:58.335","Text":"which is 6,"},{"Start":"03:58.335 ","End":"04:00.360","Text":"and times the height,"},{"Start":"04:00.360 ","End":"04:05.650","Text":"which we said is 9 minus x^2."},{"Start":"04:05.660 ","End":"04:09.540","Text":"I can cancel the half with these."},{"Start":"04:09.540 ","End":"04:18.345","Text":"What I get is x plus 3 times 9 minus x^2."},{"Start":"04:18.345 ","End":"04:24.465","Text":"Let me expand it all because we\u0027re going to differentiate and it will just be easier."},{"Start":"04:24.465 ","End":"04:30.335","Text":"We have the x^3 is from x times x^2 is minus x^3."},{"Start":"04:30.335 ","End":"04:36.375","Text":"I have a plus 3 and the minus x^2 is minus 3x^2."},{"Start":"04:36.375 ","End":"04:47.700","Text":"Then I have x with 9 gives me plus 9x and 3 with 9 gives me plus 27."},{"Start":"04:47.700 ","End":"04:52.494","Text":"Now I have the area s in terms of x,"},{"Start":"04:52.494 ","End":"04:55.195","Text":"and that\u0027s the geometry part."},{"Start":"04:55.195 ","End":"05:01.425","Text":"Now we continue to the calculus part because what we want"},{"Start":"05:01.425 ","End":"05:08.054","Text":"is to maximize and so we differentiate."},{"Start":"05:08.054 ","End":"05:12.110","Text":"By the way, what they\u0027re asking us in the question. Two things."},{"Start":"05:12.110 ","End":"05:15.230","Text":"First of all, they want the coordinates of the point a,"},{"Start":"05:15.230 ","End":"05:18.170","Text":"and we actually want the maximum area,"},{"Start":"05:18.170 ","End":"05:22.145","Text":"the S. Let\u0027s remember that to answer the question a and b."},{"Start":"05:22.145 ","End":"05:29.349","Text":"The calculus derivatives, s\u0027(x) minus"},{"Start":"05:29.349 ","End":"05:39.580","Text":"3x^2 minus 6x plus 9."},{"Start":"05:39.580 ","End":"05:46.365","Text":"I can take the 3 or even minus 3 outside the brackets."},{"Start":"05:46.365 ","End":"05:56.080","Text":"Let\u0027s see what I get, x^2 plus 2x minus 3."},{"Start":"05:56.080 ","End":"05:59.555","Text":"Now, we want the maximum."},{"Start":"05:59.555 ","End":"06:03.590","Text":"So we set s\u0027=0,"},{"Start":"06:03.590 ","End":"06:06.410","Text":"which will give us that this thing is 0."},{"Start":"06:06.410 ","End":"06:13.750","Text":"We don\u0027t need to minus 3x^2 plus 2x minus 3 equals 0."},{"Start":"06:13.750 ","End":"06:18.920","Text":"Let me save you the time for solving the quadratic equation."},{"Start":"06:18.920 ","End":"06:21.170","Text":"I know you know how to do those."},{"Start":"06:21.170 ","End":"06:29.050","Text":"We get x=1 or x=-3."},{"Start":"06:29.050 ","End":"06:32.375","Text":"Of course, we want a positive x. I\u0027m going to rule out"},{"Start":"06:32.375 ","End":"06:37.470","Text":"the minus 3 and we\u0027re just left with x=1."},{"Start":"06:39.110 ","End":"06:41.300","Text":"If we have x=1."},{"Start":"06:41.300 ","End":"06:44.285","Text":"Let\u0027s find the coordinates of the point A."},{"Start":"06:44.285 ","End":"06:47.270","Text":"The point A is,"},{"Start":"06:47.270 ","End":"06:51.575","Text":"let me just write here that 9 minus x^2,"},{"Start":"06:51.575 ","End":"06:57.120","Text":"which is y, is equal to x equals 1."},{"Start":"06:57.120 ","End":"06:59.655","Text":"So 9 minus 1 is 8."},{"Start":"06:59.655 ","End":"07:08.560","Text":"So a is the point where x=1 and y=8."},{"Start":"07:08.560 ","End":"07:10.820","Text":"That\u0027s one answer."},{"Start":"07:10.820 ","End":"07:12.709","Text":"We haven\u0027t shown you that it\u0027s a maximum,"},{"Start":"07:12.709 ","End":"07:15.815","Text":"but let\u0027s compute what the area is."},{"Start":"07:15.815 ","End":"07:18.800","Text":"What I\u0027m going to do is put x equals 1 here."},{"Start":"07:18.800 ","End":"07:21.730","Text":"We get 1 plus 3 is 4,"},{"Start":"07:21.730 ","End":"07:25.920","Text":"9 minus 1 is 8,"},{"Start":"07:25.920 ","End":"07:28.305","Text":"so 4 times 8."},{"Start":"07:28.305 ","End":"07:32.920","Text":"S=32, 4 times 8."},{"Start":"07:32.920 ","End":"07:36.965","Text":"Now, all I have left to show is that this is indeed a maximum."},{"Start":"07:36.965 ","End":"07:40.620","Text":"We\u0027ll do this by making a table."},{"Start":"07:40.850 ","End":"07:46.754","Text":"we\u0027ll take a table with x,"},{"Start":"07:46.754 ","End":"07:53.980","Text":"s\u0027 and s. Here I put in all my suspects and I only have one suspect."},{"Start":"07:53.980 ","End":"07:56.000","Text":"That is x equals 1,"},{"Start":"07:56.000 ","End":"07:57.440","Text":"the other one we ruled out."},{"Start":"07:57.440 ","End":"07:59.090","Text":"So x equals 1."},{"Start":"07:59.090 ","End":"08:03.585","Text":"At this point, s\u0027 is equal to 0."},{"Start":"08:03.585 ","End":"08:05.330","Text":"That\u0027s how we got to it."},{"Start":"08:05.330 ","End":"08:09.215","Text":"But you can check 1 plus 2 minus 3 is 0."},{"Start":"08:09.215 ","End":"08:11.000","Text":"What I want to know is,"},{"Start":"08:11.000 ","End":"08:13.650","Text":"what is s\u0027 before and after?"},{"Start":"08:13.650 ","End":"08:15.890","Text":"Let\u0027s take a couple of values."},{"Start":"08:15.890 ","End":"08:18.500","Text":"Let\u0027s take 0 and 2, for example,"},{"Start":"08:18.500 ","End":"08:24.660","Text":"if I plug in x equals 0 into s\u0027,"},{"Start":"08:24.660 ","End":"08:26.360","Text":"if I plug in 0 here,"},{"Start":"08:26.360 ","End":"08:29.405","Text":"I get minus 3 times minus 3,"},{"Start":"08:29.405 ","End":"08:32.540","Text":"which is, well, it\u0027s positive anyway,"},{"Start":"08:32.540 ","End":"08:35.330","Text":"it\u0027s minus and that\u0027s all I need to know is that it\u0027s positive."},{"Start":"08:35.330 ","End":"08:40.795","Text":"If I put x equals 2^2 plus twice 2"},{"Start":"08:40.795 ","End":"08:47.480","Text":"is 8 minus 3 is certainly positive times negative is negative."},{"Start":"08:47.480 ","End":"08:50.720","Text":"Here the function is increasing."},{"Start":"08:50.720 ","End":"08:53.645","Text":"Here the function is decreasing."},{"Start":"08:53.645 ","End":"08:57.380","Text":"One itself, we have because of the shape,"},{"Start":"08:57.380 ","End":"08:59.525","Text":"it must be a maximum."},{"Start":"08:59.525 ","End":"09:03.665","Text":"That is indeed valid that it is a maximum."},{"Start":"09:03.665 ","End":"09:06.750","Text":"So we are done."}],"ID":8546},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 4","Duration":"5m 35s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8412,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.765","Text":"Let me explain this word problem in geometry."},{"Start":"00:03.765 ","End":"00:09.000","Text":"We have a parabola and this is minus x^2 plus 12,"},{"Start":"00:09.000 ","End":"00:12.120","Text":"label it minus x^2 plus 12."},{"Start":"00:12.120 ","End":"00:14.205","Text":"Well, that\u0027s y equals,"},{"Start":"00:14.205 ","End":"00:18.785","Text":"and it\u0027s an upside-down parabola,"},{"Start":"00:18.785 ","End":"00:22.870","Text":"face down because the coefficient of x^2 is negative,"},{"Start":"00:22.870 ","End":"00:27.135","Text":"and it\u0027s symmetrical because"},{"Start":"00:27.135 ","End":"00:31.065","Text":"you can see it\u0027s an even function if we replace x by minus x."},{"Start":"00:31.065 ","End":"00:38.295","Text":"Anyway, we choose a point A and B on"},{"Start":"00:38.295 ","End":"00:41.990","Text":"the parabola in such a way that this is a parallel line to"},{"Start":"00:41.990 ","End":"00:47.690","Text":"the x-axis and we get a triangle AOB."},{"Start":"00:47.690 ","End":"00:53.330","Text":"The question is, how should we choose the segment AB in"},{"Start":"00:53.330 ","End":"00:58.545","Text":"such a way that the area of this triangle is maximum,"},{"Start":"00:58.545 ","End":"01:01.895","Text":"and then we also have to actually give the maximum area?"},{"Start":"01:01.895 ","End":"01:04.520","Text":"Let me shade it, that will make it clearer."},{"Start":"01:04.520 ","End":"01:10.160","Text":"I\u0027ll label this area as S,"},{"Start":"01:10.160 ","End":"01:12.360","Text":"it\u0027s a good letter."},{"Start":"01:13.160 ","End":"01:16.640","Text":"We know that\u0027s going to be the dependent variable because"},{"Start":"01:16.640 ","End":"01:19.465","Text":"that\u0027s the one that we have to maximize,"},{"Start":"01:19.465 ","End":"01:22.055","Text":"so that\u0027s the dependent variable."},{"Start":"01:22.055 ","End":"01:24.125","Text":"As an independent variable,"},{"Start":"01:24.125 ","End":"01:26.770","Text":"we\u0027re probably best off going with x,"},{"Start":"01:26.770 ","End":"01:29.400","Text":"and let me just label some things here,"},{"Start":"01:29.400 ","End":"01:35.610","Text":"x is going to be the coordinate of point A and A is x,"},{"Start":"01:35.610 ","End":"01:38.570","Text":"y, if it\u0027s on the parabola,"},{"Start":"01:38.570 ","End":"01:42.949","Text":"so the y is minus x^2 plus 12."},{"Start":"01:42.949 ","End":"01:45.035","Text":"Because of the symmetry,"},{"Start":"01:45.035 ","End":"01:48.690","Text":"this point is going to be minus x."},{"Start":"01:50.120 ","End":"01:54.020","Text":"Let me just write down the formula for the area of a triangle."},{"Start":"01:54.020 ","End":"01:58.440","Text":"Normally the triangle is not inverted and this is the base,"},{"Start":"01:58.440 ","End":"02:01.410","Text":"and somewhere here is the height,"},{"Start":"02:01.410 ","End":"02:11.610","Text":"and the area is S. The area is a 1/2 base times height only here,"},{"Start":"02:11.610 ","End":"02:14.025","Text":"this is the base and this is the height."},{"Start":"02:14.025 ","End":"02:17.680","Text":"What we get in our case is S=1/2."},{"Start":"02:17.680 ","End":"02:22.900","Text":"Now, the base is clearly x plus x, which is 2x."},{"Start":"02:22.900 ","End":"02:26.585","Text":"The height we already said is y from the parabola,"},{"Start":"02:26.585 ","End":"02:30.090","Text":"which is minus x^2 plus 12."},{"Start":"02:31.090 ","End":"02:36.915","Text":"Of course, the 1/2 and the 2 cancel out,"},{"Start":"02:36.915 ","End":"02:43.545","Text":"and so what I\u0027m left with if I multiply is minus x^3 plus 12x."},{"Start":"02:43.545 ","End":"02:47.570","Text":"Now it\u0027s time to use techniques from the calculus."},{"Start":"02:47.570 ","End":"02:50.285","Text":"Calculus helps us to find maximum and minimum,"},{"Start":"02:50.285 ","End":"02:52.535","Text":"and the main tool is differentiation,"},{"Start":"02:52.535 ","End":"03:00.530","Text":"so we get S\u0027 is equal to minus 3x^2 plus 12."},{"Start":"03:00.530 ","End":"03:08.235","Text":"We want S\u0027=0 for critical points which we use as suspects for maximum."},{"Start":"03:08.235 ","End":"03:11.925","Text":"This gives us that x^2 equals 4,"},{"Start":"03:11.925 ","End":"03:17.625","Text":"which means that x is plus or minus 2,"},{"Start":"03:17.625 ","End":"03:20.190","Text":"actually our x is the positive 1,"},{"Start":"03:20.190 ","End":"03:25.610","Text":"but the minus 2 comes out of the equation because it\u0027s actually finding the x for b,"},{"Start":"03:25.610 ","End":"03:29.770","Text":"so we just take x=2."},{"Start":"03:29.770 ","End":"03:35.250","Text":"Now, we can find the length of segment AB,"},{"Start":"03:35.250 ","End":"03:37.590","Text":"segment AB is just 2x,"},{"Start":"03:37.590 ","End":"03:41.085","Text":"so AB is 2x,"},{"Start":"03:41.085 ","End":"03:44.300","Text":"the length of it is sometimes write with absolute value."},{"Start":"03:44.300 ","End":"03:50.390","Text":"The area of the triangle S is equal to this expression here,"},{"Start":"03:50.390 ","End":"03:59.870","Text":"and if I put x=2 I get minus 8 plus 24 is 16."},{"Start":"03:59.870 ","End":"04:03.410","Text":"Now, everything\u0027s fine and dandy except that we just haven\u0027t"},{"Start":"04:03.410 ","End":"04:07.685","Text":"shown that it is indeed a maximum."},{"Start":"04:07.685 ","End":"04:10.820","Text":"That\u0027s where we use the table technique."},{"Start":"04:10.820 ","End":"04:17.470","Text":"I\u0027ve got a table where the rows are x, S\u0027,"},{"Start":"04:17.470 ","End":"04:21.320","Text":"and S. Here I have my list of suspects,"},{"Start":"04:21.320 ","End":"04:24.560","Text":"I only have one which is the x=2,"},{"Start":"04:24.560 ","End":"04:27.080","Text":"at this point S\u0027 is 0,"},{"Start":"04:27.080 ","End":"04:28.940","Text":"I mean, that\u0027s how we got the 2."},{"Start":"04:28.940 ","End":"04:32.575","Text":"We want to know what is S\u0027 before and after."},{"Start":"04:32.575 ","End":"04:34.785","Text":"Let\u0027s choose points 1 and 3."},{"Start":"04:34.785 ","End":"04:37.890","Text":"If I put x=1 in S\u0027,"},{"Start":"04:37.890 ","End":"04:39.915","Text":"I\u0027ll get minus 3 plus 12,"},{"Start":"04:39.915 ","End":"04:42.485","Text":"I just need the sign, it\u0027s positive."},{"Start":"04:42.485 ","End":"04:44.360","Text":"If I put in 3,"},{"Start":"04:44.360 ","End":"04:48.500","Text":"3^2 is 9 times 3 is 27 minus 27 plus 12,"},{"Start":"04:48.500 ","End":"04:51.980","Text":"clearly negative, which means that before 2,"},{"Start":"04:51.980 ","End":"04:55.200","Text":"the function is increasing,"},{"Start":"04:55.200 ","End":"04:57.135","Text":"after 2 it\u0027s decreasing."},{"Start":"04:57.135 ","End":"04:59.360","Text":"The general shape is like this,"},{"Start":"04:59.360 ","End":"05:03.050","Text":"which indicates that we do have a maximum."},{"Start":"05:03.050 ","End":"05:06.609","Text":"Everything is fine."},{"Start":"05:06.609 ","End":"05:13.785","Text":"We can highlight the answers that the length of AB is 2x,"},{"Start":"05:13.785 ","End":"05:17.580","Text":"but the maximum area is 16,"},{"Start":"05:17.580 ","End":"05:19.880","Text":"and we showed that indeed it is a maximum,"},{"Start":"05:19.880 ","End":"05:21.830","Text":"so we are done."},{"Start":"05:21.830 ","End":"05:24.324","Text":"Don\u0027t go just yet, wait a moment."},{"Start":"05:24.324 ","End":"05:26.010","Text":"I made a silly error,"},{"Start":"05:26.010 ","End":"05:27.060","Text":"I wrote here 2x,"},{"Start":"05:27.060 ","End":"05:28.650","Text":"I meant to substitute x=2,"},{"Start":"05:28.650 ","End":"05:29.700","Text":"so this should be 4."},{"Start":"05:29.700 ","End":"05:35.350","Text":"Let me correct that. Sorry about that. Now we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8547},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 5","Duration":"6m 2s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8413,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.230 ","End":"00:05.444","Text":"Here we have another word problem involving graphs."},{"Start":"00:05.444 ","End":"00:08.055","Text":"Let me explain what\u0027s going on."},{"Start":"00:08.055 ","End":"00:14.865","Text":"We have a figure here and we\u0027ve got 2 graphs, y=e^x and y=ex-2."},{"Start":"00:14.865 ","End":"00:18.370","Text":"My first question is, which is which?"},{"Start":"00:18.770 ","End":"00:22.740","Text":"This is a linear function, it\u0027s a straight line."},{"Start":"00:22.740 ","End":"00:26.220","Text":"It\u0027s some constant times x plus another constant,"},{"Start":"00:26.220 ","End":"00:32.535","Text":"so this has got to be the one that\u0027s y=ex-2."},{"Start":"00:32.535 ","End":"00:35.565","Text":"The other one would be y=e^x."},{"Start":"00:35.565 ","End":"00:38.640","Text":"That\u0027s sorted out, which is which."},{"Start":"00:38.640 ","End":"00:42.530","Text":"Now we have a parallel line to the y-axis."},{"Start":"00:42.530 ","End":"00:49.370","Text":"It just means a vertical line and it cuts at A and B respectively."},{"Start":"00:49.370 ","End":"00:51.710","Text":"They talk about x here."},{"Start":"00:51.710 ","End":"00:53.945","Text":"I presume they mean,"},{"Start":"00:53.945 ","End":"00:56.180","Text":"I copied the question from somewhere."},{"Start":"00:56.180 ","End":"00:58.970","Text":"I should have noted that this is x,"},{"Start":"00:58.970 ","End":"01:03.230","Text":"and this is part of a vertical line through x."},{"Start":"01:03.230 ","End":"01:11.040","Text":"We want to know which value of x will make the segment AB be minimal in length."},{"Start":"01:11.040 ","End":"01:13.310","Text":"You have as x moves, we get a different A,"},{"Start":"01:13.310 ","End":"01:14.495","Text":"B each time,"},{"Start":"01:14.495 ","End":"01:18.004","Text":"we want the one which is minimal."},{"Start":"01:18.004 ","End":"01:19.985","Text":"Then there\u0027s a question,"},{"Start":"01:19.985 ","End":"01:22.130","Text":"can this length be maximal?"},{"Start":"01:22.130 ","End":"01:25.205","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we can figure out here."},{"Start":"01:25.205 ","End":"01:30.245","Text":"We can get the coordinates of A and B because we know what functions they are on."},{"Start":"01:30.245 ","End":"01:36.890","Text":"This B=(x,"},{"Start":"01:39.320 ","End":"01:45.440","Text":"ex-2)."},{"Start":"01:45.440 ","End":"01:48.650","Text":"A=(x, e^x). We\u0027ve got the x and y for each."},{"Start":"01:48.650 ","End":"01:50.210","Text":"Now the vertical distance,"},{"Start":"01:50.210 ","End":"01:51.390","Text":"if they have the same x,"},{"Start":"01:51.390 ","End":"01:55.350","Text":"it\u0027s just the difference in the values of y."},{"Start":"01:55.350 ","End":"01:57.750","Text":"If I call this distance,"},{"Start":"01:57.750 ","End":"01:59.355","Text":"let\u0027s give it a name length,"},{"Start":"01:59.355 ","End":"02:04.250","Text":"let\u0027s call it L. This is the one that we have to minimize or maximize,"},{"Start":"02:04.250 ","End":"02:06.065","Text":"and that\u0027s our dependent variable."},{"Start":"02:06.065 ","End":"02:07.535","Text":"We have L equals,"},{"Start":"02:07.535 ","End":"02:10.055","Text":"x is our independent variable,"},{"Start":"02:10.055 ","End":"02:11.675","Text":"seems the most natural."},{"Start":"02:11.675 ","End":"02:12.050","Text":"Just"},{"Start":"02:12.050 ","End":"02:13.710","Text":"subtract"},{"Start":"02:18.710 ","End":"02:23.600","Text":"e^x-(e,"},{"Start":"02:23.600 ","End":"02:23.635","Text":"x-2)."},{"Start":"02:23.635 ","End":"02:24.865","Text":"Opening the brackets,"},{"Start":"02:24.865 ","End":"02:30.920","Text":"just a second I\u0027ll get e^x-ex-2."},{"Start":"02:30.920 ","End":"02:36.640","Text":"Minus, minus is plus."},{"Start":"02:36.640 ","End":"02:40.055","Text":"I have the expression of L in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:40.055 ","End":"02:44.595","Text":"That\u0027s the geometric part, that\u0027s the setup."},{"Start":"02:44.595 ","End":"02:47.330","Text":"We\u0027re going to use calculus to find the minimum."},{"Start":"02:47.330 ","End":"02:49.310","Text":"We need the derivative of course."},{"Start":"02:49.310 ","End":"02:49.820","Text":"We get"},{"Start":"02:49.820 ","End":"02:59.580","Text":"L\u0027= e^x-e."},{"Start":"02:59.580 ","End":"03:01.250","Text":"That\u0027s the derivative."},{"Start":"03:01.250 ","End":"03:03.650","Text":"Because I\u0027m looking for maximum and minimum,"},{"Start":"03:03.650 ","End":"03:05.585","Text":"I\u0027m looking for critical points,"},{"Start":"03:05.585 ","End":"03:07.775","Text":"which are suspects for those."},{"Start":"03:07.775 ","End":"03:11.615","Text":"Critical points are where L\u0027=0,"},{"Start":"03:11.615 ","End":"03:14.790","Text":"which gives us that e^x-e=0."},{"Start":"03:15.560 ","End":"03:20.310","Text":"I bring e to the other side, e^x=e."},{"Start":"03:20.310 ","End":"03:23.220","Text":"Now, of course, e=e^1."},{"Start":"03:23.220 ","End":"03:26.325","Text":"Allow me to write 1 here."},{"Start":"03:26.325 ","End":"03:33.400","Text":"If the exponents of 2 numbers are equal than the numbers themselves are equal, so x=1."},{"Start":"03:33.400 ","End":"03:36.984","Text":"That\u0027s the only critical point."},{"Start":"03:36.984 ","End":"03:39.515","Text":"Now my question is,"},{"Start":"03:39.515 ","End":"03:44.165","Text":"is this a minimum or a maximum?"},{"Start":"03:44.165 ","End":"03:49.430","Text":"In other words, does the L obtain maximum or minimum?"},{"Start":"03:49.430 ","End":"03:53.735","Text":"For this, we draw a table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"03:53.735 ","End":"03:56.340","Text":"The table goes like this."},{"Start":"03:56.630 ","End":"03:59.970","Text":"Here I put X,"},{"Start":"03:59.970 ","End":"04:03.915","Text":"L\u0027, and L. Here I put my suspects."},{"Start":"04:03.915 ","End":"04:08.140","Text":"In this case, there is only one and that is x=1."},{"Start":"04:08.140 ","End":"04:16.900","Text":"L\u0027=0 because that\u0027s how we found it but you could always check L\u0027=e^1-e =0."},{"Start":"04:16.900 ","End":"04:19.325","Text":"Then we want something smaller than one,"},{"Start":"04:19.325 ","End":"04:24.695","Text":"let\u0027s say 0, and something larger than one, say 2."},{"Start":"04:24.695 ","End":"04:29.810","Text":"I put x in L prime and I get here"},{"Start":"04:29.810 ","End":"04:38.070","Text":"e^0-e=1-e and e=2.78 something, 718 or whatever."},{"Start":"04:38.070 ","End":"04:40.325","Text":"Anyway, 1- it is negative."},{"Start":"04:40.325 ","End":"04:42.605","Text":"That\u0027s all I care about, is that it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"04:42.605 ","End":"04:44.825","Text":"If I put e=2,"},{"Start":"04:44.825 ","End":"04:53.530","Text":"then it\u0027s e^2-e. That\u0027s positive e^2 bigger than e because e=2 point something."},{"Start":"04:53.530 ","End":"04:59.505","Text":"It\u0027s positive, which means that here L\u0027 is negative,"},{"Start":"04:59.505 ","End":"05:01.845","Text":"so L is decreasing."},{"Start":"05:01.845 ","End":"05:04.630","Text":"Here L\u0027 is positive,"},{"Start":"05:04.630 ","End":"05:07.485","Text":"so L is increasing."},{"Start":"05:07.485 ","End":"05:12.800","Text":"Around this point, we\u0027ve got something like this,"},{"Start":"05:12.800 ","End":"05:15.965","Text":"which is the shape of a minimum."},{"Start":"05:15.965 ","End":"05:19.830","Text":"We can answer the question,"},{"Start":"05:19.830 ","End":"05:24.090","Text":"for which values of x will the length segment AB be minimal?"},{"Start":"05:24.090 ","End":"05:28.560","Text":"The answer is x=1 is the value."},{"Start":"05:28.560 ","End":"05:32.505","Text":"Yes, indeed it is minimum we\u0027ve shown."},{"Start":"05:32.505 ","End":"05:37.640","Text":"For B, is there a value of x which this length is maximal?"},{"Start":"05:37.640 ","End":"05:43.160","Text":"no, because maximum and minimum they both have to occur at critical points."},{"Start":"05:43.160 ","End":"05:47.810","Text":"We only had 1 critical point and we found that it\u0027s a minimum."},{"Start":"05:47.810 ","End":"05:51.500","Text":"Just, let me write the answer here."},{"Start":"05:51.500 ","End":"05:55.190","Text":"I\u0027ll write that the answer is no."},{"Start":"05:55.190 ","End":"05:57.845","Text":"We\u0027ve explained why."},{"Start":"05:57.845 ","End":"06:02.910","Text":"That answers both parts. We are done."}],"ID":8548},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 6","Duration":"5m 34s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8414,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:06.810","Text":"Here we have the graphs of 2 parabolas and we\u0027re given the equations."},{"Start":"00:06.810 ","End":"00:10.110","Text":"My first question is, which is which?"},{"Start":"00:10.110 ","End":"00:15.899","Text":"Well, one is face up and one is face down or inverted."},{"Start":"00:15.899 ","End":"00:21.825","Text":"This upward facing one is the one with the coefficient of x^2 being positive."},{"Start":"00:21.825 ","End":"00:24.433","Text":"That\u0027s this. Why don\u0027t I write it?"},{"Start":"00:24.433 ","End":"00:31.050","Text":"This is y=1/2x^2 plus 7."},{"Start":"00:31.050 ","End":"00:34.685","Text":"The other one with the negative coefficient of x^2,"},{"Start":"00:34.685 ","End":"00:42.995","Text":"that\u0027s minus a 1/4 minus 1/4 of x^2 plus 3x."},{"Start":"00:42.995 ","End":"00:44.555","Text":"Now we know which is which."},{"Start":"00:44.555 ","End":"00:47.240","Text":"Now we\u0027re given a line parallel to the y-axis,"},{"Start":"00:47.240 ","End":"00:49.715","Text":"which just means vertical."},{"Start":"00:49.715 ","End":"00:52.250","Text":"It\u0027s only part of the line is shown."},{"Start":"00:52.250 ","End":"00:58.290","Text":"The segment that cuts the parabolas at the point Q and P respectively."},{"Start":"00:58.660 ","End":"01:03.605","Text":"Our task is to find the minimal PQ."},{"Start":"01:03.605 ","End":"01:08.930","Text":"Vertical line could be anywhere and looks like this one which is the shortest,"},{"Start":"01:08.930 ","End":"01:10.805","Text":"and that\u0027s the one we have to find."},{"Start":"01:10.805 ","End":"01:14.840","Text":"Well, that immediately tells us what our dependent variable is,"},{"Start":"01:14.840 ","End":"01:18.485","Text":"and that is the length of PQ,"},{"Start":"01:18.485 ","End":"01:23.630","Text":"let\u0027s call it L. We know that we\u0027re going to have L in terms of something,"},{"Start":"01:23.630 ","End":"01:25.955","Text":"and the most natural is to take x."},{"Start":"01:25.955 ","End":"01:29.015","Text":"If I complete the line down to here,"},{"Start":"01:29.015 ","End":"01:31.320","Text":"this will be x."},{"Start":"01:31.370 ","End":"01:37.340","Text":"What we have is then Q is the point x,"},{"Start":"01:37.340 ","End":"01:40.760","Text":"and here it is y, which is from here."},{"Start":"01:40.760 ","End":"01:44.128","Text":"So it\u0027s minus a 1/4x^2 plus 3x,"},{"Start":"01:44.128 ","End":"01:49.925","Text":"and p is the point x,"},{"Start":"01:49.925 ","End":"01:55.270","Text":"and this y, 1/2x^2 plus 7."},{"Start":"01:55.270 ","End":"01:57.830","Text":"Now these two points have the same x."},{"Start":"01:57.830 ","End":"01:59.390","Text":"Obviously, it\u0027s a vertical line,"},{"Start":"01:59.390 ","End":"02:04.485","Text":"so the distance L is the top one minus the bottom one,"},{"Start":"02:04.485 ","End":"02:07.425","Text":"which is this minus this."},{"Start":"02:07.425 ","End":"02:10.940","Text":"I can write it as 1.2,"},{"Start":"02:10.940 ","End":"02:12.215","Text":"it is easier to copy from here,"},{"Start":"02:12.215 ","End":"02:18.815","Text":"1/2x^2 plus 7 less the lower one,"},{"Start":"02:18.815 ","End":"02:21.590","Text":"which is minus a"},{"Start":"02:21.590 ","End":"02:28.940","Text":"1/4x^2 plus 3x."},{"Start":"02:28.940 ","End":"02:33.095","Text":"Let\u0027s open the brackets and what we get is"},{"Start":"02:33.095 ","End":"02:39.635","Text":"1/2x^2 plus a 1/4x^2, that\u0027s 3/4x^2."},{"Start":"02:39.635 ","End":"02:41.990","Text":"Let\u0027s see, x is"},{"Start":"02:41.990 ","End":"02:51.690","Text":"just minus 3x and 3 coefficients is just the plus 7."},{"Start":"02:51.690 ","End":"02:55.253","Text":"This is L in terms of x,"},{"Start":"02:55.253 ","End":"02:59.040","Text":"and we have a minimum problem."},{"Start":"02:59.040 ","End":"03:02.450","Text":"We\u0027re going to look for critical points,"},{"Start":"03:02.450 ","End":"03:04.370","Text":"which is where the derivative is 0."},{"Start":"03:04.370 ","End":"03:09.155","Text":"Let\u0027s first of all find the derivative which is 3/4 times 2,"},{"Start":"03:09.155 ","End":"03:15.270","Text":"is 3/2x minus 3,"},{"Start":"03:15.270 ","End":"03:19.564","Text":"and critical point is where L prime equals 0,"},{"Start":"03:19.564 ","End":"03:26.460","Text":"which gives us that 3/2x minus 3 equals 0."},{"Start":"03:26.690 ","End":"03:29.910","Text":"If you solve this,"},{"Start":"03:29.910 ","End":"03:32.295","Text":"see that x is 2."},{"Start":"03:32.295 ","End":"03:34.230","Text":"But that\u0027s not what we were asked."},{"Start":"03:34.230 ","End":"03:38.520","Text":"We were asked for the minimal length."},{"Start":"03:38.520 ","End":"03:41.810","Text":"I see I phrased the question badly."},{"Start":"03:41.810 ","End":"03:43.460","Text":"I meant to say that we want the length."},{"Start":"03:43.460 ","End":"03:45.185","Text":"Let me just fix this."},{"Start":"03:45.185 ","End":"03:50.050","Text":"Yes, I meant to say find the length of the one with the minimal length."},{"Start":"03:50.050 ","End":"03:53.690","Text":"That just means that we have to substitute x=2 here."},{"Start":"03:53.690 ","End":"03:55.220","Text":"In fact, this is a function of x,"},{"Start":"03:55.220 ","End":"03:58.460","Text":"and call it L(x)."},{"Start":"03:58.460 ","End":"04:00.740","Text":"If I substitute here,"},{"Start":"04:00.740 ","End":"04:07.205","Text":"I get that L(2) is equal to,"},{"Start":"04:07.205 ","End":"04:10.370","Text":"let\u0027s see, 2^2 is 4,"},{"Start":"04:10.370 ","End":"04:14.010","Text":"4 times 3/4 is 3,"},{"Start":"04:14.010 ","End":"04:17.040","Text":"minus 6 plus 7."},{"Start":"04:17.040 ","End":"04:20.130","Text":"I make that 4."},{"Start":"04:20.130 ","End":"04:26.600","Text":"Now I just have to say something in words like the minimal length of PQ is 4."},{"Start":"04:26.600 ","End":"04:29.990","Text":"I\u0027ll just settle for highlighting the answer."},{"Start":"04:29.990 ","End":"04:34.759","Text":"I almost forgot to show why this is a minimum."},{"Start":"04:34.759 ","End":"04:37.010","Text":"Actually, there\u0027s a shortcut you could use."},{"Start":"04:37.010 ","End":"04:38.720","Text":"If you look at the function L(x),"},{"Start":"04:38.720 ","End":"04:43.950","Text":"it\u0027s a parabola with positive coefficient of x^2."},{"Start":"04:43.950 ","End":"04:45.980","Text":"It\u0027s upward facing parabola,"},{"Start":"04:45.980 ","End":"04:47.555","Text":"of course, it has a minimum."},{"Start":"04:47.555 ","End":"04:50.315","Text":"If you will settle for that, then you\u0027re done."},{"Start":"04:50.315 ","End":"04:55.295","Text":"But if not, then I\u0027ll make a little table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"04:55.295 ","End":"05:01.025","Text":"X, L prime and L suspects only 1."},{"Start":"05:01.025 ","End":"05:03.630","Text":"That\u0027s x=2. Here,"},{"Start":"05:03.630 ","End":"05:06.435","Text":"L prime is 0, of course."},{"Start":"05:06.435 ","End":"05:10.280","Text":"If we put in something smaller and something greater, let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"05:10.280 ","End":"05:11.785","Text":"If we put in 1,"},{"Start":"05:11.785 ","End":"05:13.810","Text":"we get 3/2 minus 3,"},{"Start":"05:13.810 ","End":"05:19.700","Text":"negative 3 over 2 times 3 minus 3."},{"Start":"05:19.700 ","End":"05:22.205","Text":"Well, it\u0027s easily seen to be positive."},{"Start":"05:22.205 ","End":"05:24.615","Text":"Here, L is decreasing,"},{"Start":"05:24.615 ","End":"05:26.000","Text":"here L is increasing."},{"Start":"05:26.000 ","End":"05:28.910","Text":"This is the general shape around x=2,"},{"Start":"05:28.910 ","End":"05:31.175","Text":"which means that we have a minimum here."},{"Start":"05:31.175 ","End":"05:34.380","Text":"Now we really are done."}],"ID":8549},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 7","Duration":"4m 33s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8415,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.570","Text":"Here we have another word problem involving graphs."},{"Start":"00:03.570 ","End":"00:05.865","Text":"Let me explain what\u0027s going on here."},{"Start":"00:05.865 ","End":"00:11.230","Text":"We have here the graph of y equals the square root of x."},{"Start":"00:11.930 ","End":"00:17.130","Text":"We want to find a Point M on this graph"},{"Start":"00:17.130 ","End":"00:22.770","Text":"such that the square of the distance from M to this point is minimal."},{"Start":"00:22.770 ","End":"00:25.770","Text":"This is the point where x= 4.5."},{"Start":"00:25.770 ","End":"00:31.210","Text":"That\u0027s 4.5, 0."},{"Start":"00:31.460 ","End":"00:35.370","Text":"I could use the formula from geometry for distance,"},{"Start":"00:35.370 ","End":"00:36.990","Text":"but I\u0027m going to use Pythagoras."},{"Start":"00:36.990 ","End":"00:40.415","Text":"First of all, let\u0027s give M coordinates."},{"Start":"00:40.415 ","End":"00:42.095","Text":"In general, the x,"},{"Start":"00:42.095 ","End":"00:43.400","Text":"we\u0027ll just leave it as x."},{"Start":"00:43.400 ","End":"00:49.445","Text":"The y of this point will be square root of x because that\u0027s the graph it\u0027s on."},{"Start":"00:49.445 ","End":"00:53.275","Text":"If I drop a perpendicular line here."},{"Start":"00:53.275 ","End":"00:57.350","Text":"I\u0027ll say that this point is the point x,"},{"Start":"00:57.350 ","End":"00:59.795","Text":"from here to here is x,"},{"Start":"00:59.795 ","End":"01:03.350","Text":"and this is 4.5, and this is a right angle."},{"Start":"01:03.350 ","End":"01:06.515","Text":"We don\u0027t know which side of the 4.5 it\u0027s on."},{"Start":"01:06.515 ","End":"01:08.720","Text":"But by Pythagoras\u0027s theorem,"},{"Start":"01:08.720 ","End":"01:12.155","Text":"when I raise something squared, don\u0027t really matter."},{"Start":"01:12.155 ","End":"01:19.355","Text":"Let\u0027s call this distance d. What we want is not the distance,"},{"Start":"01:19.355 ","End":"01:21.700","Text":"but the distance squared."},{"Start":"01:21.700 ","End":"01:25.155","Text":"Let\u0027s say that big D, I\u0027ll call it,"},{"Start":"01:25.155 ","End":"01:29.430","Text":"is d^2 is by Pythagoras,"},{"Start":"01:29.430 ","End":"01:36.720","Text":"this height is the square root of x, squared."},{"Start":"01:36.720 ","End":"01:44.900","Text":"This distance here is either x minus 4.5 or 4.5 minus x."},{"Start":"01:44.900 ","End":"01:46.760","Text":"But it doesn\u0027t matter because it\u0027s squared."},{"Start":"01:46.760 ","End":"01:50.375","Text":"I don\u0027t care which side of this point it\u0027s on."},{"Start":"01:50.375 ","End":"01:55.115","Text":"Now this is the thing that we want to minimize the square distance."},{"Start":"01:55.115 ","End":"01:56.975","Text":"That\u0027s our dependent variable,"},{"Start":"01:56.975 ","End":"01:58.985","Text":"x is the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:58.985 ","End":"02:01.865","Text":"Let\u0027s just simplify and see what we get."},{"Start":"02:01.865 ","End":"02:05.060","Text":"Well, the square root of x^2 is just x."},{"Start":"02:05.060 ","End":"02:11.385","Text":"And here we have x^2 minus 2x times 4.5,"},{"Start":"02:11.385 ","End":"02:17.950","Text":"which is 9x plus 4.5^2, which is 20.25."},{"Start":"02:18.650 ","End":"02:21.710","Text":"Just collecting terms together,"},{"Start":"02:21.710 ","End":"02:29.670","Text":"I get x^2 minus 8x plus 20.25."},{"Start":"02:29.670 ","End":"02:31.800","Text":"Now we\u0027ve got D in terms of x,"},{"Start":"02:31.800 ","End":"02:33.000","Text":"I could call it in fact,"},{"Start":"02:33.000 ","End":"02:34.760","Text":"D as a function of x,"},{"Start":"02:34.760 ","End":"02:37.400","Text":"where d is the distance squared."},{"Start":"02:37.400 ","End":"02:41.975","Text":"Now let\u0027s use the calculus techniques for extrema."},{"Start":"02:41.975 ","End":"02:43.790","Text":"We look for critical points,"},{"Start":"02:43.790 ","End":"02:47.005","Text":"we differentiate and then you assign to 0."},{"Start":"02:47.005 ","End":"02:52.020","Text":"D\u0027 as a function of x is 2x minus 8."},{"Start":"02:52.020 ","End":"02:54.375","Text":"I want this to be 0."},{"Start":"02:54.375 ","End":"02:56.475","Text":"If D\u0027 is 0,"},{"Start":"02:56.475 ","End":"03:00.380","Text":"that means that 2x minus 8 equals 0,"},{"Start":"03:00.380 ","End":"03:05.725","Text":"which gives me that x equals 4."},{"Start":"03:05.725 ","End":"03:08.210","Text":"We have to check that this is indeed a minimum."},{"Start":"03:08.210 ","End":"03:09.875","Text":"This is a critical point."},{"Start":"03:09.875 ","End":"03:11.240","Text":"One way of doing it,"},{"Start":"03:11.240 ","End":"03:16.235","Text":"and the way I like doing it is with a table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"03:16.235 ","End":"03:18.840","Text":"Let\u0027s make a table."},{"Start":"03:19.040 ","End":"03:21.750","Text":"Here I have x,"},{"Start":"03:21.750 ","End":"03:23.190","Text":"here I have D\u0027,"},{"Start":"03:23.190 ","End":"03:27.785","Text":"and here I have D. Here I put in the critical points or suspects."},{"Start":"03:27.785 ","End":"03:30.440","Text":"I only have 1 and that\u0027s 4."},{"Start":"03:30.440 ","End":"03:34.230","Text":"At this point, D\u0027 is 0."},{"Start":"03:34.760 ","End":"03:37.820","Text":"Let\u0027s take something to the left and to the right."},{"Start":"03:37.820 ","End":"03:40.145","Text":"I don\u0027t know, 3 and 5."},{"Start":"03:40.145 ","End":"03:43.835","Text":"If I plug in, I\u0027m plugging into here."},{"Start":"03:43.835 ","End":"03:45.530","Text":"If I put in 3,"},{"Start":"03:45.530 ","End":"03:47.660","Text":"I get twice 3 minus 8."},{"Start":"03:47.660 ","End":"03:49.175","Text":"I don\u0027t care about the answer,"},{"Start":"03:49.175 ","End":"03:51.440","Text":"just the sign, it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"03:51.440 ","End":"03:53.470","Text":"I put in 5,"},{"Start":"03:53.470 ","End":"03:57.585","Text":"I\u0027ve got twice 5 minus 8 is positive."},{"Start":"03:57.585 ","End":"04:01.260","Text":"Here the function D is decreasing."},{"Start":"04:01.260 ","End":"04:03.075","Text":"Here it\u0027s increasing."},{"Start":"04:03.075 ","End":"04:05.555","Text":"The general shape is something like this,"},{"Start":"04:05.555 ","End":"04:07.610","Text":"which means that it\u0027s a minimum."},{"Start":"04:07.610 ","End":"04:10.310","Text":"It\u0027s just that they didn\u0027t ask for x."},{"Start":"04:10.310 ","End":"04:17.505","Text":"They asked for the point M. 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Forgive me."},{"Start":"00:19.350 ","End":"00:24.705","Text":"We have here the line y equals 3x minus 4,"},{"Start":"00:24.705 ","End":"00:30.120","Text":"which was obtained by just computing the x and y intercepts."},{"Start":"00:30.120 ","End":"00:32.250","Text":"This is, of course, y."},{"Start":"00:32.250 ","End":"00:35.340","Text":"Let y equals 0, you get x equals 1/3."},{"Start":"00:35.340 ","End":"00:37.620","Text":"Let x equals 0, you get y is minus 4."},{"Start":"00:37.620 ","End":"00:40.695","Text":"You get this point and this point and join a line through it."},{"Start":"00:40.695 ","End":"00:43.035","Text":"That\u0027s y equals 3x minus 4."},{"Start":"00:43.035 ","End":"00:44.700","Text":"That is 0,1,"},{"Start":"00:44.700 ","End":"00:45.840","Text":"let\u0027s call it A,"},{"Start":"00:45.840 ","End":"00:49.515","Text":"which is this A in the picture and the point closest to it,"},{"Start":"00:49.515 ","End":"00:50.795","Text":"we don\u0027t know what that 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That\u0027s the first thing I\u0027d like to know."},{"Start":"00:11.670 ","End":"00:15.180","Text":"Well, I say that this is f(x), many reasons."},{"Start":"00:15.180 ","End":"00:17.280","Text":"For example, if x is 0,"},{"Start":"00:17.280 ","End":"00:20.130","Text":"then f(x) is 0, and it does pass through that."},{"Start":"00:20.130 ","End":"00:27.750","Text":"This is going to be F. This is going to be like f(x) or y=square root of 3x."},{"Start":"00:27.750 ","End":"00:30.930","Text":"The other one will be g(x),"},{"Start":"00:30.930 ","End":"00:38.900","Text":"or y= square root of 36-6x."},{"Start":"00:38.900 ","End":"00:42.440","Text":"I\u0027ll just to remind myself a label this one f and this one is"},{"Start":"00:42.440 ","End":"00:47.822","Text":"g. Now we have a rectangle bounded by these graphs,"},{"Start":"00:47.822 ","End":"00:49.803","Text":"just like in the picture,"},{"Start":"00:49.803 ","End":"00:53.720","Text":"and we want to find the largest possible area of such a rectangle."},{"Start":"00:53.720 ","End":"00:56.450","Text":"There could be many ways to draw such a rectangle."},{"Start":"00:56.450 ","End":"00:58.370","Text":"We want the largest area,"},{"Start":"00:58.370 ","End":"01:01.040","Text":"the area, I\u0027ll just shade it."},{"Start":"01:01.040 ","End":"01:07.650","Text":"This is what I want and I\u0027ll label it as A for area."},{"Start":"01:09.880 ","End":"01:13.580","Text":"That\u0027s my dependent variable."},{"Start":"01:13.580 ","End":"01:16.850","Text":"I\u0027m going to find a formula for A equals something,"},{"Start":"01:16.850 ","End":"01:19.210","Text":"but what\u0027s my independent variable?"},{"Start":"01:19.210 ","End":"01:21.440","Text":"Well I would like to choose one of these two points."},{"Start":"01:21.440 ","End":"01:26.705","Text":"Let\u0027s say this one and call it x and then figure out what\u0027s the other one."},{"Start":"01:26.705 ","End":"01:28.970","Text":"Using x, I can get to this."},{"Start":"01:28.970 ","End":"01:30.170","Text":"The way I do this,"},{"Start":"01:30.170 ","End":"01:32.120","Text":"is I say, if this is x,"},{"Start":"01:32.120 ","End":"01:38.450","Text":"then this here is going to be the square root of 3x."},{"Start":"01:38.450 ","End":"01:40.890","Text":"That\u0027s just from the formula."},{"Start":"01:41.860 ","End":"01:46.640","Text":"This point let\u0027s call it t for a moment,"},{"Start":"01:46.640 ","End":"01:49.550","Text":"just some variable name and try and figure it out."},{"Start":"01:49.550 ","End":"01:51.500","Text":"Now, if this is t,"},{"Start":"01:51.500 ","End":"01:53.615","Text":"then since this is on the graph,"},{"Start":"01:53.615 ","End":"01:59.009","Text":"this height here is going to be using this formula,"},{"Start":"01:59.009 ","End":"02:05.045","Text":"square root of 36 minus 6t."},{"Start":"02:05.045 ","End":"02:07.370","Text":"That\u0027s this point here."},{"Start":"02:07.370 ","End":"02:08.735","Text":"It\u0027s y coordinate."},{"Start":"02:08.735 ","End":"02:10.040","Text":"On the other hand,"},{"Start":"02:10.040 ","End":"02:13.760","Text":"since this is parallel to the x-axis,"},{"Start":"02:13.760 ","End":"02:15.305","Text":"is going to be the same y."},{"Start":"02:15.305 ","End":"02:18.845","Text":"On the other hand it\u0027s going to equal the square root of 3x."},{"Start":"02:18.845 ","End":"02:20.960","Text":"This is going to give me the equation,"},{"Start":"02:20.960 ","End":"02:22.040","Text":"which if I solve,"},{"Start":"02:22.040 ","End":"02:24.395","Text":"will give me t in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:24.395 ","End":"02:28.370","Text":"Let\u0027s raise both sides squared."},{"Start":"02:28.370 ","End":"02:30.725","Text":"We\u0027ll just throw out the square root signs,"},{"Start":"02:30.725 ","End":"02:38.005","Text":"36 minus 6t equals 3x."},{"Start":"02:38.005 ","End":"02:40.730","Text":"Let\u0027s bring the 60 to this side,"},{"Start":"02:40.730 ","End":"02:48.455","Text":"so 36 minus 3x equals 60 divide by 6 and switch sides."},{"Start":"02:48.455 ","End":"02:54.464","Text":"T equals minus 3/6 is minus a half."},{"Start":"02:54.464 ","End":"03:00.990","Text":"X plus 36/6 is plus 6."},{"Start":"03:00.990 ","End":"03:04.140","Text":"This gives me t in terms of x,"},{"Start":"03:04.140 ","End":"03:08.885","Text":"6 minus 1/2x is what it\u0027s equal to."},{"Start":"03:08.885 ","End":"03:13.210","Text":"Now I need the formula for the area of a rectangle."},{"Start":"03:13.210 ","End":"03:16.400","Text":"We all know that its base times height or just mark it,"},{"Start":"03:16.400 ","End":"03:17.735","Text":"this is the base,"},{"Start":"03:17.735 ","End":"03:20.195","Text":"let\u0027s say, and this is the height."},{"Start":"03:20.195 ","End":"03:25.910","Text":"The base I\u0027m going to compute by subtracting this minus this."},{"Start":"03:25.910 ","End":"03:29.900","Text":"The height is just going to be equal to this,"},{"Start":"03:29.900 ","End":"03:31.915","Text":"which is the same as this."},{"Start":"03:31.915 ","End":"03:34.385","Text":"What l\u0027ll get for the area?"},{"Start":"03:34.385 ","End":"03:39.415","Text":"Well, basically it\u0027s t minus x for the base."},{"Start":"03:39.415 ","End":"03:42.620","Text":"The height is square root of 3 x."},{"Start":"03:42.620 ","End":"03:45.830","Text":"But I\u0027ll go over there because that\u0027s the area."},{"Start":"03:45.830 ","End":"03:50.045","Text":"T minus x is 6 minus a 1/2x minus x."},{"Start":"03:50.045 ","End":"03:59.625","Text":"It\u0027s 6 minus 1/2x times"},{"Start":"03:59.625 ","End":"04:02.600","Text":"square root of 3x."},{"Start":"04:02.600 ","End":"04:10.415","Text":"Now, that\u0027s the area I want to find the largest possible."},{"Start":"04:10.415 ","End":"04:12.485","Text":"It\u0027s a maximum problem."},{"Start":"04:12.485 ","End":"04:15.680","Text":"Let\u0027s just simplify it first."},{"Start":"04:15.680 ","End":"04:18.020","Text":"On second thoughts, I\u0027ll use the product rule."},{"Start":"04:18.020 ","End":"04:19.325","Text":"I think it\u0027ll be easier."},{"Start":"04:19.325 ","End":"04:23.120","Text":"Each one is multiplied by the derivative of the other."},{"Start":"04:23.120 ","End":"04:26.450","Text":"Let\u0027s say that this is the first one unchanged,"},{"Start":"04:26.450 ","End":"04:32.060","Text":"6 minus 1/2x times the derivative of this one."},{"Start":"04:32.060 ","End":"04:34.670","Text":"Derivative of square root is"},{"Start":"04:34.670 ","End":"04:40.175","Text":"1 over twice the square root and the inner derivative on the top."},{"Start":"04:40.175 ","End":"04:43.070","Text":"Then the other way round derivative of this,"},{"Start":"04:43.070 ","End":"04:50.430","Text":"which is just minus 1/2 and the other one as is square root of 3x."},{"Start":"04:50.560 ","End":"04:54.380","Text":"Let\u0027s put this over a common denominator,"},{"Start":"04:54.380 ","End":"04:59.760","Text":"which will be twice the square root of 3x."},{"Start":"04:59.760 ","End":"05:04.095","Text":"Here twice square root of 3x."},{"Start":"05:04.095 ","End":"05:12.945","Text":"This one just becomes 3 times 6 minus 1/2x."},{"Start":"05:12.945 ","End":"05:19.960","Text":"And this one which didn\u0027t have any denominator at all."},{"Start":"05:19.960 ","End":"05:22.805","Text":"I must multiply by twice square root of"},{"Start":"05:22.805 ","End":"05:31.100","Text":"3x times minus 1/2 times square root of 3x."},{"Start":"05:31.470 ","End":"05:35.035","Text":"I\u0027m going to simplify it still further, of course."},{"Start":"05:35.035 ","End":"05:37.150","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we\u0027ve got here."},{"Start":"05:37.150 ","End":"05:43.390","Text":"3 times 6 is 18,"},{"Start":"05:43.390 ","End":"05:48.295","Text":"3 times 1/2 is 4 1/2."},{"Start":"05:48.295 ","End":"05:50.830","Text":"Here. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"05:50.830 ","End":"05:52.614","Text":"Instead of the plus,"},{"Start":"05:52.614 ","End":"05:54.070","Text":"because I\u0027m going to get a minus,"},{"Start":"05:54.070 ","End":"05:58.100","Text":"I\u0027m going to change that plus into a minus."},{"Start":"05:58.760 ","End":"06:05.175","Text":"We\u0027ve got 2 times 1/2 is 3."},{"Start":"06:05.175 ","End":"06:10.720","Text":"The square root of 3x times the square root of 3x is 3x."},{"Start":"06:10.720 ","End":"06:16.860","Text":"All this over twice the square root of 3x."},{"Start":"06:19.370 ","End":"06:25.790","Text":"I\u0027m going to multiply it by 2."},{"Start":"06:25.790 ","End":"06:28.295","Text":"I don\u0027t really like this fraction here."},{"Start":"06:28.295 ","End":"06:36.440","Text":"This is equal to 36 minus 9x and"},{"Start":"06:36.440 ","End":"06:40.730","Text":"minus 18x is minus"},{"Start":"06:40.730 ","End":"06:49.500","Text":"27x over twice square root of 3x."},{"Start":"06:50.290 ","End":"06:53.840","Text":"I suppose I don\u0027t have to,"},{"Start":"06:53.840 ","End":"06:56.810","Text":"but I like to factorize, take 9 out."},{"Start":"06:56.810 ","End":"07:01.990","Text":"9 times 4 minus 3x"},{"Start":"07:01.990 ","End":"07:07.665","Text":"over twice square root of 3x."},{"Start":"07:07.665 ","End":"07:13.765","Text":"This is what A\u0027 is equal to."},{"Start":"07:13.765 ","End":"07:20.914","Text":"Now, we\u0027re looking for critical points because we\u0027re looking for the maximum largest."},{"Start":"07:20.914 ","End":"07:25.585","Text":"I need to see when A\u0027 is equal to 0."},{"Start":"07:25.585 ","End":"07:32.045","Text":"A\u0027 equals 0 gives me the numerator has to be 0."},{"Start":"07:32.045 ","End":"07:36.945","Text":"I can just say that 4 minus 3x has to be 0."},{"Start":"07:36.945 ","End":"07:41.945","Text":"That means that x is equal to,"},{"Start":"07:41.945 ","End":"07:46.380","Text":"let\u0027s see, 4=3x, x equals 4/3."},{"Start":"07:46.510 ","End":"07:54.455","Text":"It remains to be shown as to whether this gives a maximum indeed or something else."},{"Start":"07:54.455 ","End":"08:00.035","Text":"I\u0027m going to make a table and table of values for increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"08:00.035 ","End":"08:02.270","Text":"I\u0027ll just make a table over here."},{"Start":"08:02.270 ","End":"08:04.974","Text":"I\u0027m going to get here x,"},{"Start":"08:04.974 ","End":"08:12.665","Text":"A\u0027 and A. I know that when x is 4/3, A\u0027 is 0."},{"Start":"08:12.665 ","End":"08:16.565","Text":"In fact, when I substitute an A\u0027,"},{"Start":"08:16.565 ","End":"08:19.800","Text":"I only need the sign."},{"Start":"08:19.800 ","End":"08:23.070","Text":"This is positive, this is positive."},{"Start":"08:23.070 ","End":"08:30.350","Text":"Really, I only need to substitute in this bit here to get the sign."},{"Start":"08:30.350 ","End":"08:32.120","Text":"Anyway, as for the x\u0027s,"},{"Start":"08:32.120 ","End":"08:33.320","Text":"I\u0027ll take something smaller,"},{"Start":"08:33.320 ","End":"08:36.695","Text":"let\u0027s say 1 and something larger, let\u0027s say 2."},{"Start":"08:36.695 ","End":"08:39.260","Text":"If I put in x=1,"},{"Start":"08:39.260 ","End":"08:42.980","Text":"I\u0027ll get 4 minus 3 anyway, it\u0027s positive."},{"Start":"08:42.980 ","End":"08:48.175","Text":"Put x=2 minus 6 negative."},{"Start":"08:48.175 ","End":"08:51.980","Text":"Before the 0.4 over 3, A\u0027 is positive,"},{"Start":"08:51.980 ","End":"08:54.740","Text":"so A is increasing here because of the minus,"},{"Start":"08:54.740 ","End":"08:56.185","Text":"it will be decreasing."},{"Start":"08:56.185 ","End":"09:01.205","Text":"The general shape of the area function around this point is something like this,"},{"Start":"09:01.205 ","End":"09:04.685","Text":"which means that it is indeed a maximum."},{"Start":"09:04.685 ","End":"09:07.445","Text":"Now, let\u0027s just see that we answered the question."},{"Start":"09:07.445 ","End":"09:09.770","Text":"What was the original question?"},{"Start":"09:09.770 ","End":"09:13.060","Text":"The largest possible area."},{"Start":"09:13.060 ","End":"09:18.445","Text":"I need to actually compute the area not enough to have x."},{"Start":"09:18.445 ","End":"09:21.395","Text":"Here is the formula."},{"Start":"09:21.395 ","End":"09:25.265","Text":"This is in fact equal to,"},{"Start":"09:25.265 ","End":"09:28.085","Text":"this is a function a(x)."},{"Start":"09:28.085 ","End":"09:30.340","Text":"I\u0027ve got the wrong color, never mind."},{"Start":"09:30.340 ","End":"09:36.305","Text":"But what I have to do is figure out what is A (4) over 3."},{"Start":"09:36.305 ","End":"09:38.580","Text":"That\u0027s what I need."},{"Start":"09:38.580 ","End":"09:45.210","Text":"A (4/3) is equal to, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"09:45.210 ","End":"09:55.790","Text":"6 minus 1/2 x 1/2 times 4/3 times 3/2 is 2."},{"Start":"09:55.790 ","End":"09:58.795","Text":"That\u0027s right."},{"Start":"09:58.795 ","End":"10:05.415","Text":"Square root of 3 times 4/3 is square root of 4,"},{"Start":"10:05.415 ","End":"10:07.770","Text":"and 6 minus 2 is 4,"},{"Start":"10:07.770 ","End":"10:09.635","Text":"4 times root 4,"},{"Start":"10:09.635 ","End":"10:11.935","Text":"which is 2, is 8."},{"Start":"10:11.935 ","End":"10:18.110","Text":"The final answer for"},{"Start":"10:18.110 ","End":"10:24.710","Text":"the area is 8 and we have in fact shown that it is a maximum."},{"Start":"10:24.710 ","End":"10:28.110","Text":"That\u0027s it. We are done."}],"ID":8552},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 10","Duration":"11m 14s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8418,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.595","Text":"Here\u0027s another word problem with graph."},{"Start":"00:02.595 ","End":"00:04.845","Text":"Let me explain what\u0027s going on here."},{"Start":"00:04.845 ","End":"00:08.130","Text":"The main thing is that we have a parabola."},{"Start":"00:08.130 ","End":"00:09.900","Text":"This is the parabola."},{"Start":"00:09.900 ","End":"00:11.205","Text":"It\u0027s inverted, as you can see,"},{"Start":"00:11.205 ","End":"00:19.170","Text":"because of the negative coefficient of x^2 and this one is y equals x^2 plus 2x,"},{"Start":"00:19.170 ","End":"00:21.460","Text":"sorry, it\u0027s a minus."},{"Start":"00:22.460 ","End":"00:26.835","Text":"We have 3 straight lines."},{"Start":"00:26.835 ","End":"00:28.920","Text":"We have y=0,"},{"Start":"00:28.920 ","End":"00:32.085","Text":"which is the x-axis."},{"Start":"00:32.085 ","End":"00:34.380","Text":"We have x=0,"},{"Start":"00:34.380 ","End":"00:39.955","Text":"which is the y-axis and we have x=1,"},{"Start":"00:39.955 ","End":"00:48.005","Text":"which is the line passing through this point where x is equal to 1."},{"Start":"00:48.005 ","End":"00:58.145","Text":"What we do is we have a tangent at some point, which I don\u0027t know."},{"Start":"00:58.145 ","End":"01:01.375","Text":"An arbitrary point on the parabola."},{"Start":"01:01.375 ","End":"01:06.855","Text":"Obviously, it\u0027s got to be between 0 and 1 and doesn\u0027t make sense otherwise."},{"Start":"01:06.855 ","End":"01:11.225","Text":"We take this tangent and see where it cuts this line and where it cuts this line."},{"Start":"01:11.225 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t,"},{"Start":"03:37.640 ","End":"03:46.635","Text":"times x minus and x_1 is t. Basically,"},{"Start":"03:46.635 ","End":"03:49.110","Text":"let us say x_1 is t,"},{"Start":"03:49.110 ","End":"03:55.485","Text":"y_1 is minus t^2 plus 2t and here again,"},{"Start":"03:55.485 ","End":"04:04.115","Text":"x_1 is t. We just need to find what is f prime of t. That\u0027s another calculation."},{"Start":"04:04.115 ","End":"04:06.334","Text":"If f(x) is this,"},{"Start":"04:06.334 ","End":"04:14.765","Text":"then f prime of x is minus 2x plus 2."},{"Start":"04:14.765 ","End":"04:17.255","Text":"If I get down here,"},{"Start":"04:17.255 ","End":"04:22.060","Text":"this f prime of t will be minus 2t plus 2."},{"Start":"04:22.060 ","End":"04:33.314","Text":"This is equal to minus 2t plus 2 times x minus t. On this side,"},{"Start":"04:33.314 ","End":"04:36.420","Text":"we have the same thing,"},{"Start":"04:36.420 ","End":"04:39.895","Text":"y minus, minus t^2 plus 2t."},{"Start":"04:39.895 ","End":"04:41.600","Text":"I\u0027m going to just leave y on"},{"Start":"04:41.600 ","End":"04:46.780","Text":"this side and I\u0027m going to switch everything to the other side"},{"Start":"04:46.780 ","End":"04:53.799","Text":"so y= minus t^2 plus 2t plus,"},{"Start":"04:53.799 ","End":"05:00.830","Text":"minus 2t plus 2x minus t. A bit messy,"},{"Start":"05:00.830 ","End":"05:02.255","Text":"but bear with me."},{"Start":"05:02.255 ","End":"05:05.555","Text":"So y equals,"},{"Start":"05:05.555 ","End":"05:09.040","Text":"now, let\u0027s get the coefficient of x."},{"Start":"05:09.040 ","End":"05:14.220","Text":"The coefficient of x is just minus 2t plus 2."},{"Start":"05:14.220 ","End":"05:24.935","Text":"It\u0027s minus 2t plus 2 and then I need that\u0027s x and all the rest of it will be"},{"Start":"05:24.935 ","End":"05:30.215","Text":"plus or rather minus t^2 plus"},{"Start":"05:30.215 ","End":"05:36.855","Text":"2t and from minus t times this,"},{"Start":"05:36.855 ","End":"05:44.380","Text":"I\u0027ll get plus 2t squared minus 2t."},{"Start":"05:44.410 ","End":"05:48.890","Text":"Now let\u0027s see if anything cancels here."},{"Start":"05:48.890 ","End":"05:54.410","Text":"Yep, 2t goes with minus 2t."},{"Start":"05:54.410 ","End":"06:00.525","Text":"I can combine this with this so"},{"Start":"06:00.525 ","End":"06:06.480","Text":"what I end up with is that y= you know what,"},{"Start":"06:06.480 ","End":"06:08.115","Text":"I\u0027ll just change the order,"},{"Start":"06:08.115 ","End":"06:12.810","Text":"save the minus 2 minus 2t times"},{"Start":"06:12.810 ","End":"06:18.600","Text":"x minus t^2 plus 2t^2 is plus t^2."},{"Start":"06:18.600 ","End":"06:20.120","Text":"This is the straight line."},{"Start":"06:20.120 ","End":"06:27.620","Text":"This is in the form y=ax plus b and I\u0027m going to just label that on the picture."},{"Start":"06:27.620 ","End":"06:33.925","Text":"I need to get back to the diagram so 2 minus 2tx plus t^2. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"06:33.925 ","End":"06:42.100","Text":"This one is y=2 minus 2tx plus t^2."},{"Start":"06:42.100 ","End":"06:46.834","Text":"What\u0027s important is to get this point and this point,"},{"Start":"06:46.834 ","End":"06:50.540","Text":"because then I can figure out what is b and what is a."},{"Start":"06:50.540 ","End":"06:54.440","Text":"A is just what happens when I substitute x equals 0 in"},{"Start":"06:54.440 ","End":"06:59.600","Text":"here and b is what happens when I substitute x equals 1 here."},{"Start":"06:59.600 ","End":"07:03.840","Text":"A equals, if x equals 0,"},{"Start":"07:04.010 ","End":"07:12.050","Text":"then I get y equals just t^2,"},{"Start":"07:12.050 ","End":"07:19.450","Text":"so my a is t^2."},{"Start":"07:19.450 ","End":"07:20.790","Text":"If x equals 1,"},{"Start":"07:20.790 ","End":"07:26.094","Text":"then I get that b equals"},{"Start":"07:26.094 ","End":"07:34.020","Text":"2 minus 2t plus t^2."},{"Start":"07:34.020 ","End":"07:40.100","Text":"Now I have a and b and I can now finally substitute in"},{"Start":"07:40.100 ","End":"07:49.250","Text":"here and get that a= 1/2 of t^2,"},{"Start":"07:49.250 ","End":"07:52.865","Text":"which is a plus b,"},{"Start":"07:52.865 ","End":"07:57.630","Text":"which is 2 minus 2t plus t^2."},{"Start":"07:59.360 ","End":"08:02.880","Text":"Again times, if it\u0027s times 1,"},{"Start":"08:02.880 ","End":"08:05.865","Text":"then I can forget about that."},{"Start":"08:05.865 ","End":"08:07.859","Text":"Now, look this,"},{"Start":"08:07.859 ","End":"08:09.375","Text":"so do 2 steps in 1,"},{"Start":"08:09.375 ","End":"08:12.120","Text":"t^2 plus 2^2 is 2t^2."},{"Start":"08:12.120 ","End":"08:14.130","Text":"Let\u0027s divide everything by 2,"},{"Start":"08:14.130 ","End":"08:15.690","Text":"instead of 2t^2,"},{"Start":"08:15.690 ","End":"08:17.580","Text":"I just get t^2."},{"Start":"08:17.580 ","End":"08:19.125","Text":"Instead of minus 2t,"},{"Start":"08:19.125 ","End":"08:22.020","Text":"I just get minus t. Instead of plus 2,"},{"Start":"08:22.020 ","End":"08:23.850","Text":"I get plus 1."},{"Start":"08:23.850 ","End":"08:28.305","Text":"Now I have a in terms of t. This is the point"},{"Start":"08:28.305 ","End":"08:33.620","Text":"t. T has to be between 0 and 1 so if we get any answer outside t and 1,"},{"Start":"08:33.620 ","End":"08:35.540","Text":"it won\u0027t make sense."},{"Start":"08:35.540 ","End":"08:41.205","Text":"Now we have to find the minimum using calculus."},{"Start":"08:41.205 ","End":"08:46.965","Text":"Let\u0027s differentiate and it\u0027s the first thing,"},{"Start":"08:46.965 ","End":"08:50.820","Text":"a\u0027= 2t minus 1."},{"Start":"08:50.820 ","End":"08:53.270","Text":"For maximum, minimum problems,"},{"Start":"08:53.270 ","End":"08:55.055","Text":"we look for critical points."},{"Start":"08:55.055 ","End":"08:57.785","Text":"We want a\u0027=0,"},{"Start":"08:57.785 ","End":"09:04.220","Text":"and this will give me 2t minus 1=0 so t=1/2 and that\u0027s fine."},{"Start":"09:04.220 ","End":"09:06.695","Text":"It is between 0 and 1."},{"Start":"09:06.695 ","End":"09:12.705","Text":"Now, what they want is they want the point here."},{"Start":"09:12.705 ","End":"09:15.180","Text":"It says here, look through which point."},{"Start":"09:15.180 ","End":"09:16.950","Text":"I don\u0027t just need t,"},{"Start":"09:16.950 ","End":"09:22.750","Text":"I also need this minus t^2 plus 2t."},{"Start":"09:23.200 ","End":"09:32.265","Text":"Continuing here, minus t^2 plus 2t is equal to?"},{"Start":"09:32.265 ","End":"09:36.130","Text":"Let\u0027s see, 2t is 1,"},{"Start":"09:36.280 ","End":"09:38.405","Text":"t^2 is a 1/4,"},{"Start":"09:38.405 ","End":"09:42.010","Text":"1 minus a 1/4 is 3/4."},{"Start":"09:42.010 ","End":"09:50.725","Text":"I guess that this point which we\u0027re looking for is the point 1/2,3/4"},{"Start":"09:50.725 ","End":"10:00.905","Text":"and that would be the answer but we still have to show that it is a minimum."},{"Start":"10:00.905 ","End":"10:06.110","Text":"Minimum we can do with a table."},{"Start":"10:06.110 ","End":"10:10.145","Text":"Let\u0027s make a table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"10:10.145 ","End":"10:13.100","Text":"In the table, I have 3 rows,"},{"Start":"10:13.100 ","End":"10:20.290","Text":"I have t, I have A\u0027 and I have A."},{"Start":"10:20.290 ","End":"10:23.640","Text":"Now when t is 1/2,"},{"Start":"10:23.640 ","End":"10:26.730","Text":"I know that A\u0027 is 0."},{"Start":"10:26.730 ","End":"10:29.530","Text":"I\u0027m going be substituting in here."},{"Start":"10:29.530 ","End":"10:32.480","Text":"Let\u0027s take something on either side."},{"Start":"10:32.480 ","End":"10:34.800","Text":"Say 0 and 1."},{"Start":"10:34.800 ","End":"10:38.795","Text":"When t is 0,"},{"Start":"10:38.795 ","End":"10:42.027","Text":"A\u0027 comes out to be negative,"},{"Start":"10:42.027 ","End":"10:44.105","Text":"they don\u0027t actually care about the value."},{"Start":"10:44.105 ","End":"10:48.815","Text":"When t equals 1, the substitute here you can see that it comes out positive,"},{"Start":"10:48.815 ","End":"10:51.090","Text":"which means that before this point,"},{"Start":"10:51.090 ","End":"10:59.195","Text":"the function A is decreasing and after 1/2 A is increasing so the general shape is this,"},{"Start":"10:59.195 ","End":"11:02.405","Text":"which means that it is indeed a minimum."},{"Start":"11:02.405 ","End":"11:04.545","Text":"I\u0027ll just mark that."},{"Start":"11:04.545 ","End":"11:05.760","Text":"These 2 things together,"},{"Start":"11:05.760 ","End":"11:07.080","Text":"I\u0027ve found the point,"},{"Start":"11:07.080 ","End":"11:13.870","Text":"I showed that it\u0027s a minimum and we are done."}],"ID":8553},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 11","Duration":"16m 27s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8419,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.515","Text":"Here we have another word problem and I\u0027ll explain what\u0027s going on here."},{"Start":"00:04.515 ","End":"00:07.620","Text":"We have a function y equals x^2,"},{"Start":"00:07.620 ","End":"00:08.850","Text":"and this is the graph."},{"Start":"00:08.850 ","End":"00:12.615","Text":"Let me write it, y equals x^2."},{"Start":"00:12.615 ","End":"00:18.420","Text":"Next thing we\u0027re given is that we have a point B on that graph and here\u0027s B,"},{"Start":"00:18.420 ","End":"00:19.830","Text":"but it\u0027s in the first quadrant,"},{"Start":"00:19.830 ","End":"00:21.840","Text":"which means it\u0027s not on this part of the parabola,"},{"Start":"00:21.840 ","End":"00:23.370","Text":"it\u0027s on this part."},{"Start":"00:23.370 ","End":"00:28.065","Text":"You know what, let\u0027s call this point B x,"},{"Start":"00:28.065 ","End":"00:31.845","Text":"y or since y is x^2,"},{"Start":"00:31.845 ","End":"00:34.290","Text":"I\u0027ll just call it x, x^2."},{"Start":"00:34.290 ","End":"00:40.120","Text":"That\u0027s a typical point and I know that x is bigger than 0,"},{"Start":"00:40.340 ","End":"00:43.035","Text":"which is on this side."},{"Start":"00:43.035 ","End":"00:46.290","Text":"Then we\u0027re given a point A,"},{"Start":"00:46.290 ","End":"00:53.240","Text":"which is on the y-axis and it\u0027s given in terms of the parameter little"},{"Start":"00:53.240 ","End":"01:02.990","Text":"a and also we have a condition that a is bigger than 0.5 or 1/2."},{"Start":"01:02.990 ","End":"01:11.705","Text":"We have to find the coordinates of B for which this distance is minimal."},{"Start":"01:11.705 ","End":"01:16.385","Text":"This distance here I\u0027ll call it d from A to B I want it to be minimal."},{"Start":"01:16.385 ","End":"01:20.090","Text":"Of course, the answer has to be in terms of a,"},{"Start":"01:20.090 ","End":"01:22.115","Text":"which is the parameter."},{"Start":"01:22.115 ","End":"01:28.460","Text":"Then we also have to find out in part B of this question,"},{"Start":"01:28.460 ","End":"01:35.335","Text":"the value of the parameter a for which this minimal distance is equal to 2."},{"Start":"01:35.335 ","End":"01:39.030","Text":"Let\u0027s get to it. Now,"},{"Start":"01:39.030 ","End":"01:43.490","Text":"first thing I\u0027m going to do is choose my dependent and independent variables."},{"Start":"01:43.490 ","End":"01:47.225","Text":"The one that has to be minimized or maximized, in this case,"},{"Start":"01:47.225 ","End":"01:50.465","Text":"it\u0027s the distance AB,"},{"Start":"01:50.465 ","End":"01:52.145","Text":"it\u0027s got to be minimal."},{"Start":"01:52.145 ","End":"01:58.400","Text":"This is the distance I\u0027ve called little d. This is going to be my dependent variable."},{"Start":"01:58.400 ","End":"02:00.770","Text":"That\u0027s the one I want to minimize and"},{"Start":"02:00.770 ","End":"02:03.920","Text":"the most natural thing to take as the independent variable is"},{"Start":"02:03.920 ","End":"02:11.395","Text":"the X of point B. X is the x of point B and I\u0027ll find what d is in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:11.395 ","End":"02:14.175","Text":"Now this is a distance."},{"Start":"02:14.175 ","End":"02:17.090","Text":"It\u0027s a analytic geometry questions,"},{"Start":"02:17.090 ","End":"02:19.475","Text":"there\u0027s really 2 ways to do it."},{"Start":"02:19.475 ","End":"02:23.615","Text":"The most standard is to use the formula for the distance between 2 points."},{"Start":"02:23.615 ","End":"02:29.510","Text":"But I find that it\u0027s simpler just to use Pythagoras\u0027s theorem directly."},{"Start":"02:29.510 ","End":"02:32.390","Text":"It very similar and you\u0027ll get the same thing."},{"Start":"02:32.390 ","End":"02:38.065","Text":"I look at this and here I have a right triangle here and"},{"Start":"02:38.065 ","End":"02:41.120","Text":"the distance from here to here I"},{"Start":"02:41.120 ","End":"02:44.825","Text":"can compute and from here to here and then I\u0027ll use Pythagoras."},{"Start":"02:44.825 ","End":"02:48.480","Text":"I\u0027ll call this point"},{"Start":"02:48.530 ","End":"02:56.325","Text":"C. This point C is going to be the same y as B."},{"Start":"02:56.325 ","End":"03:05.550","Text":"It\u0027s going to be 0, x^2."},{"Start":"03:05.550 ","End":"03:15.225","Text":"Now, the distance from A to C is just a minus x^2."},{"Start":"03:15.225 ","End":"03:18.760","Text":"What we have if we use Pythagoras and say"},{"Start":"03:18.760 ","End":"03:21.655","Text":"that this squared equals this squared plus this squared,"},{"Start":"03:21.655 ","End":"03:28.810","Text":"we get that d is the square root of a minus x^2"},{"Start":"03:28.810 ","End":"03:36.340","Text":"squared and just note that if by any chance C was above a,"},{"Start":"03:36.340 ","End":"03:39.100","Text":"when we square it, it wouldn\u0027t matter if we subtract the"},{"Start":"03:39.100 ","End":"03:42.940","Text":"smaller minus the larger or whatever."},{"Start":"03:42.940 ","End":"03:46.060","Text":"Now the distance CB,"},{"Start":"03:46.060 ","End":"03:48.395","Text":"they have the same y,"},{"Start":"03:48.395 ","End":"03:50.350","Text":"we have to take the difference in the x\u0027s."},{"Start":"03:50.350 ","End":"03:54.445","Text":"In fact, this distance is just x because this here is x."},{"Start":"03:54.445 ","End":"03:57.305","Text":"It\u0027s plus x^2."},{"Start":"03:57.305 ","End":"04:03.740","Text":"Now we have d in terms of x and we have to do a minimum problem,"},{"Start":"04:03.740 ","End":"04:09.890","Text":"but this is the point where I use a standard trick."},{"Start":"04:09.890 ","End":"04:12.800","Text":"Whenever you have a square root or in general,"},{"Start":"04:12.800 ","End":"04:16.070","Text":"whenever you have a positive function and if it\u0027s easier to"},{"Start":"04:16.070 ","End":"04:19.340","Text":"take the square of the function instead of the function itself,"},{"Start":"04:19.340 ","End":"04:22.160","Text":"you can just square it and find the minimum for that."},{"Start":"04:22.160 ","End":"04:25.280","Text":"Let me do that and I\u0027ll take this square root,"},{"Start":"04:25.280 ","End":"04:26.480","Text":"and I\u0027ll give it another letter."},{"Start":"04:26.480 ","End":"04:30.980","Text":"I\u0027ll call it big D, which is little d^2 and if I square this,"},{"Start":"04:30.980 ","End":"04:32.690","Text":"I just throw out the square root,"},{"Start":"04:32.690 ","End":"04:38.150","Text":"which is (a-x^2)^2 plus x^2."},{"Start":"04:38.150 ","End":"04:42.650","Text":"Let\u0027s just simplify this expression for d. I\u0027ll expand and get"},{"Start":"04:42.650 ","End":"04:47.480","Text":"to a^2 minus twice this times this,"},{"Start":"04:47.480 ","End":"04:50.635","Text":"which is 2ax^2 plus this thing squared,"},{"Start":"04:50.635 ","End":"04:56.450","Text":"which is x^2^2 is x^4 plus x^2."},{"Start":"04:56.930 ","End":"04:59.955","Text":"If I collect like terms,"},{"Start":"04:59.955 ","End":"05:03.895","Text":"let\u0027s see terms containing x^4, just this."},{"Start":"05:03.895 ","End":"05:06.180","Text":"Terms containing x^2,"},{"Start":"05:06.180 ","End":"05:08.480","Text":"I have x^2 here and here."},{"Start":"05:08.480 ","End":"05:15.650","Text":"I\u0027ve got 1 minus 2ax^2 and constants"},{"Start":"05:15.650 ","End":"05:19.030","Text":"without x is just a^2,"},{"Start":"05:19.030 ","End":"05:21.680","Text":"a constant, it\u0027s a parameter for this purpose,"},{"Start":"05:21.680 ","End":"05:24.155","Text":"it\u0027s a constant as far as x goes."},{"Start":"05:24.155 ","End":"05:29.735","Text":"Now I have D and next thing I want to do is"},{"Start":"05:29.735 ","End":"05:35.795","Text":"do some calculus and find a minimum by finding critical points and so on."},{"Start":"05:35.795 ","End":"05:39.295","Text":"Let\u0027s continue by differentiating."},{"Start":"05:39.295 ","End":"05:42.770","Text":"D\u0027 again, as a function of x,"},{"Start":"05:42.770 ","End":"05:49.190","Text":"is equal to 4x^3 plus twice,"},{"Start":"05:49.190 ","End":"05:57.450","Text":"1 minus 2ax plus nothing because the a^2 is a constant as far as X goes."},{"Start":"05:57.450 ","End":"06:05.690","Text":"Now, I want to assign D\u0027 equals 0."},{"Start":"06:05.690 ","End":"06:10.115","Text":"That\u0027s how I find my critical points which will be suspect to be minimum."},{"Start":"06:10.115 ","End":"06:12.740","Text":"If D\u0027 is 0,"},{"Start":"06:12.740 ","End":"06:19.655","Text":"it gives me that this thing is 0 and I can take see 2x outside the brackets,"},{"Start":"06:19.655 ","End":"06:21.305","Text":"because here I have 2x."},{"Start":"06:21.305 ","End":"06:27.785","Text":"What I\u0027m left with if I take 2x out here is 2x^2 and here"},{"Start":"06:27.785 ","End":"06:36.605","Text":"1 minus 2a and this equals 0."},{"Start":"06:36.605 ","End":"06:46.815","Text":"Now, x is not 0 because it\u0027s in the first quadrant and we said x is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"06:46.815 ","End":"06:49.760","Text":"That means that this thing must be 0."},{"Start":"06:49.760 ","End":"06:55.470","Text":"I get that 2x^2 plus"},{"Start":"06:55.470 ","End":"07:02.465","Text":"1 minus 2a equals 0 and then I can get x^2."},{"Start":"07:02.465 ","End":"07:06.200","Text":"Here, this will equal,"},{"Start":"07:06.540 ","End":"07:10.900","Text":"I bring this to the other side and I get 1 minus 2a,"},{"Start":"07:10.900 ","End":"07:13.285","Text":"2a minus 1,"},{"Start":"07:13.285 ","End":"07:15.595","Text":"then divide by 2."},{"Start":"07:15.595 ","End":"07:22.985","Text":"That gives me x^2 and x will just equal the square root of that."},{"Start":"07:22.985 ","End":"07:25.710","Text":"But before I take the square root I better check that it\u0027s"},{"Start":"07:25.710 ","End":"07:28.460","Text":"positive otherwise it makes no sense."},{"Start":"07:28.460 ","End":"07:30.130","Text":"Well, 2 is positive."},{"Start":"07:30.130 ","End":"07:31.570","Text":"What about 2a minus 1?"},{"Start":"07:31.570 ","End":"07:38.470","Text":"Well, remember that a was given to be bigger than 1/2 and if a is bigger than 1/2,"},{"Start":"07:38.470 ","End":"07:41.605","Text":"then 2a minus 1 is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"07:41.605 ","End":"07:45.025","Text":"We\u0027re all okay with this so we take the square root."},{"Start":"07:45.025 ","End":"07:50.575","Text":"Now I\u0027m only taking the positive square root because as we already said, x is positive."},{"Start":"07:50.575 ","End":"07:55.645","Text":"I don\u0027t want the minus here because it\u0027s out of the range."},{"Start":"07:55.645 ","End":"07:58.360","Text":"So now I\u0027ve found what x equals,"},{"Start":"07:58.360 ","End":"08:04.615","Text":"and I have my suspect for a minimum,"},{"Start":"08:04.615 ","End":"08:07.570","Text":"I\u0027ll just highlight that."},{"Start":"08:07.570 ","End":"08:10.375","Text":"We don\u0027t know yet that it\u0027s a minimum."},{"Start":"08:10.375 ","End":"08:13.255","Text":"It\u0027s only a suspect at this stage."},{"Start":"08:13.255 ","End":"08:15.040","Text":"Let\u0027s check. Now,"},{"Start":"08:15.040 ","End":"08:17.620","Text":"normally there\u0027s 2 checks for minimum, maximum."},{"Start":"08:17.620 ","End":"08:19.930","Text":"There\u0027s the table method of increasing,"},{"Start":"08:19.930 ","End":"08:22.990","Text":"decreasing, and there\u0027s a second derivative method."},{"Start":"08:22.990 ","End":"08:24.700","Text":"Normally with parameters,"},{"Start":"08:24.700 ","End":"08:26.755","Text":"we use the second derivative method."},{"Start":"08:26.755 ","End":"08:35.290","Text":"So let me take the second derivative of d and see if it comes up positive,"},{"Start":"08:35.290 ","End":"08:37.510","Text":"it\u0027s a minimum, negative is the maximum."},{"Start":"08:37.510 ","End":"08:40.960","Text":"D\u0027\u0027 is equal to,"},{"Start":"08:40.960 ","End":"08:46.045","Text":"and I\u0027m going back to this point here for the D\u0027\u0027 is"},{"Start":"08:46.045 ","End":"08:54.460","Text":"12x^2 plus the x just disappears and I get"},{"Start":"08:54.460 ","End":"09:03.670","Text":"plus twice 1 minus 2a and what I have to do is substitute for x,"},{"Start":"09:03.670 ","End":"09:09.850","Text":"the value that I that my suspect is what I\u0027m saying."},{"Start":"09:09.850 ","End":"09:13.120","Text":"I get 12. Now, I don\u0027t actually need x,"},{"Start":"09:13.120 ","End":"09:16.255","Text":"I need x^2, so I can just copy it from the line above."},{"Start":"09:16.255 ","End":"09:25.312","Text":"It\u0027s 2a minus 1 over 2 plus 2,"},{"Start":"09:25.312 ","End":"09:32.860","Text":"let me open the brackets minus 4a small cancellation here."},{"Start":"09:32.860 ","End":"09:37.405","Text":"The 2 with the 12 leaves me 6 here,"},{"Start":"09:37.405 ","End":"09:41.785","Text":"which means that this is equal to, let\u0027s expand it all."},{"Start":"09:41.785 ","End":"09:48.730","Text":"6 times 2a is 12a minus 6 plus 2 minus"},{"Start":"09:48.730 ","End":"09:56.140","Text":"4a continuing 12a minus 4a is 8a."},{"Start":"09:56.140 ","End":"10:01.734","Text":"Minus 6 plus 2 is minus 4, which equals,"},{"Start":"10:01.734 ","End":"10:07.060","Text":"I can take 4 outside the brackets 2a minus 1 and I"},{"Start":"10:07.060 ","End":"10:13.240","Text":"already found that 2a minus 1 is bigger than 0 and 4 is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"10:13.240 ","End":"10:15.519","Text":"So positive times positive is, positive,"},{"Start":"10:15.519 ","End":"10:18.474","Text":"is bigger than 0 and if it\u0027s bigger than 0,"},{"Start":"10:18.474 ","End":"10:22.070","Text":"that means I have a minimum."},{"Start":"10:23.940 ","End":"10:26.980","Text":"Let\u0027s see what the question asked for."},{"Start":"10:26.980 ","End":"10:30.370","Text":"Sometimes I forget what they actually asked for."},{"Start":"10:30.370 ","End":"10:39.385","Text":"The coordinates of the point b and b is x, x^2."},{"Start":"10:39.385 ","End":"10:41.140","Text":"Let\u0027s get back to that."},{"Start":"10:41.140 ","End":"10:43.760","Text":"In fact, I\u0027ll continue from here."},{"Start":"10:44.460 ","End":"10:49.690","Text":"What I get is that x, x^2,"},{"Start":"10:49.690 ","End":"10:55.255","Text":"which is b, is equal to the x,"},{"Start":"10:55.255 ","End":"11:04.450","Text":"is the square root of 2a minus 1 over 2 and x^2 is without the square root,"},{"Start":"11:04.450 ","End":"11:12.039","Text":"is 2a minus 1 over 2 and really,"},{"Start":"11:12.039 ","End":"11:16.435","Text":"this is the answer."},{"Start":"11:16.435 ","End":"11:20.845","Text":"I\u0027ll just write the word B in here and if I have room here."},{"Start":"11:20.845 ","End":"11:28.975","Text":"B is this, and now I\u0027ll highlight it because this is the answer to part a."},{"Start":"11:28.975 ","End":"11:38.015","Text":"We\u0027ve just answered part a of the problem and now we have to go to Part b,"},{"Start":"11:38.015 ","End":"11:41.830","Text":"which asks us, let\u0027s look again."},{"Start":"11:41.830 ","End":"11:47.300","Text":"For which value of a is this minimal distance equal to 2?"},{"Start":"11:49.470 ","End":"11:53.545","Text":"We actually have to find the minimal distance,"},{"Start":"11:53.545 ","End":"11:57.985","Text":"which is little d. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"11:57.985 ","End":"12:01.150","Text":"Let\u0027s go back and you know what?"},{"Start":"12:01.150 ","End":"12:03.280","Text":"I\u0027m going to do a copy paste job here."},{"Start":"12:03.280 ","End":"12:06.230","Text":"I\u0027ll copy this down there. Hang on."},{"Start":"12:07.050 ","End":"12:12.480","Text":"I\u0027ll get it. There we are."},{"Start":"12:12.480 ","End":"12:13.995","Text":"The distance function."},{"Start":"12:13.995 ","End":"12:21.760","Text":"Now, I have to set this to be equal to 2 but I know what x is,"},{"Start":"12:21.760 ","End":"12:24.040","Text":"because x is here."},{"Start":"12:24.040 ","End":"12:29.635","Text":"What I\u0027m going to do is wherever I see x,"},{"Start":"12:29.635 ","End":"12:35.469","Text":"which is here, and here,"},{"Start":"12:35.469 ","End":"12:41.140","Text":"I\u0027ll put it equal to whatever it was here."},{"Start":"12:41.140 ","End":"12:45.985","Text":"In fact, I really need x^2,"},{"Start":"12:45.985 ","End":"12:50.950","Text":"and x^2 I can copy from here."},{"Start":"12:50.950 ","End":"12:55.435","Text":"What I get is that this equals,"},{"Start":"12:55.435 ","End":"12:58.030","Text":"well, we want it to be 2,"},{"Start":"12:58.030 ","End":"13:00.490","Text":"on the one hand and on the other hand,"},{"Start":"13:00.490 ","End":"13:08.650","Text":"it\u0027s equal to the square root of a minus and x^2 is 2a minus 1 over"},{"Start":"13:08.650 ","End":"13:14.200","Text":"2 and then all this is"},{"Start":"13:14.200 ","End":"13:21.110","Text":"squared and x^2 is just 2a minus 1 over 2."},{"Start":"13:21.900 ","End":"13:25.825","Text":"Oh, it came out a bit crooked there."},{"Start":"13:25.825 ","End":"13:30.370","Text":"This is our equation and now we just have to solve it for a."},{"Start":"13:30.370 ","End":"13:33.445","Text":"Let\u0027s raise both sides to the power of 2."},{"Start":"13:33.445 ","End":"13:39.220","Text":"Square both sides, 4 equals a minus 2,"},{"Start":"13:39.220 ","End":"13:48.130","Text":"minus 1 over 2^2 plus 2a minus 1 over 2 and next thing,"},{"Start":"13:48.130 ","End":"13:50.905","Text":"we do a lot of simplification here."},{"Start":"13:50.905 ","End":"13:59.020","Text":"Let\u0027s put what\u0027s inside the brackets over 2 meaning,"},{"Start":"13:59.020 ","End":"14:02.605","Text":"so we have, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"14:02.605 ","End":"14:06.205","Text":"2a minus 2a,"},{"Start":"14:06.205 ","End":"14:10.870","Text":"minus 1 over 2."},{"Start":"14:10.870 ","End":"14:13.840","Text":"But this thing is squared"},{"Start":"14:13.840 ","End":"14:21.965","Text":"and since this is going to come out over 4 when I square it,"},{"Start":"14:21.965 ","End":"14:28.720","Text":"let me also put twice 2a minus 1 over 4,"},{"Start":"14:28.720 ","End":"14:31.340","Text":"multiply top and bottom by 2 in anticipation,"},{"Start":"14:31.340 ","End":"14:33.950","Text":"because I can see this is going to be over 4."},{"Start":"14:33.950 ","End":"14:40.685","Text":"This is equal to this."},{"Start":"14:40.685 ","End":"14:45.620","Text":"Now, let me do the squaring."},{"Start":"14:45.620 ","End":"14:48.290","Text":"I\u0027m not sure what the squiggle is."},{"Start":"14:48.290 ","End":"14:49.685","Text":"I\u0027ll just erase it."},{"Start":"14:49.685 ","End":"14:52.910","Text":"Continuing 4 equals. Now look,"},{"Start":"14:52.910 ","End":"14:58.385","Text":"the numerator here is 2a minus 2a plus 1."},{"Start":"14:58.385 ","End":"15:04.280","Text":"This is just 1.5^2."},{"Start":"15:04.280 ","End":"15:11.970","Text":"This is 4a minus 2 over 4."},{"Start":"15:13.980 ","End":"15:16.450","Text":"I don\u0027t want an extra line."},{"Start":"15:16.450 ","End":"15:19.885","Text":"0.5^2 is 1/4 there."},{"Start":"15:19.885 ","End":"15:22.690","Text":"Now let\u0027s multiply both sides by 4,"},{"Start":"15:22.690 ","End":"15:30.115","Text":"so I have that 16 equals 1 plus"},{"Start":"15:30.115 ","End":"15:39.745","Text":"4a minus 2 and that gives me that, let\u0027s see numbers."},{"Start":"15:39.745 ","End":"15:41.570","Text":"We\u0027ll put numbers to the left,"},{"Start":"15:41.570 ","End":"15:43.590","Text":"4a on the right, but switch sides,"},{"Start":"15:43.590 ","End":"15:48.825","Text":"4a equals 16 minus 1 plus 2,"},{"Start":"15:48.825 ","End":"15:55.880","Text":"which is 17 and that gives me"},{"Start":"15:55.880 ","End":"16:04.195","Text":"the final answer that a equals 17 over 4."},{"Start":"16:04.195 ","End":"16:06.050","Text":"That\u0027s the answer."},{"Start":"16:06.050 ","End":"16:08.600","Text":"But for those who like mixed fractions,"},{"Start":"16:08.600 ","End":"16:10.160","Text":"it\u0027s 4 and a quarter."},{"Start":"16:10.160 ","End":"16:11.780","Text":"For those who like decimals,"},{"Start":"16:11.780 ","End":"16:16.610","Text":"it\u0027s 4.25 and that\u0027s the answer."},{"Start":"16:16.610 ","End":"16:20.659","Text":"I\u0027ll give it as a decimal,"},{"Start":"16:20.659 ","End":"16:27.500","Text":"so let\u0027s say a equals 4.25 and we are done."}],"ID":8554},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 12","Duration":"14m 31s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8420,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4854,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:02.805","Text":"Here we have another word problem, it\u0027s a bit involved."},{"Start":"00:02.805 ","End":"00:04.935","Text":"Let me just explain what\u0027s going on here."},{"Start":"00:04.935 ","End":"00:07.560","Text":"We\u0027re given a parabola, y=x^2."},{"Start":"00:07.560 ","End":"00:08.834","Text":"This is the parabola,"},{"Start":"00:08.834 ","End":"00:11.890","Text":"and let\u0027s just label it that y=x^2."},{"Start":"00:12.800 ","End":"00:16.170","Text":"Then we\u0027re given a tangent to it,"},{"Start":"00:16.170 ","End":"00:18.900","Text":"which is this one tangent at this,"},{"Start":"00:18.900 ","End":"00:26.690","Text":"and the equation of the tangent is y=6x minus 9."},{"Start":"00:26.690 ","End":"00:29.825","Text":"Now we have a third graph,"},{"Start":"00:29.825 ","End":"00:31.645","Text":"which is this one here."},{"Start":"00:31.645 ","End":"00:33.980","Text":"This is an additional tangent,"},{"Start":"00:33.980 ","End":"00:37.700","Text":"only this time we don\u0027t know exactly what it is."},{"Start":"00:37.700 ","End":"00:40.685","Text":"We do know that it\u0027s tangent at the point t,"},{"Start":"00:40.685 ","End":"00:43.985","Text":"t^2 which is obviously a point on the parabola,"},{"Start":"00:43.985 ","End":"00:47.450","Text":"but t is some parameter that we don\u0027t know."},{"Start":"00:47.450 ","End":"00:52.550","Text":"This is the tangent that we want to look for."},{"Start":"00:52.550 ","End":"00:57.305","Text":"We do know that they intersect at the point M, the 2 tangents."},{"Start":"00:57.305 ","End":"01:03.550","Text":"In part a, we have to just find the equation of this additional tangent here."},{"Start":"01:03.550 ","End":"01:09.215","Text":"Of course, it\u0027s going to involve t because it depends on the parameter t. That\u0027s part a."},{"Start":"01:09.215 ","End":"01:13.400","Text":"In part b, we have to find for which"},{"Start":"01:13.400 ","End":"01:18.679","Text":"t is the least distance from M to the vertex of the parabola."},{"Start":"01:18.679 ","End":"01:20.450","Text":"Now, where\u0027s the vertex?"},{"Start":"01:20.450 ","End":"01:22.830","Text":"The vertex is here."},{"Start":"01:24.460 ","End":"01:27.800","Text":"It\u0027s obviously the point 0,0."},{"Start":"01:27.800 ","End":"01:31.605","Text":"I mean it\u0027s symmetrical and we know this is y=x^2."},{"Start":"01:31.605 ","End":"01:33.390","Text":"This is the point 0,0,"},{"Start":"01:33.390 ","End":"01:35.355","Text":"which I\u0027ll call point O."},{"Start":"01:35.355 ","End":"01:40.340","Text":"What we want to do is to minimize the distance from O"},{"Start":"01:40.340 ","End":"01:46.455","Text":"to M. That\u0027s this distance here."},{"Start":"01:46.455 ","End":"01:51.560","Text":"Let me just label it as d for distance from O to"},{"Start":"01:51.560 ","End":"02:01.205","Text":"M. Let\u0027s begin with the part a,"},{"Start":"02:01.205 ","End":"02:05.300","Text":"where we have to find the equation of this additional tangent."},{"Start":"02:05.300 ","End":"02:07.430","Text":"Now there\u0027s a standard formula,"},{"Start":"02:07.430 ","End":"02:10.640","Text":"and I\u0027ll write it over here,"},{"Start":"02:10.640 ","End":"02:13.850","Text":"that if I in general have"},{"Start":"02:13.850 ","End":"02:21.665","Text":"a function y=f(x) and I have a point x_1,"},{"Start":"02:21.665 ","End":"02:24.710","Text":"y_1 on the function,"},{"Start":"02:24.710 ","End":"02:30.961","Text":"then the tangent is given by the equation y minus"},{"Start":"02:30.961 ","End":"02:39.695","Text":"y_1=f\u0027(x_1) times x minus x_1."},{"Start":"02:39.695 ","End":"02:42.245","Text":"That\u0027s the standard formula."},{"Start":"02:42.245 ","End":"02:43.730","Text":"Now, in this case,"},{"Start":"02:43.730 ","End":"02:49.120","Text":"our f(x) is x^2 and our x_1,"},{"Start":"02:49.120 ","End":"02:54.355","Text":"y_1 is t, t^2."},{"Start":"02:54.355 ","End":"02:56.880","Text":"We have x_1, we have y_1."},{"Start":"02:56.880 ","End":"02:59.580","Text":"What we\u0027re missing is f\u0027(x_1)."},{"Start":"02:59.580 ","End":"03:04.120","Text":"What we need to know is what is f\u0027(t)."},{"Start":"03:05.060 ","End":"03:11.080","Text":"F\u0027(x) in general would be 2x."},{"Start":"03:15.170 ","End":"03:19.545","Text":"F\u0027(x_1), because x_1 is t,"},{"Start":"03:19.545 ","End":"03:22.905","Text":"is just f\u0027(t),"},{"Start":"03:22.905 ","End":"03:26.835","Text":"and that\u0027s equal to 2t because just replace x by t."},{"Start":"03:26.835 ","End":"03:33.215","Text":"Now I have all the quantities I need and I\u0027ll just highlight them."},{"Start":"03:33.215 ","End":"03:39.860","Text":"I have y_1,"},{"Start":"03:39.860 ","End":"03:42.080","Text":"I have x_1,"},{"Start":"03:42.080 ","End":"03:46.130","Text":"and I have f\u0027(x_1)."},{"Start":"03:46.130 ","End":"03:50.150","Text":"The y_1 is t^2,"},{"Start":"03:50.150 ","End":"03:53.105","Text":"the x_1 is t,"},{"Start":"03:53.105 ","End":"03:58.380","Text":"and f\u0027(x_1) is 2t."},{"Start":"03:58.380 ","End":"04:03.310","Text":"Just substituting, what I will get is"},{"Start":"04:03.310 ","End":"04:09.429","Text":"that y minus t^2=2t times x minus"},{"Start":"04:09.429 ","End":"04:18.855","Text":"t. Just simplifying this,"},{"Start":"04:18.855 ","End":"04:28.930","Text":"we get that y=2tx"},{"Start":"04:28.930 ","End":"04:30.830","Text":"minus 2t^2 but plus t^2,"},{"Start":"04:30.830 ","End":"04:34.660","Text":"so it\u0027s just minus t^2."},{"Start":"04:34.660 ","End":"04:36.340","Text":"I wanted to save a bit of space here,"},{"Start":"04:36.340 ","End":"04:37.750","Text":"so I just did it all at the side."},{"Start":"04:37.750 ","End":"04:39.280","Text":"Let me just copy that answer here."},{"Start":"04:39.280 ","End":"04:42.370","Text":"Let\u0027s just write the answer for part a is"},{"Start":"04:42.370 ","End":"04:50.205","Text":"that y=2tx minus t^2."},{"Start":"04:50.205 ","End":"04:53.840","Text":"Now part b is going to be a bit more involved."},{"Start":"04:53.940 ","End":"04:58.510","Text":"We have a minimum problem and we don\u0027t even have"},{"Start":"04:58.510 ","End":"05:02.695","Text":"the point M. Our strategy will be first to find the point M,"},{"Start":"05:02.695 ","End":"05:04.885","Text":"which will also be in terms of t,"},{"Start":"05:04.885 ","End":"05:07.270","Text":"then to use the distance formula,"},{"Start":"05:07.270 ","End":"05:10.945","Text":"and then do some calculus on that to find the minimum."},{"Start":"05:10.945 ","End":"05:18.975","Text":"First task is to find the point M. Let me highlight them."},{"Start":"05:18.975 ","End":"05:22.534","Text":"It\u0027s going to be on the intersection of 2 straight lines."},{"Start":"05:22.534 ","End":"05:25.475","Text":"One of them will be this one,"},{"Start":"05:25.475 ","End":"05:29.270","Text":"and the other will be this one."},{"Start":"05:29.270 ","End":"05:31.895","Text":"That\u0027s this tangent and the other tangent."},{"Start":"05:31.895 ","End":"05:34.460","Text":"I want the intersection of the 2 green things."},{"Start":"05:34.460 ","End":"05:41.120","Text":"All I\u0027ll have to do is compare the right-hand sides because they\u0027re both equal to y."},{"Start":"05:41.120 ","End":"05:44.640","Text":"What we get is that 2tx minus t^2=6x minus 9,"},{"Start":"05:54.500 ","End":"05:57.375","Text":"and I\u0027m solving for x,"},{"Start":"05:57.375 ","End":"05:59.499","Text":"t is the parameter."},{"Start":"05:59.810 ","End":"06:02.105","Text":"X is on the left,"},{"Start":"06:02.105 ","End":"06:03.770","Text":"everything else on the right."},{"Start":"06:03.770 ","End":"06:06.150","Text":"I\u0027ve got 2tx minus 6x,"},{"Start":"06:06.730 ","End":"06:16.535","Text":"which is (2t minus 6)x=t^2 minus 9,"},{"Start":"06:16.535 ","End":"06:24.630","Text":"and so x=t^2 minus 9 over 2t minus 6."},{"Start":"06:25.940 ","End":"06:29.235","Text":"I want to simplify this."},{"Start":"06:29.235 ","End":"06:33.395","Text":"This is a difference of squares formula."},{"Start":"06:33.395 ","End":"06:38.180","Text":"It\u0027s t minus 3, t plus 3."},{"Start":"06:38.180 ","End":"06:41.465","Text":"Here I can take 2 outside the brackets,"},{"Start":"06:41.465 ","End":"06:45.350","Text":"so I get 2(t minus 3)."},{"Start":"06:45.350 ","End":"06:52.710","Text":"Now, I claim that t cannot equal 3 because if t=3,"},{"Start":"06:52.710 ","End":"06:55.635","Text":"you put t=3 here,"},{"Start":"06:55.635 ","End":"07:00.240","Text":"you would get y=6x minus 9."},{"Start":"07:00.240 ","End":"07:02.655","Text":"This would be the same as this."},{"Start":"07:02.655 ","End":"07:05.030","Text":"Obviously, we wanted a different tangent,"},{"Start":"07:05.030 ","End":"07:06.230","Text":"not the same one,"},{"Start":"07:06.230 ","End":"07:09.110","Text":"so t is not equal to 3,"},{"Start":"07:09.110 ","End":"07:11.440","Text":"and I can cancel."},{"Start":"07:11.440 ","End":"07:15.750","Text":"What I get finally is that"},{"Start":"07:15.750 ","End":"07:24.540","Text":"x=t plus 3 over 2,"},{"Start":"07:24.540 ","End":"07:26.820","Text":"and to remind you,"},{"Start":"07:26.820 ","End":"07:31.125","Text":"we\u0027re looking for the coordinates of the point M,"},{"Start":"07:31.125 ","End":"07:34.680","Text":"so we also need the y."},{"Start":"07:34.680 ","End":"07:41.505","Text":"Now, for the y, I have to substitute in one of these 2 green formulas."},{"Start":"07:41.505 ","End":"07:46.935","Text":"I\u0027ll go for this one, it seems simpler."},{"Start":"07:46.935 ","End":"07:50.980","Text":"I\u0027m going to substitute in the 6x minus 9,"},{"Start":"07:50.980 ","End":"07:58.050","Text":"so y=6 times t"},{"Start":"07:58.050 ","End":"08:04.485","Text":"plus 3 over 2 minus 9."},{"Start":"08:04.485 ","End":"08:08.850","Text":"Let\u0027s see, the 2 goes into"},{"Start":"08:08.850 ","End":"08:18.030","Text":"6 3 times and what I end up with is that y equals,"},{"Start":"08:18.030 ","End":"08:22.890","Text":"let\u0027s see, 3 times t plus 3 is 3t plus"},{"Start":"08:22.890 ","End":"08:32.110","Text":"9 minus 9 is just 3t."},{"Start":"08:33.980 ","End":"08:42.450","Text":"We have an important intermediary result that the point M is"},{"Start":"08:42.450 ","End":"08:51.120","Text":"the point t plus 3 over 2, 3t."},{"Start":"08:51.120 ","End":"08:58.575","Text":"This is important. We\u0027re going to now look for the distance from M to O,"},{"Start":"08:58.575 ","End":"09:06.255","Text":"O of course is the point which is 0, 0."},{"Start":"09:06.255 ","End":"09:11.430","Text":"Let\u0027s express the distance d in terms of t now."},{"Start":"09:11.430 ","End":"09:16.320","Text":"We can either use Pythagoras or the distance formula."},{"Start":"09:16.320 ","End":"09:19.785","Text":"It\u0027s easy to see that the distance,"},{"Start":"09:19.785 ","End":"09:21.840","Text":"which is the difference in the xs"},{"Start":"09:21.840 ","End":"09:27.825","Text":"squared plus the difference of the ys squared and then the square root."},{"Start":"09:27.825 ","End":"09:29.325","Text":"Here\u0027s the square root."},{"Start":"09:29.325 ","End":"09:36.015","Text":"This minus this squared is just t plus 3 over 2 squared."},{"Start":"09:36.015 ","End":"09:41.925","Text":"This minus this is just 3t, also squared."},{"Start":"09:41.925 ","End":"09:45.300","Text":"This is what we have to find, the minimum of."},{"Start":"09:45.300 ","End":"09:52.068","Text":"In fact, it\u0027s actually a function of t. I\u0027ll write it as d(t) to emphasize that,"},{"Start":"09:52.068 ","End":"09:54.600","Text":"this distance depends on t. Now,"},{"Start":"09:54.600 ","End":"10:02.685","Text":"we\u0027re looking for t"},{"Start":"10:02.685 ","End":"10:06.580","Text":"which minimizes the distance."},{"Start":"10:06.710 ","End":"10:15.540","Text":"That\u0027s a calculus problem and I\u0027ll differentiate,"},{"Start":"10:15.540 ","End":"10:23.040","Text":"but I also want to use my usual trick that when we have a square root,"},{"Start":"10:23.040 ","End":"10:26.625","Text":"or in general, with any function that\u0027s positive,"},{"Start":"10:26.625 ","End":"10:33.180","Text":"we can actually square the function and the minimum or maximum occur at the same point."},{"Start":"10:33.180 ","End":"10:40.020","Text":"Let\u0027s take D to equal d^2,"},{"Start":"10:40.020 ","End":"10:42.675","Text":"which is, without the square root,"},{"Start":"10:42.675 ","End":"10:50.820","Text":"which is t plus 3 over 2 squared plus 3t^2,"},{"Start":"10:50.820 ","End":"10:56.010","Text":"and D is what we\u0027re going to find the minimum of just by this trick."},{"Start":"10:56.010 ","End":"10:59.970","Text":"It makes sense whenever the distances is minimal,"},{"Start":"10:59.970 ","End":"11:02.940","Text":"the distance squared is also minimal."},{"Start":"11:02.940 ","End":"11:10.710","Text":"Let\u0027s simplify, this equals t^2"},{"Start":"11:10.710 ","End":"11:18.870","Text":"plus 6t plus 9 numerator squared over denominator squared."},{"Start":"11:18.870 ","End":"11:21.465","Text":"Here, 9t^2."},{"Start":"11:21.465 ","End":"11:23.130","Text":"Collecting like terms,"},{"Start":"11:23.130 ","End":"11:30.930","Text":"we have 9 and 1/4 t^2 plus 6 over"},{"Start":"11:30.930 ","End":"11:40.290","Text":"4 is 1 and 1/2 t plus 9 over 4."},{"Start":"11:40.290 ","End":"11:43.095","Text":"Now, we\u0027re looking for a minimum,"},{"Start":"11:43.095 ","End":"11:47.040","Text":"so we want to look for suspects for extremum,"},{"Start":"11:47.040 ","End":"11:49.589","Text":"which is where the derivative is 0."},{"Start":"11:49.589 ","End":"11:51.900","Text":"If the derivative is 0,"},{"Start":"11:51.900 ","End":"11:57.285","Text":"this gives us that twice 9 and 1/4 is"},{"Start":"11:57.285 ","End":"12:05.355","Text":"18 and 1/2 t"},{"Start":"12:05.355 ","End":"12:10.095","Text":"plus 1 and 1/2."},{"Start":"12:10.095 ","End":"12:12.285","Text":"If this is equal to 0,"},{"Start":"12:12.285 ","End":"12:16.285","Text":"then we get that t equals"},{"Start":"12:16.285 ","End":"12:23.070","Text":"minus 1 and 1/2 over 18 and 1/2."},{"Start":"12:23.070 ","End":"12:25.230","Text":"I don\u0027t like that half business,"},{"Start":"12:25.230 ","End":"12:33.670","Text":"so let\u0027s multiply top and bottom by 2 and get minus 3 over 37."},{"Start":"12:33.670 ","End":"12:39.390","Text":"That is the answer for part B,"},{"Start":"12:39.390 ","End":"12:43.335","Text":"except that we still haven\u0027t shown that it\u0027s a minimum,"},{"Start":"12:43.335 ","End":"12:45.495","Text":"don\u0027t go just yet."},{"Start":"12:45.495 ","End":"12:54.550","Text":"Let\u0027s do this with a table of increasing, decreasing."},{"Start":"12:54.800 ","End":"12:59.940","Text":"Let\u0027s see now my function."},{"Start":"12:59.940 ","End":"13:04.590","Text":"First of all, I have the independent variable t,"},{"Start":"13:04.590 ","End":"13:12.615","Text":"then we have D\u0027 and D. This is for the function D in terms of t. Now,"},{"Start":"13:12.615 ","End":"13:14.940","Text":"a suspect, an only suspect,"},{"Start":"13:14.940 ","End":"13:19.665","Text":"is this minus 3 over 37."},{"Start":"13:19.665 ","End":"13:23.730","Text":"At this point, D\u0027 is 0,"},{"Start":"13:23.730 ","End":"13:26.970","Text":"that\u0027s how we found the t. Let\u0027s take something a"},{"Start":"13:26.970 ","End":"13:30.960","Text":"bit less than and a bit greater than or even a lot less than."},{"Start":"13:30.960 ","End":"13:34.725","Text":"This is somewhere between minus 1 and 0,"},{"Start":"13:34.725 ","End":"13:36.405","Text":"let\u0027s take minus 1 here,"},{"Start":"13:36.405 ","End":"13:38.220","Text":"and let\u0027s take 0 here."},{"Start":"13:38.220 ","End":"13:41.685","Text":"If I plug in minus 1,"},{"Start":"13:41.685 ","End":"13:48.255","Text":"and I\u0027m talking about plugging it into D\u0027, which is,"},{"Start":"13:48.255 ","End":"13:52.095","Text":"this is D\u0027, I put it in here,"},{"Start":"13:52.095 ","End":"13:55.980","Text":"minus 1 is, well,"},{"Start":"13:55.980 ","End":"13:57.780","Text":"it\u0027s obviously going to be negative because I\u0027m going"},{"Start":"13:57.780 ","End":"13:59.760","Text":"to get minus 18 and 1/2 plus 1 and 1/2,"},{"Start":"13:59.760 ","End":"14:02.295","Text":"so it\u0027s 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mirror image of"},{"Start":"00:24.480 ","End":"00:28.365","Text":"this point in the x-axis because I\u0027m going to use that later."},{"Start":"00:28.365 ","End":"00:30.630","Text":"Then we have a point M,"},{"Start":"00:30.630 ","End":"00:32.415","Text":"which is a variable point,"},{"Start":"00:32.415 ","End":"00:36.000","Text":"let\u0027s call it say, x, 0."},{"Start":"00:36.000 ","End":"00:38.070","Text":"We know the y is 0 because it\u0027s on the x-axis,"},{"Start":"00:38.070 ","End":"00:39.990","Text":"but the x is unknown."},{"Start":"00:39.990 ","End":"00:44.390","Text":"What we have to do is to minimize"},{"Start":"00:44.390 ","End":"00:48.500","Text":"the sum of 3 distances from M to each of the other 3 points,"},{"Start":"00:48.500 ","End":"00:50.780","Text":"let me mark that."},{"Start":"00:50.780 ","End":"00:53.000","Text":"I\u0027ve marked all 3 of them in blue."},{"Start":"00:53.000 ","End":"00:56.840","Text":"We want the sum of the 3 blue lengths to be minimum."},{"Start":"00:56.840 ","End":"00:59.420","Text":"Let\u0027s just do some computations here."},{"Start":"00:59.420 ","End":"01:02.630","Text":"The length from O to M is obvious,"},{"Start":"01:02.630 ","End":"01:06.980","Text":"it\u0027s just x because that\u0027s the x coordinate of this point."},{"Start":"01:06.980 ","End":"01:13.105","Text":"Distance from here to here is going to be using the formula for distance,"},{"Start":"01:13.105 ","End":"01:20.840","Text":"starts off with the square root then we have the differences in the xs^2 so x minus 2^2."},{"Start":"01:22.230 ","End":"01:28.350","Text":"The difference between the ys is 2 minus 0, it\u0027s 2^2."},{"Start":"01:29.270 ","End":"01:34.235","Text":"The distance from here to here is the same as this ditto,"},{"Start":"01:34.235 ","End":"01:39.795","Text":"because it\u0027s symmetrical, so I don\u0027t have to write it again."},{"Start":"01:39.795 ","End":"01:42.890","Text":"What we want now is the sum of the 3 distances,"},{"Start":"01:42.890 ","End":"01:47.630","Text":"and let\u0027s call that by the letter d because that\u0027s the 1 we want to minimize so"},{"Start":"01:47.630 ","End":"01:55.695","Text":"d and I want to write it in terms of x so x is going to be the independent variable."},{"Start":"01:55.695 ","End":"01:58.380","Text":"It\u0027s equal to, let\u0027s see now,"},{"Start":"01:58.380 ","End":"01:59.970","Text":"do them in order OM,"},{"Start":"01:59.970 ","End":"02:03.430","Text":"which is x plus MA,"},{"Start":"02:03.430 ","End":"02:10.955","Text":"which is the square root of x minus 2^2 plus 2^2."},{"Start":"02:10.955 ","End":"02:14.540","Text":"This is the same as this so allow me just to write a 2."},{"Start":"02:14.540 ","End":"02:19.025","Text":"I want to simplify what\u0027s under the square root sign so let\u0027s continue,"},{"Start":"02:19.025 ","End":"02:22.115","Text":"x plus twice the square root."},{"Start":"02:22.115 ","End":"02:27.950","Text":"Now, this thing squared is x^2 minus 4x plus 4,"},{"Start":"02:27.950 ","End":"02:30.810","Text":"but this is also a plus 4 so in a 1 step,"},{"Start":"02:30.810 ","End":"02:35.970","Text":"I\u0027ll write plus 8 and that\u0027s it simplified."},{"Start":"02:35.970 ","End":"02:39.165","Text":"Now we want to find the minimum."},{"Start":"02:39.165 ","End":"02:42.375","Text":"We are going to minimize this sum."},{"Start":"02:42.375 ","End":"02:44.490","Text":"This is d is the sum,"},{"Start":"02:44.490 ","End":"02:49.590","Text":"that\u0027s d and we want to minimize it so we\u0027re going to use calculus to say,"},{"Start":"02:49.590 ","End":"02:52.140","Text":"d\u0027 equals, first of all,"},{"Start":"02:52.140 ","End":"02:54.910","Text":"differentiate then we\u0027ll set to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"02:54.910 ","End":"03:00.125","Text":"1 plus twice. Now let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"03:00.125 ","End":"03:04.925","Text":"the derivative of square root is, first of all,"},{"Start":"03:04.925 ","End":"03:07.880","Text":"it\u0027s 1 over twice the square root and I\u0027ll fill it in in"},{"Start":"03:07.880 ","End":"03:11.120","Text":"a moment and then times the inner derivative,"},{"Start":"03:11.120 ","End":"03:15.745","Text":"which is 2x minus 4."},{"Start":"03:15.745 ","End":"03:17.015","Text":"I will just fill this in now,"},{"Start":"03:17.015 ","End":"03:21.060","Text":"x^2 minus 4x plus 8."},{"Start":"03:21.400 ","End":"03:26.790","Text":"Certainly, we can cancel the 2s."},{"Start":"03:27.440 ","End":"03:33.735","Text":"Let\u0027s see. I want to set d\u0027 to"},{"Start":"03:33.735 ","End":"03:39.355","Text":"equal 0 and that will give me that this thing is 0,"},{"Start":"03:39.355 ","End":"03:41.185","Text":"so 1 plus,"},{"Start":"03:41.185 ","End":"03:43.345","Text":"and I can take 2 out the brackets here,"},{"Start":"03:43.345 ","End":"03:53.020","Text":"x minus 2 over square root of x^2 minus 4x minus 8."},{"Start":"03:53.020 ","End":"03:59.055","Text":"This has got to equal 0 and that gives me that,"},{"Start":"03:59.055 ","End":"04:02.080","Text":"if I bring this to the other side and then change sides,"},{"Start":"04:02.080 ","End":"04:04.800","Text":"I\u0027ll get something equals 1,"},{"Start":"04:04.800 ","End":"04:06.275","Text":"the negative of this."},{"Start":"04:06.275 ","End":"04:09.874","Text":"Now instead of putting a minus in front,"},{"Start":"04:09.874 ","End":"04:11.540","Text":"I can just change the order."},{"Start":"04:11.540 ","End":"04:15.935","Text":"What I\u0027m proposing is that we can have that,"},{"Start":"04:15.935 ","End":"04:21.360","Text":"twice of 2 minus x sort of x minus"},{"Start":"04:21.360 ","End":"04:28.040","Text":"2 over the square root of this thing is going to equal 1."},{"Start":"04:28.040 ","End":"04:33.845","Text":"Let\u0027s just write this in x^2 plus 4x plus 8."},{"Start":"04:33.845 ","End":"04:38.020","Text":"Now, I\u0027m going to take the square of both sides,"},{"Start":"04:38.020 ","End":"04:40.370","Text":"but for an equation,"},{"Start":"04:40.370 ","End":"04:43.295","Text":"in order to be able to get back from here to here,"},{"Start":"04:43.295 ","End":"04:47.965","Text":"I have to make sure that both sides have the same sign,"},{"Start":"04:47.965 ","End":"04:49.228","Text":"well, this is positive,"},{"Start":"04:49.228 ","End":"04:52.190","Text":"this has to also be positive before I can take the square."},{"Start":"04:52.190 ","End":"04:56.880","Text":"If I want 2 minus x to be positive,"},{"Start":"04:57.620 ","End":"05:05.515","Text":"this means that x has to be less than 2."},{"Start":"05:05.515 ","End":"05:12.759","Text":"Actually, this makes sense anyway for those who like pictorial explanations graphical."},{"Start":"05:12.759 ","End":"05:16.290","Text":"Look if x is 2,"},{"Start":"05:16.290 ","End":"05:18.960","Text":"then I\u0027m exactly at this point 2,"},{"Start":"05:18.960 ","End":"05:25.785","Text":"0 happens to be just here halfway between these 2 points on this axis."},{"Start":"05:25.785 ","End":"05:28.280","Text":"Now, the distances to each of"},{"Start":"05:28.280 ","End":"05:31.310","Text":"these points only gets bigger when I move further to the right,"},{"Start":"05:31.310 ","End":"05:33.335","Text":"I\u0027m only increasing the distance."},{"Start":"05:33.335 ","End":"05:35.600","Text":"We have x is less than or equal to 2,"},{"Start":"05:35.600 ","End":"05:41.210","Text":"and we\u0027re also given that M is on the positive x-axis so actually,"},{"Start":"05:41.210 ","End":"05:45.920","Text":"we have this as a condition for x."},{"Start":"05:45.920 ","End":"05:48.125","Text":"Now, continuing,"},{"Start":"05:48.125 ","End":"05:51.095","Text":"since if I restrict x to be here,"},{"Start":"05:51.095 ","End":"05:53.750","Text":"then I can raise both sides to the power of 2."},{"Start":"05:53.750 ","End":"05:58.385","Text":"I can square both sides and I\u0027ll get that,"},{"Start":"05:58.385 ","End":"06:07.250","Text":"4 times 2 minus x^2 which is actually the same as x minus"},{"Start":"06:07.250 ","End":"06:16.940","Text":"2^2 so it\u0027s x^2 minus 4x plus 4 over the denominator,"},{"Start":"06:16.940 ","End":"06:32.120","Text":"which is x^2 minus 4x plus"},{"Start":"06:32.120 ","End":"06:39.840","Text":"8 from here, this has got to equal 1^2 and 1^2 is 1 and now,"},{"Start":"06:39.840 ","End":"06:44.205","Text":"I can multiply both sides by the denominator."},{"Start":"06:44.205 ","End":"06:46.790","Text":"Or in other words, if a fraction is equal to 1,"},{"Start":"06:46.790 ","End":"06:51.560","Text":"then the numerator is equal to the denominator so I get and I\u0027ll multiply this out."},{"Start":"06:51.560 ","End":"06:56.540","Text":"4x^2 minus 16x plus"},{"Start":"06:56.540 ","End":"07:03.270","Text":"16 is equal to x^2 minus 4x plus 8."},{"Start":"07:04.730 ","End":"07:10.700","Text":"Continuing, I\u0027ll bring everything to the left-hand side to get a quadratic equation,"},{"Start":"07:10.700 ","End":"07:20.195","Text":"which is 3x^2 minus 16 plus 4 is minus 12x plus 16 minus 8 is plus 8 is equal to 0."},{"Start":"07:20.195 ","End":"07:22.800","Text":"Nice quadratic equation."},{"Start":"07:22.810 ","End":"07:27.935","Text":"Well, I\u0027m not going to waste time by solving a quadratic equation,"},{"Start":"07:27.935 ","End":"07:29.540","Text":"I\u0027ll give you the answer."},{"Start":"07:29.540 ","End":"07:38.805","Text":"X equal to plus or minus 2/3 square root of 3."},{"Start":"07:38.805 ","End":"07:41.390","Text":"Now, if I take the plus,"},{"Start":"07:41.390 ","End":"07:44.730","Text":"then I get approximately,"},{"Start":"07:44.900 ","End":"07:48.735","Text":"let\u0027s see in the calculator."},{"Start":"07:48.735 ","End":"07:54.890","Text":"I just wrote down both solutions from a computation and what I see"},{"Start":"07:54.890 ","End":"08:00.560","Text":"right away is that because I have this restriction that x is between 0 and 2,"},{"Start":"08:00.560 ","End":"08:04.580","Text":"that I must rule this 1 out."},{"Start":"08:04.580 ","End":"08:08.480","Text":"This is our only suspect now,"},{"Start":"08:08.480 ","End":"08:12.005","Text":"our candidate for a minimum."},{"Start":"08:12.005 ","End":"08:16.980","Text":"Let\u0027s check that indeed we do get a minimum."},{"Start":"08:17.000 ","End":"08:21.550","Text":"I\u0027m going to do this with the table method."},{"Start":"08:21.950 ","End":"08:25.760","Text":"Here I have some room to draw a table,"},{"Start":"08:25.760 ","End":"08:30.910","Text":"I have room here, 3 rows."},{"Start":"08:30.910 ","End":"08:35.280","Text":"I have x, I have d\u0027,"},{"Start":"08:35.280 ","End":"08:41.300","Text":"and I have d. Here I put a list of my suspects and there is only 1,"},{"Start":"08:41.300 ","End":"08:43.220","Text":"and that is the,"},{"Start":"08:43.220 ","End":"08:45.845","Text":"let\u0027s call it 3.15,"},{"Start":"08:45.845 ","End":"08:51.695","Text":"or I could even call it precisely 2/3 square root of 3."},{"Start":"08:51.695 ","End":"08:58.735","Text":"But what I do need is a point on either side in order to substitute in d\u0027."},{"Start":"08:58.735 ","End":"09:02.090","Text":"D\u0027 will be this here,"},{"Start":"09:02.090 ","End":"09:08.790","Text":"I\u0027ll just box it so it will stand out and let\u0027s see now."},{"Start":"09:08.790 ","End":"09:11.265","Text":"This is about 3.15."},{"Start":"09:11.265 ","End":"09:13.080","Text":"I think, if I took x=2,"},{"Start":"09:13.080 ","End":"09:17.565","Text":"it will be easy to compute and that\u0027s smaller than,"},{"Start":"09:17.565 ","End":"09:21.960","Text":"I\u0027m substituting in the wrong 1. I\u0027m sorry."},{"Start":"09:24.740 ","End":"09:27.780","Text":"Take 2 on this bit."},{"Start":"09:27.780 ","End":"09:36.140","Text":"If here we put our suspects and we only have 1 suspect and that is the 0.845."},{"Start":"09:36.140 ","End":"09:43.930","Text":"Strictly speaking, I should write 2 minus so on but I understand when I write 0.845,"},{"Start":"09:43.930 ","End":"09:46.825","Text":"but I really mean this with a minus."},{"Start":"09:46.825 ","End":"09:49.315","Text":"Now, I need a point on either side,"},{"Start":"09:49.315 ","End":"09:54.085","Text":"how about 0 and 1?"},{"Start":"09:54.085 ","End":"09:56.530","Text":"Now here, d\u0027 is 0."},{"Start":"09:56.530 ","End":"10:02.380","Text":"After all, this is how we got to this point by letting d\u0027=0."},{"Start":"10:02.380 ","End":"10:05.050","Text":"But what happens if x is 0?"},{"Start":"10:05.050 ","End":"10:07.390","Text":"Then I put 0 in here."},{"Start":"10:07.390 ","End":"10:15.685","Text":"Remember, I only care about the sign of the answer so if I put x equal 0, let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"10:15.685 ","End":"10:20.640","Text":"On the bottom, I will get the square root of 8, lets see."},{"Start":"10:20.640 ","End":"10:24.690","Text":"I\u0027ll get, I\u0027ll just put it at the side 1 plus,"},{"Start":"10:24.690 ","End":"10:31.060","Text":"if 2x is 0, I\u0027ll get minus 4 over the square root of 8."},{"Start":"10:32.530 ","End":"10:40.460","Text":"The square root of 8 is certainly less than 4,"},{"Start":"10:40.460 ","End":"10:47.590","Text":"so it\u0027s less than 3 even so this thing comes out to be minus,"},{"Start":"10:47.590 ","End":"10:49.210","Text":"let\u0027s say, 4/3."},{"Start":"10:49.210 ","End":"10:51.400","Text":"It\u0027ll be negative anyway."},{"Start":"10:51.400 ","End":"10:53.093","Text":"You can check it also on the calculator,"},{"Start":"10:53.093 ","End":"10:58.050","Text":"that\u0027s negative and so I put a minus here."},{"Start":"10:58.050 ","End":"10:59.700","Text":"On the other hand,"},{"Start":"10:59.700 ","End":"11:04.005","Text":"if I put x=1 here,"},{"Start":"11:04.005 ","End":"11:11.310","Text":"then I\u0027ll get 1 plus twice minus 1,"},{"Start":"11:11.310 ","End":"11:20.540","Text":"which is minus 2 over the square root of 8 and this time it\u0027ll come out bigger than 0."},{"Start":"11:20.540 ","End":"11:23.660","Text":"Basically, because square root of 8 is bigger than"},{"Start":"11:23.660 ","End":"11:26.525","Text":"2 and less than 4 and that\u0027s all I need to know about it."},{"Start":"11:26.525 ","End":"11:29.010","Text":"It\u0027s close to 3, but it\u0027d certainly between 2 and 4"},{"Start":"11:29.010 ","End":"11:31.790","Text":"so we get the negative here and the positive here,"},{"Start":"11:31.790 ","End":"11:35.360","Text":"which means that, the function d itself here is decreasing."},{"Start":"11:35.360 ","End":"11:38.495","Text":"Here it\u0027s increasing so the general shape is like this,"},{"Start":"11:38.495 ","End":"11:42.255","Text":"which means that it is indeed a minimum."},{"Start":"11:42.255 ","End":"11:46.790","Text":"That part we\u0027re okay with is that we do have"},{"Start":"11:46.790 ","End":"11:53.640","Text":"a minimum and as for the answer,"},{"Start":"11:53.640 ","End":"11:57.620","Text":"we have what x equals,"},{"Start":"11:57.620 ","End":"11:59.765","Text":"but is that what they asked us for?"},{"Start":"11:59.765 ","End":"12:03.110","Text":"Let\u0027s go and check what they asked us for."},{"Start":"12:03.110 ","End":"12:08.505","Text":"Lets see, they asked us,"},{"Start":"12:08.505 ","End":"12:12.330","Text":"what are the coordinates of M?"},{"Start":"12:12.330 ","End":"12:17.060","Text":"M is x, 0 so to be precise,"},{"Start":"12:17.060 ","End":"12:19.655","Text":"I have to answer that,"},{"Start":"12:19.655 ","End":"12:24.105","Text":"x is this but M,"},{"Start":"12:24.105 ","End":"12:29.490","Text":"the point M is the point and then we take the minus here,"},{"Start":"12:29.490 ","End":"12:35.200","Text":"2 minus 2/3 square root of 3,"},{"Start":"12:35.720 ","End":"12:41.850","Text":"0 and that is my answer."},{"Start":"12:41.850 ","End":"12:45.425","Text":"For those of you who don\u0027t like square roots and so on,"},{"Start":"12:45.425 ","End":"12:49.520","Text":"you could always just write the approximation as long as you know it\u0027s"},{"Start":"12:49.520 ","End":"12:54.650","Text":"an approximation and write 0.845 here instead of this expression,"},{"Start":"12:54.650 ","End":"12:58.680","Text":"but this is precise. 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That was example 1."},{"Start":"01:47.320 ","End":"01:50.175","Text":"I\u0027ll underline this too."},{"Start":"01:50.175 ","End":"01:58.460","Text":"Now I want to give another example of a special kind of a demand function."},{"Start":"01:58.460 ","End":"02:04.490","Text":"Sometimes a demand function can be constant or fixed,"},{"Start":"02:04.490 ","End":"02:06.740","Text":"and it never changes."},{"Start":"02:06.740 ","End":"02:13.355","Text":"An example would be P of Q equals 5."},{"Start":"02:13.355 ","End":"02:16.370","Text":"Whatever Q is, P is 5."},{"Start":"02:16.370 ","End":"02:17.780","Text":"It could be many reasons for this."},{"Start":"02:17.780 ","End":"02:20.119","Text":"It could be government-controlled price,"},{"Start":"02:20.119 ","End":"02:26.660","Text":"or it could be the manufacturer suggests that this box of cereal should be sold for $5."},{"Start":"02:26.660 ","End":"02:30.815","Text":"So if the quantity sold was 7 units,"},{"Start":"02:30.815 ","End":"02:33.565","Text":"the price per unit is 5."},{"Start":"02:33.565 ","End":"02:36.710","Text":"If you sold 11 units,"},{"Start":"02:36.710 ","End":"02:39.640","Text":"still the price per unit is 5."},{"Start":"02:39.640 ","End":"02:44.015","Text":"I think you get the idea. It\u0027s a constant demand function."},{"Start":"02:44.015 ","End":"02:48.605","Text":"Now, an important note, and that is,"},{"Start":"02:48.605 ","End":"02:54.500","Text":"that not always is the demand function given as P in terms of Q,"},{"Start":"02:54.500 ","End":"02:59.675","Text":"in some books or some professors would do it the other way around,"},{"Start":"02:59.675 ","End":"03:05.810","Text":"and you would have Q as a function of P. This"},{"Start":"03:05.810 ","End":"03:12.275","Text":"would give you the quantity sold as a function of the price per unit."},{"Start":"03:12.275 ","End":"03:14.375","Text":"Again, it would be decreasing."},{"Start":"03:14.375 ","End":"03:18.175","Text":"The lower the price, the more you expect to sell."},{"Start":"03:18.175 ","End":"03:20.639","Text":"I\u0027ll just say, this is sometimes."},{"Start":"03:20.639 ","End":"03:23.060","Text":"I don\u0027t know how frequently that occurs,"},{"Start":"03:23.060 ","End":"03:24.350","Text":"but you should be aware of it."},{"Start":"03:24.350 ","End":"03:30.365","Text":"For example, it might be given that Q is equal to"},{"Start":"03:30.365 ","End":"03:36.990","Text":"100 minus P over 7."},{"Start":"03:36.990 ","End":"03:39.330","Text":"Let\u0027s say P is the price in dollars."},{"Start":"03:39.330 ","End":"03:42.744","Text":"If P equals 2,"},{"Start":"03:42.744 ","End":"03:44.405","Text":"the price is $2 each,"},{"Start":"03:44.405 ","End":"03:51.570","Text":"the quantity sold would be Q would equal 100 minus 2 over 7,"},{"Start":"03:51.570 ","End":"03:55.485","Text":"98 over 7 would be 14."},{"Start":"03:55.485 ","End":"03:58.470","Text":"You should be aware that it could be the other way."},{"Start":"03:58.470 ","End":"04:02.990","Text":"On another note, and this applies not just to demand functions,"},{"Start":"04:02.990 ","End":"04:08.015","Text":"but to pretty much most of the functions in this clip,"},{"Start":"04:08.015 ","End":"04:10.880","Text":"is that, often, instead of the letter Q,"},{"Start":"04:10.880 ","End":"04:13.520","Text":"because it\u0027s the independent variable,"},{"Start":"04:13.520 ","End":"04:18.560","Text":"it\u0027s often replaced by X to make it more mathematical."},{"Start":"04:18.560 ","End":"04:20.930","Text":"So in exercises or elsewhere,"},{"Start":"04:20.930 ","End":"04:23.560","Text":"you would see, for example,"},{"Start":"04:23.560 ","End":"04:26.545","Text":"P as a function of X."},{"Start":"04:26.545 ","End":"04:27.920","Text":"So not to be alarmed,"},{"Start":"04:27.920 ","End":"04:30.305","Text":"not to get used to just the letter Q,"},{"Start":"04:30.305 ","End":"04:33.305","Text":"it could be X or another letter."},{"Start":"04:33.305 ","End":"04:37.120","Text":"Let\u0027s move on to the next function."},{"Start":"04:37.120 ","End":"04:45.940","Text":"The next function we will consider will be the total revenue."},{"Start":"04:46.060 ","End":"04:50.960","Text":"It\u0027s abbreviated, usually, TR,"},{"Start":"04:50.960 ","End":"04:53.105","Text":"and it\u0027s a function of Q,"},{"Start":"04:53.105 ","End":"04:55.745","Text":"sometimes just R for revenue,"},{"Start":"04:55.745 ","End":"04:57.970","Text":"but we\u0027ll call it TR."},{"Start":"04:57.970 ","End":"05:01.790","Text":"The total revenue, another way of saying it, is the total receipts,"},{"Start":"05:01.790 ","End":"05:04.100","Text":"R also stands for 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1,"},{"Start":"07:16.850 ","End":"07:19.265","Text":"that comes out to 21,"},{"Start":"07:19.265 ","End":"07:22.050","Text":"and presumably, this is in dollars."},{"Start":"07:22.100 ","End":"07:25.020","Text":"Let\u0027s move on to the next function."},{"Start":"07:25.020 ","End":"07:27.970","Text":"It\u0027s going to be the average cost function."},{"Start":"07:27.970 ","End":"07:29.915","Text":"I\u0027ll just copy this."},{"Start":"07:29.915 ","End":"07:36.370","Text":"I\u0027ll erase total, and I\u0027ll erase the T, and write here"},{"Start":"07:36.370 ","End":"07:45.820","Text":"the average, and make this average cost of Q."},{"Start":"07:45.820 ","End":"07:49.760","Text":"What it is is the average cost of producing,"},{"Start":"07:49.760 ","End":"07:51.970","Text":"not the whole Q units,"},{"Start":"07:51.970 ","End":"07:55.130","Text":"but just 1 unit."},{"Start":"07:55.130 ","End":"07:57.000","Text":"There\u0027s a formula for this."},{"Start":"07:57.000 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often."},{"Start":"00:32.490 ","End":"00:36.480","Text":"Corresponding to the total cost function,"},{"Start":"00:36.480 ","End":"00:44.250","Text":"there will be another function called the marginal cost function, MC."},{"Start":"00:44.250 ","End":"00:46.920","Text":"Similarly, for the others,"},{"Start":"00:46.920 ","End":"00:51.335","Text":"there\u0027s an average cost function and a marginal average cost function,"},{"Start":"00:51.335 ","End":"00:54.565","Text":"a profit function and a marginal profit function."},{"Start":"00:54.565 ","End":"00:56.624","Text":"They all work similarly,"},{"Start":"00:56.624 ","End":"01:02.030","Text":"so we\u0027ll just focus on the total cost function and the marginal cost function."},{"Start":"01:02.030 ","End":"01:06.575","Text":"In general, let\u0027s start with an economic function."},{"Start":"01:06.575 ","End":"01:08.915","Text":"It doesn\u0027t have to be of Q."},{"Start":"01:08.915 ","End":"01:14.660","Text":"Let\u0027s just call it a function of x, and we\u0027ll call the function f."},{"Start":"01:14.660 ","End":"01:23.915","Text":"Then the marginal corresponding function is f-prime of x,"},{"Start":"01:23.915 ","End":"01:29.555","Text":"whereby this, I mean, the derivative function as in calculus."},{"Start":"01:29.555 ","End":"01:31.670","Text":"I\u0027m presuming you know some calculus,"},{"Start":"01:31.670 ","End":"01:33.935","Text":"at least, you know what a derivative is."},{"Start":"01:33.935 ","End":"01:40.350","Text":"In this case, the marginal cost function, it\u0027s not of x,"},{"Start":"01:40.350 ","End":"01:47.755","Text":"it\u0027s of Q, is just the derivative TC-prime of Q."},{"Start":"01:47.755 ","End":"01:54.710","Text":"Earlier in the clip, we had an example where the total cost was equal,"},{"Start":"01:54.710 ","End":"02:00.569","Text":"if I recall, to Q squared plus Q plus 1."},{"Start":"02:01.100 ","End":"02:06.300","Text":"In this case, the marginal cost function"},{"Start":"02:06.300 ","End":"02:11.870","Text":"of quantity Q would equal the derivative of this."},{"Start":"02:11.870 ","End":"02:15.060","Text":"The derivative of Q squared is 2Q,"},{"Start":"02:15.060 ","End":"02:17.640","Text":"the derivative of Q is 1,"},{"Start":"02:17.640 ","End":"02:20.159","Text":"and the derivative of 1 is nothing."},{"Start":"02:20.159 ","End":"02:21.795","Text":"We also, I remember,"},{"Start":"02:21.795 ","End":"02:29.785","Text":"had an example where we computed TC when the quantity was 4, and we got 21."},{"Start":"02:29.785 ","End":"02:33.685","Text":"I remember it was 4 squared plus 4 plus 1, it came out to be 21."},{"Start":"02:33.685 ","End":"02:39.625","Text":"Now, a common question is what happens if I increase the quantity by 1 unit?"},{"Start":"02:39.625 ","End":"02:43.600","Text":"In other words, I want to know what TC of 5 equals."},{"Start":"02:43.600 ","End":"02:47.080","Text":"The marginal function answers this kind of question of what"},{"Start":"02:47.080 ","End":"02:51.150","Text":"happens when we increase our variable by 1."},{"Start":"02:51.150 ","End":"02:56.510","Text":"Note, by the way, that the marginal cost when Q is"},{"Start":"02:56.510 ","End":"03:01.955","Text":"4 is equal to twice 4 plus 1 is 9."},{"Start":"03:01.955 ","End":"03:05.315","Text":"If we have a general economic function, f,"},{"Start":"03:05.315 ","End":"03:14.525","Text":"and you can think of f as being TC, and we know that f-prime at a is equal to b."},{"Start":"03:14.525 ","End":"03:23.430","Text":"What it means is that if we increase x from a to a plus 1, i.e.,"},{"Start":"03:23.430 ","End":"03:25.820","Text":"from 4-5 in our case,"},{"Start":"03:25.820 ","End":"03:31.100","Text":"then f increases by"},{"Start":"03:31.100 ","End":"03:36.120","Text":"b units, approximately, not exact."},{"Start":"03:36.120 ","End":"03:37.440","Text":"I\u0027ll repeat what I\u0027m saying."},{"Start":"03:37.440 ","End":"03:40.964","Text":"We have a certain economic 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If b is negative,"},{"Start":"04:14.510 ","End":"04:18.730","Text":"then that means that f decreases."},{"Start":"04:18.730 ","End":"04:22.235","Text":"Now let\u0027s take a look at what happens in our example."},{"Start":"04:22.235 ","End":"04:26.750","Text":"If we increase the quantity from 4-5,"},{"Start":"04:26.750 ","End":"04:31.670","Text":"the total cost for 5 units is approximately equal to,"},{"Start":"04:31.670 ","End":"04:36.660","Text":"if we take the 21 and add the marginal cost,"},{"Start":"04:36.660 ","End":"04:40.085","Text":"what we would get would be 30."},{"Start":"04:40.085 ","End":"04:43.595","Text":"Let\u0027s actually compare with the real cost."},{"Start":"04:43.595 ","End":"04:50.375","Text":"The actual cost, TC, of 5 is, we would plug in 5 here,"},{"Start":"04:50.375 ","End":"04:57.095","Text":"5 squared plus 5 plus 1, which is 31."},{"Start":"04:57.095 ","End":"05:02.180","Text":"This is the approximate, and the exact is the 31."},{"Start":"05:02.180 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we\u0027re talking about a dairy company."},{"Start":"00:03.640 ","End":"00:07.125","Text":"When it sells x gallons of chocolate milk a day,"},{"Start":"00:07.125 ","End":"00:15.780","Text":"it can get a price of p of x given by this formula, dollars per gallon."},{"Start":"00:15.780 ","End":"00:19.949","Text":"By the way, sometimes we use the letter q for quantity,"},{"Start":"00:19.949 ","End":"00:22.885","Text":"x is just the quantity number of gallons."},{"Start":"00:22.885 ","End":"00:24.470","Text":"Then there\u0027s various questions,"},{"Start":"00:24.470 ","End":"00:26.075","Text":"we\u0027ll deal with them one at a time."},{"Start":"00:26.075 ","End":"00:35.505","Text":"A, we want to know what the price is per gallon if it sells 4 gallons a day."},{"Start":"00:35.505 ","End":"00:38.415","Text":"Now 4 is the x,"},{"Start":"00:38.415 ","End":"00:42.555","Text":"so all we have to do is plug in 4 in the formula."},{"Start":"00:42.555 ","End":"00:44.090","Text":"In general, just 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","End":"01:48.420","Text":"and 12 over 4 is 3 minus 3 plus 10,"},{"Start":"01:48.420 ","End":"01:53.710","Text":"so it\u0027s 7 dollars per gallon."},{"Start":"01:54.440 ","End":"01:57.390","Text":"I\u0027ll do part c over here."},{"Start":"01:57.390 ","End":"02:03.650","Text":"What it asked is, how many gallons a day are sold if the price is 6 dollars per gallon?"},{"Start":"02:03.650 ","End":"02:05.810","Text":"This is like a reverse question."},{"Start":"02:05.810 ","End":"02:09.675","Text":"We\u0027re given p, we want to find x."},{"Start":"02:09.675 ","End":"02:12.245","Text":"All we do is to solve an equation."},{"Start":"02:12.245 ","End":"02:20.280","Text":"We know that p of x is equal to 6,"},{"Start":"02:20.280 ","End":"02:25.065","Text":"but p of x is just this formula."},{"Start":"02:25.065 ","End":"02:26.745","Text":"We have all even from here."},{"Start":"02:26.745 ","End":"02:33.180","Text":"I have minus 1/4 x plus 10 is equal to 6,"},{"Start":"02:33.180 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Now I\u0027ll move on to a new page."},{"Start":"03:17.760 ","End":"03:20.330","Text":"In part d, we want to sketch a graph of"},{"Start":"03:20.330 ","End":"03:24.815","Text":"the demand function and to say what its domain is."},{"Start":"03:24.815 ","End":"03:28.100","Text":"Now if we look at the function and I\u0027ll just highlight it,"},{"Start":"03:28.100 ","End":"03:32.065","Text":"you can see it\u0027s a linear function."},{"Start":"03:32.065 ","End":"03:35.090","Text":"In general, if we have a function of x,"},{"Start":"03:35.090 ","End":"03:40.310","Text":"which is of the form some constant times x plus another constant,"},{"Start":"03:40.310 ","End":"03:42.890","Text":"that\u0027s a and b, which is what we have in this case,"},{"Start":"03:42.890 ","End":"03:45.390","Text":"then we know it\u0027s a straight line."},{"Start":"03:45.440 ","End":"03:49.400","Text":"In our case, let\u0027s just make a little table."},{"Start":"03:49.400 ","End":"03:53.959","Text":"We really only need 2 points to draw a line."},{"Start":"03:53.959 ","End":"03:58.295","Text":"Let\u0027s label the columns x and p of x."},{"Start":"03:58.295 ","End":"04:02.090","Text":"As I said, we had already 2 points because in part a,"},{"Start":"04:02.090 ","End":"04:05.374","Text":"we know that if 4 gallons were sold,"},{"Start":"04:05.374 ","End":"04:08.450","Text":"then the price was 9."},{"Start":"04:08.450 ","End":"04:12.635","Text":"We also had that when 12 gallons were sold,"},{"Start":"04:12.635 ","End":"04:15.470","Text":"the price was 7."},{"Start":"04:15.470 ","End":"04:17.900","Text":"Just for extra accuracy,"},{"Start":"04:17.900 ","End":"04:19.909","Text":"let\u0027s throw in another point,"},{"Start":"04:19.909 ","End":"04:21.440","Text":"which is easy to compute."},{"Start":"04:21.440 ","End":"04:24.440","Text":"Let\u0027s say the quantity is 0."},{"Start":"04:24.440 ","End":"04:27.860","Text":"If x is 0, are we going to do it in our heads?"},{"Start":"04:27.860 ","End":"04:30.410","Text":"This is 0 and it\u0027ll just be 10."},{"Start":"04:30.410 ","End":"04:33.605","Text":"Let me draw some coordinate axis."},{"Start":"04:33.605 ","End":"04:38.360","Text":"Let\u0027s see. Horizontal axis will be x,"},{"Start":"04:38.360 ","End":"04:40.160","Text":"which is the quantity,"},{"Start":"04:40.160 ","End":"04:42.530","Text":"the vertical axis p,"},{"Start":"04:42.530 ","End":"04:44.850","Text":"which is the price."},{"Start":"04:45.140 ","End":"04:51.890","Text":"In general, we have to have both of these being positive or non-negative."},{"Start":"04:51.890 ","End":"04:54.470","Text":"I wouldn\u0027t have a negative price,"},{"Start":"04:54.470 ","End":"04:57.060","Text":"there\u0027s not someone who is not going to pay you to take the product."},{"Start":"04:57.060 ","End":"05:00.020","Text":"Also number of gallons is going to be at least 0,"},{"Start":"05:00.020 ","End":"05:01.745","Text":"we can\u0027t have negative quantity."},{"Start":"05:01.745 ","End":"05:07.400","Text":"In fact, we already answered the last part of d. The domain is"},{"Start":"05:07.400 ","End":"05:13.655","Text":"x bigger or equal to 0, but not quite."},{"Start":"05:13.655 ","End":"05:19.370","Text":"Later, I\u0027ll put in a condition that the price also has to be bigger or equal to 0."},{"Start":"05:19.370 ","End":"05:20.930","Text":"But for the moment there,"},{"Start":"05:20.930 ","End":"05:22.325","Text":"let\u0027s put the 3 points in."},{"Start":"05:22.325 ","End":"05:24.810","Text":"So I have to choose a scale."},{"Start":"05:25.610 ","End":"05:34.230","Text":"Let\u0027s say that this is 10 because I think that\u0027s the highest and then we keep decreasing."},{"Start":"05:34.230 ","End":"05:37.570","Text":"Let me put some scale here."},{"Start":"05:37.640 ","End":"05:41.385","Text":"Let\u0027s see. The 0s here,"},{"Start":"05:41.385 ","End":"05:43.500","Text":"and then I put 4 here,"},{"Start":"05:43.500 ","End":"05:46.559","Text":"and then 12 would be here,"},{"Start":"05:46.559 ","End":"05:55.125","Text":"and 0,10 would be this point here, and then 4,9."},{"Start":"05:55.125 ","End":"06:00.105","Text":"Well, let\u0027s say that this is 9 and I see we\u0027re also going to need a 7,"},{"Start":"06:00.105 ","End":"06:04.410","Text":"and here\u0027s a 7."},{"Start":"06:04.410 ","End":"06:08.070","Text":"Sketch in 4,9 and"},{"Start":"06:08.070 ","End":"06:16.095","Text":"12,7 and I draw a line through them."},{"Start":"06:16.095 ","End":"06:18.560","Text":"That\u0027s what the graph looks like."},{"Start":"06:18.560 ","End":"06:23.100","Text":"Now I said something about the domain because actually at some point,"},{"Start":"06:23.100 ","End":"06:29.905","Text":"this is going to hit the x-axis where the price is 0 and then goes negative."},{"Start":"06:29.905 ","End":"06:32.620","Text":"You could leave the answer like this,"},{"Start":"06:32.620 ","End":"06:33.769","Text":"but to be precise,"},{"Start":"06:33.769 ","End":"06:41.450","Text":"we also want to say that the price is bigger or equal to 0 here,"},{"Start":"06:41.450 ","End":"06:46.805","Text":"minus 1/4x plus 10 is bigger or equal to 0."},{"Start":"06:46.805 ","End":"06:49.775","Text":"Then we could add 1/4 x to both sides,"},{"Start":"06:49.775 ","End":"06:54.350","Text":"so 10 is bigger or equal to 1/4x."},{"Start":"06:54.350 ","End":"06:59.374","Text":"Then you can multiply both sides by 4 because 4 is positive and we get 40"},{"Start":"06:59.374 ","End":"07:05.459","Text":"bigger or equal to x. I guess, it hits at 40."},{"Start":"07:05.459 ","End":"07:07.765","Text":"Really, if we combine these 2,"},{"Start":"07:07.765 ","End":"07:13.355","Text":"the proper answer for the domain would be that"},{"Start":"07:13.355 ","End":"07:19.950","Text":"x is at least 0 and not greater than 40."},{"Start":"07:19.950 ","End":"07:24.910","Text":"Now let\u0027s go on to part e. In part e,"},{"Start":"07:24.910 ","End":"07:32.420","Text":"we notice that the demand function is given as P in terms of x."},{"Start":"07:32.420 ","End":"07:38.675","Text":"In other words, the price is given as a function of the quantity,"},{"Start":"07:38.675 ","End":"07:40.820","Text":"but we want to now reverse it,"},{"Start":"07:40.820 ","End":"07:44.740","Text":"so the quantity is a function of the price."},{"Start":"07:44.740 ","End":"07:52.830","Text":"Let\u0027s start with saying that P equals minus 1/4 x plus 10."},{"Start":"07:52.830 ","End":"07:56.540","Text":"The idea is to extract x from the equation."},{"Start":"07:56.540 ","End":"08:01.070","Text":"What I can do is throw this over to the left and this on the right,"},{"Start":"08:01.070 ","End":"08:05.880","Text":"so I get 1/4x is equal to,"},{"Start":"08:05.880 ","End":"08:07.500","Text":"and I subtract P,"},{"Start":"08:07.500 ","End":"08:09.365","Text":"I could put it after the 10,"},{"Start":"08:09.365 ","End":"08:15.669","Text":"10 minus P. That\u0027s just by flipping sides."},{"Start":"08:15.669 ","End":"08:19.565","Text":"Now we can multiply both sides by 4,"},{"Start":"08:19.565 ","End":"08:26.165","Text":"so we\u0027ll get that x is equal to 4 times 10 minus"},{"Start":"08:26.165 ","End":"08:29.210","Text":"P. They\u0027ll put the answer in the form"},{"Start":"08:29.210 ","End":"08:33.760","Text":"x and emphasize that it\u0027s a function of P and is equal to,"},{"Start":"08:33.760 ","End":"08:35.075","Text":"I\u0027ll either just copy this,"},{"Start":"08:35.075 ","End":"08:37.295","Text":"but maybe I\u0027ll open the brackets."},{"Start":"08:37.295 ","End":"08:43.940","Text":"Both ways would do and that would be our answer. That\u0027s it."}],"ID":8530},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 2","Duration":"6m 58s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8396,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.815","Text":"In this exercise, we\u0027re given the demand function of a certain product."},{"Start":"00:04.815 ","End":"00:10.170","Text":"It means that x is the quantity or the number of units"},{"Start":"00:10.170 ","End":"00:16.365","Text":"sold and P is the price that depends on the quantity sold according to this formula,"},{"Start":"00:16.365 ","End":"00:18.585","Text":"and we\u0027re working in dollars."},{"Start":"00:18.585 ","End":"00:25.455","Text":"In part a, we have to find the total revenue function and its domain."},{"Start":"00:25.455 ","End":"00:29.490","Text":"Now, total revenue, the function name TR,"},{"Start":"00:29.490 ","End":"00:34.080","Text":"and sometimes we just use R. 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I could have put this brackets all along,"},{"Start":"01:21.470 ","End":"01:23.240","Text":"it doesn\u0027t really matter."},{"Start":"01:23.240 ","End":"01:27.170","Text":"But R, revenue function of x is this."},{"Start":"01:27.170 ","End":"01:30.770","Text":"All I have to do now is give you its domain."},{"Start":"01:30.770 ","End":"01:33.960","Text":"The domain doesn\u0027t come from here,"},{"Start":"01:33.960 ","End":"01:42.140","Text":"just comes from real life where the domain x or quantity can\u0027t be negative."},{"Start":"01:42.140 ","End":"01:44.585","Text":"You can\u0027t produce a negative number of units,"},{"Start":"01:44.585 ","End":"01:49.100","Text":"so the domain is just x bigger or equal to 0,"},{"Start":"01:49.100 ","End":"01:53.329","Text":"could be 0, you might not manufacture anything."},{"Start":"01:53.329 ","End":"01:55.280","Text":"Well, then that\u0027s part a."},{"Start":"01:55.280 ","End":"01:58.324","Text":"Now in part b,"},{"Start":"01:58.324 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substitute x equals 20 in the demand function."},{"Start":"02:39.570 ","End":"02:47.385","Text":"We get P of 20 equals minus 0.6 times,"},{"Start":"02:47.385 ","End":"02:49.580","Text":"I\u0027ll write little times like this,"},{"Start":"02:49.580 ","End":"02:51.860","Text":"not to confuse with the decimal point,"},{"Start":"02:51.860 ","End":"02:56.305","Text":"times 20 plus 120."},{"Start":"02:56.305 ","End":"03:05.850","Text":"That is equal to 0.6 times 20 is minus 12 plus 120,"},{"Start":"03:05.850 ","End":"03:11.895","Text":"which is 120 minus 12 is 108."},{"Start":"03:11.895 ","End":"03:14.360","Text":"Remember, we\u0027re working in dollars,"},{"Start":"03:14.360 ","End":"03:18.860","Text":"so the price of a unit is a $108."},{"Start":"03:18.860 ","End":"03:22.650","Text":"The idea is to use the revenue function,"},{"Start":"03:23.470 ","End":"03:31.200","Text":"I just have to substitute this time in this function."},{"Start":"03:31.490 ","End":"03:40.805","Text":"R of 20 is equal to minus 0.6 times"},{"Start":"03:40.805 ","End":"03:51.040","Text":"20 squared plus 120 times 20."},{"Start":"03:51.040 ","End":"03:54.330","Text":"R of 20 equals,"},{"Start":"03:54.330 ","End":"03:56.040","Text":"I don\u0027t think we need to calculate it."},{"Start":"03:56.040 ","End":"03:58.005","Text":"20 squared is 400."},{"Start":"03:58.005 ","End":"04:01.400","Text":"400 times 6 is 2400,"},{"Start":"04:01.400 ","End":"04:03.635","Text":"but it\u0027s 0.6, so it\u0027s 240."},{"Start":"04:03.635 ","End":"04:06.835","Text":"We have minus 240 plus,"},{"Start":"04:06.835 ","End":"04:12.090","Text":"12 times 2 is 24, so it\u0027s 2400."},{"Start":"04:12.090 ","End":"04:15.325","Text":"If we subtract, that gives us what?"},{"Start":"04:15.325 ","End":"04:22.340","Text":"2160, and that would be in dollars."},{"Start":"04:22.340 ","End":"04:27.085","Text":"So this is the prices of the total revenue that does part b."},{"Start":"04:27.085 ","End":"04:28.270","Text":"Just as a check,"},{"Start":"04:28.270 ","End":"04:33.984","Text":"you could take this $108 and multiply it by 20 units,"},{"Start":"04:33.984 ","End":"04:37.895","Text":"and 108 times 20 is 2160,"},{"Start":"04:37.895 ","End":"04:39.650","Text":"so that\u0027s an extra check."},{"Start":"04:39.650 ","End":"04:44.405","Text":"Now part c, this time we\u0027re not given the quantity,"},{"Start":"04:44.405 ","End":"04:46.085","Text":"we are given the price,"},{"Start":"04:46.085 ","End":"04:48.605","Text":"and we have to find the revenue."},{"Start":"04:48.605 ","End":"04:52.835","Text":"Now what we have to first do is get x,"},{"Start":"04:52.835 ","End":"04:58.100","Text":"the quantity, and we\u0027ll do that from the demand function."},{"Start":"04:58.100 ","End":"05:07.015","Text":"Part c, p of x equals minus 0.6x plus 120."},{"Start":"05:07.015 ","End":"05:09.410","Text":"But in our case, we\u0027re given the price,"},{"Start":"05:09.410 ","End":"05:12.220","Text":"we\u0027re given that it\u0027s $12."},{"Start":"05:12.220 ","End":"05:18.215","Text":"I\u0027m just going to erase this and write 12 in its place."},{"Start":"05:18.215 ","End":"05:22.040","Text":"Now this is an equation in x and we want to find out what x is."},{"Start":"05:22.040 ","End":"05:23.660","Text":"That\u0027s just your basic algebra,"},{"Start":"05:23.660 ","End":"05:25.555","Text":"we\u0027ll move this over to that side,"},{"Start":"05:25.555 ","End":"05:27.015","Text":"this over to that side."},{"Start":"05:27.015 ","End":"05:34.740","Text":"I\u0027ve got 0.6x equals 120 minus 12."},{"Start":"05:34.740 ","End":"05:39.070","Text":"Well this we can see already is 108."},{"Start":"05:39.170 ","End":"05:41.600","Text":"X is going to equal,"},{"Start":"05:41.600 ","End":"05:48.340","Text":"if we divide both sides by 0.6, 108 over 0.6."},{"Start":"05:48.340 ","End":"05:52.725","Text":"I don\u0027t think we need a calculator, well, you could."},{"Start":"05:52.725 ","End":"05:56.490","Text":"Anyway, it comes out to 180."},{"Start":"05:56.490 ","End":"05:59.280","Text":"That\u0027s the x, but that\u0027s not what we\u0027re asked for,"},{"Start":"05:59.280 ","End":"06:01.540","Text":"we\u0027re asked for the revenue."},{"Start":"06:01.540 ","End":"06:05.360","Text":"What we do is we plug in this 180,"},{"Start":"06:05.360 ","End":"06:06.740","Text":"which is now the quantity,"},{"Start":"06:06.740 ","End":"06:11.575","Text":"the number of units into the revenue function here,"},{"Start":"06:11.575 ","End":"06:13.770","Text":"let\u0027s plug it right into here."},{"Start":"06:13.770 ","End":"06:16.380","Text":"Then we get that R of x,"},{"Start":"06:16.380 ","End":"06:19.455","Text":"in our case, R of 180,"},{"Start":"06:19.455 ","End":"06:24.180","Text":"will equal minus 0.6 times"},{"Start":"06:24.180 ","End":"06:32.260","Text":"180 squared plus 120 times 180."},{"Start":"06:32.320 ","End":"06:36.020","Text":"I\u0027ll spare you the details of the computation."},{"Start":"06:36.020 ","End":"06:39.755","Text":"That comes out to be 2160,"},{"Start":"06:39.755 ","End":"06:41.905","Text":"and that\u0027s also in dollars."},{"Start":"06:41.905 ","End":"06:47.990","Text":"It\u0027s just a coincidence that when we produce 20 units or a 180 units,"},{"Start":"06:47.990 ","End":"06:52.170","Text":"it comes out the same, just fluke."},{"Start":"06:52.170 ","End":"06:55.100","Text":"We\u0027ve answered a, we\u0027ve answered"},{"Start":"06:55.100 ","End":"06:59.650","Text":"the b both parts and we\u0027ve answered c, and so we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8531},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 3","Duration":"11m 7s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8397,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:07.035","Text":"In this exercise, we\u0027re given the total revenue function of a certain product."},{"Start":"00:07.035 ","End":"00:14.700","Text":"We call it R, but sometimes it\u0027s called TR for total revenue."},{"Start":"00:14.700 ","End":"00:18.105","Text":"Also remember that x is really Q,"},{"Start":"00:18.105 ","End":"00:21.735","Text":"the quantity and this is the formula."},{"Start":"00:21.735 ","End":"00:24.390","Text":"Notice that it\u0027s quadratic,"},{"Start":"00:24.390 ","End":"00:26.475","Text":"I\u0027ll say more in a moment."},{"Start":"00:26.475 ","End":"00:28.080","Text":"The first part is,"},{"Start":"00:28.080 ","End":"00:31.900","Text":"what is the domain of the revenue function?"},{"Start":"00:32.210 ","End":"00:34.800","Text":"If you just look at it mathematically,"},{"Start":"00:34.800 ","End":"00:36.239","Text":"x could be anything."},{"Start":"00:36.239 ","End":"00:39.120","Text":"But since it\u0027s a real life problem, x,"},{"Start":"00:39.120 ","End":"00:43.785","Text":"which is the quantity produced, can\u0027t be negative."},{"Start":"00:43.785 ","End":"00:49.105","Text":"The domain is x bigger or equal to 0."},{"Start":"00:49.105 ","End":"00:55.935","Text":"Now on to part b. I mentioned the word quadratic and if we think of R,"},{"Start":"00:55.935 ","End":"01:00.065","Text":"the revenue as like y in mathematics, if we think of x and y,"},{"Start":"01:00.065 ","End":"01:10.115","Text":"then y is of the form ax squared plus bx plus c. That\u0027s a quadratic and in fact,"},{"Start":"01:10.115 ","End":"01:17.630","Text":"we can say that a is minus 0.08, b is 40."},{"Start":"01:17.630 ","End":"01:19.460","Text":"There is no constant term,"},{"Start":"01:19.460 ","End":"01:22.410","Text":"which means that it\u0027s there but it\u0027s 0."},{"Start":"01:22.490 ","End":"01:25.790","Text":"I\u0027ll give you a reminder of the properties,"},{"Start":"01:25.790 ","End":"01:27.545","Text":"some of them, of the parabola."},{"Start":"01:27.545 ","End":"01:29.375","Text":"There\u0027s 2 kinds of parabola."},{"Start":"01:29.375 ","End":"01:36.530","Text":"There\u0027s ones that face up or open up and there\u0027s 1 that face down."},{"Start":"01:36.530 ","End":"01:38.855","Text":"Some people say open down."},{"Start":"01:38.855 ","End":"01:48.005","Text":"It\u0027s upward facing when a is bigger than 0 and downward facing when a is less than 0."},{"Start":"01:48.005 ","End":"01:56.570","Text":"The other thing I wanted to say about parabolas is they have a vertex here or here."},{"Start":"01:56.570 ","End":"01:58.265","Text":"Actually in our case,"},{"Start":"01:58.265 ","End":"02:01.820","Text":"we are going to be a is negative."},{"Start":"02:01.820 ","End":"02:04.430","Text":"We\u0027re actually going to be in this case."},{"Start":"02:04.430 ","End":"02:09.100","Text":"Maybe I\u0027ll just highlight it to say this is what we have in our case."},{"Start":"02:09.100 ","End":"02:12.230","Text":"I also want to label this vertex,"},{"Start":"02:12.230 ","End":"02:15.140","Text":"just give names to the x and the y coordinates."},{"Start":"02:15.140 ","End":"02:17.540","Text":"I\u0027ll call it x sub v,"},{"Start":"02:17.540 ","End":"02:18.935","Text":"x of the vertex,"},{"Start":"02:18.935 ","End":"02:21.155","Text":"and y of the vertex."},{"Start":"02:21.155 ","End":"02:24.450","Text":"There\u0027s a formula for x of the vertex."},{"Start":"02:24.450 ","End":"02:26.550","Text":"I\u0027ll give you in a moment."},{"Start":"02:26.550 ","End":"02:31.730","Text":"Back here, there\u0027s 3 things I usually want to know about a parabola before sketching it."},{"Start":"02:31.730 ","End":"02:35.240","Text":"The first is whether it\u0027s facing upwards or downwards,"},{"Start":"02:35.240 ","End":"02:40.910","Text":"and I can say that this parabola faces downwards."},{"Start":"02:40.910 ","End":"02:44.630","Text":"The other thing is the vertex."},{"Start":"02:44.630 ","End":"02:50.065","Text":"I want to know what the coordinates are so I used the formula,"},{"Start":"02:50.065 ","End":"02:52.040","Text":"maybe I\u0027ll write it over here."},{"Start":"02:52.040 ","End":"02:59.160","Text":"In general, the x of the vertex is equal to minus b over 2a,"},{"Start":"02:59.160 ","End":"03:01.880","Text":"where b and a we have,"},{"Start":"03:01.880 ","End":"03:05.540","Text":"and we get the y by substituting in the equation."},{"Start":"03:05.540 ","End":"03:10.684","Text":"So x_v, from this formula,"},{"Start":"03:10.684 ","End":"03:16.490","Text":"minus b is minus 40 over 2a,"},{"Start":"03:16.490 ","End":"03:21.310","Text":"which is minus 0.08."},{"Start":"03:21.310 ","End":"03:23.930","Text":"I\u0027ll do the computation for you."},{"Start":"03:23.930 ","End":"03:29.150","Text":"It comes out to 250 positive because there\u0027s a minus over a minus."},{"Start":"03:29.150 ","End":"03:32.705","Text":"Then y of the vertex,"},{"Start":"03:32.705 ","End":"03:38.445","Text":"we get by substituting 250 in our formula."},{"Start":"03:38.445 ","End":"03:44.105","Text":"This will be minus 0.08 times"},{"Start":"03:44.105 ","End":"03:51.860","Text":"250 squared plus 40 times 250."},{"Start":"03:51.860 ","End":"03:54.755","Text":"Again, I\u0027ll do the computation for you."},{"Start":"03:54.755 ","End":"03:58.745","Text":"It comes out to be 5,000,"},{"Start":"03:58.745 ","End":"04:04.250","Text":"so now we know that the vertex is at"},{"Start":"04:04.250 ","End":"04:10.665","Text":"the point 250, 5,000."},{"Start":"04:10.665 ","End":"04:13.865","Text":"I want to know the intersection with the axes."},{"Start":"04:13.865 ","End":"04:21.260","Text":"Let\u0027s see, the intersection with the x-axis is what we get when we set y equals 0,"},{"Start":"04:21.260 ","End":"04:29.050","Text":"we get that minus 0.08x squared plus 40x,"},{"Start":"04:29.050 ","End":"04:30.965","Text":"just copied it from here,"},{"Start":"04:30.965 ","End":"04:33.545","Text":"is equal to 0."},{"Start":"04:33.545 ","End":"04:37.010","Text":"We can factor this because x is in both of them."},{"Start":"04:37.010 ","End":"04:38.180","Text":"There\u0027s no constant term,"},{"Start":"04:38.180 ","End":"04:46.890","Text":"so it\u0027s x times minus 0.08x plus 40 is equal to 0."},{"Start":"04:46.890 ","End":"04:49.320","Text":"Just took x out of the brackets."},{"Start":"04:49.320 ","End":"04:52.080","Text":"Then we\u0027ll get 2 solutions."},{"Start":"04:52.080 ","End":"04:59.000","Text":"1 of them will be when x equals 0 and the other will"},{"Start":"04:59.000 ","End":"05:07.265","Text":"be when minus 0.08x plus 40 equals 0."},{"Start":"05:07.265 ","End":"05:08.960","Text":"Because of course, when a product is 0,"},{"Start":"05:08.960 ","End":"05:11.075","Text":"1 or the other must be 0."},{"Start":"05:11.075 ","End":"05:14.855","Text":"When x is 0 is already a value of x."},{"Start":"05:14.855 ","End":"05:18.305","Text":"But here we have to solve a simple linear equation."},{"Start":"05:18.305 ","End":"05:20.285","Text":"What x is equal to,"},{"Start":"05:20.285 ","End":"05:23.780","Text":"I\u0027ll take the 40 to the other side,"},{"Start":"05:23.780 ","End":"05:33.560","Text":"that\u0027ll be minus 40 and divide by the coefficient of x minus 0.08, the minuses cancel."},{"Start":"05:33.560 ","End":"05:39.265","Text":"This just comes out to be 500."},{"Start":"05:39.265 ","End":"05:44.975","Text":"Notice that there\u0027s no need to find the y-intercept,"},{"Start":"05:44.975 ","End":"05:48.200","Text":"meaning we\u0027ve already found it because x equals 0,"},{"Start":"05:48.200 ","End":"05:49.520","Text":"then y is 0."},{"Start":"05:49.520 ","End":"05:58.975","Text":"The 2 intercepts are 0,0 and 500,0."},{"Start":"05:58.975 ","End":"06:02.465","Text":"We\u0027ve got all the information we need for a sketch."},{"Start":"06:02.465 ","End":"06:09.750","Text":"The parabola faces down and its vertex is this point."},{"Start":"06:09.750 ","End":"06:15.580","Text":"These are the intersections with the axes."},{"Start":"06:16.700 ","End":"06:19.235","Text":"We\u0027ll do the sketch."},{"Start":"06:19.235 ","End":"06:22.070","Text":"The horizontal will be x,"},{"Start":"06:22.070 ","End":"06:23.495","Text":"which is the quantity,"},{"Start":"06:23.495 ","End":"06:28.390","Text":"the vertical, just call it y or I could call it R, the revenue."},{"Start":"06:28.390 ","End":"06:35.900","Text":"The intersection with the axes is 0,0 and then I need 500,0."},{"Start":"06:35.900 ","End":"06:38.870","Text":"Let\u0027s just say that this is here,"},{"Start":"06:38.870 ","End":"06:42.470","Text":"500 and this is 0."},{"Start":"06:42.470 ","End":"06:46.580","Text":"The vertex is 250,"},{"Start":"06:46.580 ","End":"06:51.170","Text":"exactly halfway between the 0 and the 500."},{"Start":"06:51.170 ","End":"06:59.255","Text":"Let\u0027s just say this is 5,000 for y or R. We want this point somewhere here."},{"Start":"06:59.255 ","End":"07:02.990","Text":"You get the general idea of the shape. It\u0027s not perfect."},{"Start":"07:02.990 ","End":"07:07.310","Text":"That\u0027s part b. I\u0027ll just clear some space."},{"Start":"07:07.310 ","End":"07:11.810","Text":"I\u0027ll continue over here with part c. We want"},{"Start":"07:11.810 ","End":"07:17.540","Text":"the demand function and we can get it from the revenue function."},{"Start":"07:17.540 ","End":"07:22.250","Text":"Because the formula is that the revenue function,"},{"Start":"07:22.250 ","End":"07:25.370","Text":"let\u0027s say R is in terms of x,"},{"Start":"07:25.370 ","End":"07:31.425","Text":"is equal to x times P of x."},{"Start":"07:31.425 ","End":"07:34.485","Text":"We\u0027re given R of x,"},{"Start":"07:34.485 ","End":"07:37.080","Text":"is it still here?"},{"Start":"07:37.080 ","End":"07:39.285","Text":"I can copy it from here."},{"Start":"07:39.285 ","End":"07:45.570","Text":"I have the minus 0.08x squared plus"},{"Start":"07:45.570 ","End":"07:51.650","Text":"40x is x times the demand function,"},{"Start":"07:51.650 ","End":"07:53.330","Text":"which is P of x."},{"Start":"07:53.330 ","End":"07:56.555","Text":"That gives the price in terms of the quantity."},{"Start":"07:56.555 ","End":"07:59.915","Text":"All you have to do is divide both sides by x,"},{"Start":"07:59.915 ","End":"08:02.000","Text":"x comes out of the brackets."},{"Start":"08:02.000 ","End":"08:12.140","Text":"We get 0.08x plus"},{"Start":"08:12.140 ","End":"08:18.775","Text":"40 is equal to P of x."},{"Start":"08:18.775 ","End":"08:23.490","Text":"Should have written that backwards."},{"Start":"08:23.490 ","End":"08:27.140","Text":"This is the answer for the first part of c,"},{"Start":"08:27.140 ","End":"08:30.030","Text":"that\u0027s the demand function."},{"Start":"08:30.290 ","End":"08:37.255","Text":"Might as well say that it\u0027s domain also is x bigger or equal to 0."},{"Start":"08:37.255 ","End":"08:39.700","Text":"X is still the quantity."},{"Start":"08:39.700 ","End":"08:42.960","Text":"For the sketch, we see it\u0027s linear,"},{"Start":"08:42.960 ","End":"08:44.990","Text":"so we really only need 2 points."},{"Start":"08:44.990 ","End":"08:47.450","Text":"Let me just get some axes in."},{"Start":"08:47.450 ","End":"08:49.610","Text":"I borrowed the earlier sketches,"},{"Start":"08:49.610 ","End":"08:52.060","Text":"just fix it up a bit."},{"Start":"08:52.060 ","End":"08:54.560","Text":"We can make a little table."},{"Start":"08:54.560 ","End":"08:56.390","Text":"We only need 2 values."},{"Start":"08:56.390 ","End":"08:59.495","Text":"Sometimes I do a third if they\u0027re too close."},{"Start":"08:59.495 ","End":"09:04.530","Text":"We want x, this is now P. We need x"},{"Start":"09:04.530 ","End":"09:09.560","Text":"and P. The easiest point to compute always is when x is naught,"},{"Start":"09:09.560 ","End":"09:12.905","Text":"you don\u0027t produce anything."},{"Start":"09:12.905 ","End":"09:14.990","Text":"Put x equals naught here,"},{"Start":"09:14.990 ","End":"09:18.275","Text":"this bit is naught and we just get 40."},{"Start":"09:18.275 ","End":"09:22.560","Text":"X is naught, P is 40."},{"Start":"09:22.560 ","End":"09:28.040","Text":"Why don\u0027t I go for the 500?"},{"Start":"09:28.040 ","End":"09:31.940","Text":"Because I noticed earlier that the revenue was 0 there."},{"Start":"09:31.940 ","End":"09:36.120","Text":"Let\u0027s try x is 500,"},{"Start":"09:36.120 ","End":"09:38.560","Text":"and then I plug it in."},{"Start":"09:38.560 ","End":"09:48.995","Text":"Minus 0.08 times 500 just happens to be minus 40 plus 40, it\u0027s 0."},{"Start":"09:48.995 ","End":"09:51.620","Text":"Why is this not a surprise to me?"},{"Start":"09:51.620 ","End":"09:58.220","Text":"Because earlier we had the parabola and the revenue is 0 here."},{"Start":"09:58.220 ","End":"10:03.245","Text":"The quantity was 500, but the revenue is 0,"},{"Start":"10:03.245 ","End":"10:06.940","Text":"which means that the price was 0."},{"Start":"10:06.940 ","End":"10:08.984","Text":"That makes sense."},{"Start":"10:08.984 ","End":"10:12.900","Text":"Zero, 40, 40 is the largest value."},{"Start":"10:12.900 ","End":"10:16.095","Text":"Let\u0027s say here we have 40,"},{"Start":"10:16.095 ","End":"10:20.415","Text":"the point 0,40 is then here."},{"Start":"10:20.415 ","End":"10:25.155","Text":"The point 500,0 is here."},{"Start":"10:25.155 ","End":"10:28.160","Text":"You know what? Let\u0027s just throw in another 1."},{"Start":"10:28.160 ","End":"10:31.250","Text":"Let\u0027s say we took a quantity of 200,"},{"Start":"10:31.250 ","End":"10:37.850","Text":"200 times point 0,8 would be 16,"},{"Start":"10:37.850 ","End":"10:40.220","Text":"I think but with a minus."},{"Start":"10:40.220 ","End":"10:46.750","Text":"Minus 16 plus 40 would be 24."},{"Start":"10:46.750 ","End":"10:52.110","Text":"Here we have 200 and roughly,"},{"Start":"10:52.110 ","End":"11:00.270","Text":"let\u0027s say 24 means more than halfway somewhere around here."},{"Start":"11:00.270 ","End":"11:04.150","Text":"Hopefully, these are a straight line."},{"Start":"11:05.030 ","End":"11:08.560","Text":"Done with this exercise."}],"ID":8532},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 4","Duration":"6m 46s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8398,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.980","Text":"In this exercise, we\u0027re given the demand function of a certain product."},{"Start":"00:04.980 ","End":"00:08.955","Text":"P stands for price and x is the quantity."},{"Start":"00:08.955 ","End":"00:13.515","Text":"For each quantity we have the price as this formula."},{"Start":"00:13.515 ","End":"00:16.725","Text":"Let\u0027s take each of these 4 parts separately."},{"Start":"00:16.725 ","End":"00:22.335","Text":"Part a, we\u0027re just asked to find the domain of the function."},{"Start":"00:22.335 ","End":"00:26.520","Text":"Mathematically, there\u0027s no reason you can\u0027t substitute any value of x,"},{"Start":"00:26.520 ","End":"00:32.460","Text":"but it\u0027s a real life question and x being the quantity can\u0027t be negative."},{"Start":"00:32.460 ","End":"00:38.355","Text":"We just write x is not negative means x bigger or equal to 0."},{"Start":"00:38.355 ","End":"00:46.920","Text":"Now part b, the total revenue function and the average revenue function is,"},{"Start":"00:46.920 ","End":"00:49.275","Text":"first we\u0027ll do the total revenue function."},{"Start":"00:49.275 ","End":"00:51.000","Text":"I\u0027ll call it TR of x,"},{"Start":"00:51.000 ","End":"00:54.410","Text":"it\u0027s sometimes abbreviated to just R of x."},{"Start":"00:54.410 ","End":"01:05.450","Text":"What it is, is the number of units sold times the price of each unit."},{"Start":"01:05.450 ","End":"01:09.800","Text":"But we have P of x. P of x is just we have to copy it from there,"},{"Start":"01:09.800 ","End":"01:14.185","Text":"it\u0027s minus 0.4 x plus 100."},{"Start":"01:14.185 ","End":"01:21.910","Text":"We multiply that, we get minus 0.4x squared plus 100x."},{"Start":"01:22.930 ","End":"01:25.760","Text":"That\u0027s the total revenue."},{"Start":"01:25.760 ","End":"01:31.740","Text":"Now, the average revenue"},{"Start":"01:34.540 ","End":"01:42.560","Text":"of x is equal to the total revenue,"},{"Start":"01:42.560 ","End":"01:44.750","Text":"but the average means per unit."},{"Start":"01:44.750 ","End":"01:48.120","Text":"So we divide by the number of units."},{"Start":"01:52.460 ","End":"01:55.725","Text":"TR of x, total revenue,"},{"Start":"01:55.725 ","End":"02:00.015","Text":"minus 0.4x squared plus 100x,"},{"Start":"02:00.015 ","End":"02:04.860","Text":"and then divide that by x."},{"Start":"02:04.860 ","End":"02:10.880","Text":"What we would get, since each of these divides by x,"},{"Start":"02:10.880 ","End":"02:16.370","Text":"we\u0027ll divide everything by x and we get minus 0.4,"},{"Start":"02:16.370 ","End":"02:21.170","Text":"just x plus 100."},{"Start":"02:21.170 ","End":"02:26.330","Text":"Now of course, all this works when x is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"02:26.330 ","End":"02:28.220","Text":"I mean the whole average concept."},{"Start":"02:28.220 ","End":"02:30.320","Text":"You can\u0027t take the average of 0 items,"},{"Start":"02:30.320 ","End":"02:34.025","Text":"so it\u0027s not enough for x to be bigger or equal to,"},{"Start":"02:34.025 ","End":"02:36.475","Text":"has to be strictly positive."},{"Start":"02:36.475 ","End":"02:39.530","Text":"Part c, that\u0027s something else."},{"Start":"02:39.530 ","End":"02:43.075","Text":"That\u0027s the marginal revenue function."},{"Start":"02:43.075 ","End":"02:45.050","Text":"When anything is marginal,"},{"Start":"02:45.050 ","End":"02:46.955","Text":"we take its derivative."},{"Start":"02:46.955 ","End":"02:48.770","Text":"Take a derivative of the revenue."},{"Start":"02:48.770 ","End":"02:50.780","Text":"Well, here I called it TR."},{"Start":"02:50.780 ","End":"02:57.400","Text":"It\u0027s just the derivative of TR of x."},{"Start":"03:03.800 ","End":"03:08.520","Text":"From here, I just take the derivative,"},{"Start":"03:08.520 ","End":"03:13.665","Text":"2 times minus 0.4 is minus 0.8,"},{"Start":"03:13.665 ","End":"03:15.840","Text":"and we lower the power by 1,"},{"Start":"03:15.840 ","End":"03:20.135","Text":"100x becomes just 100,"},{"Start":"03:20.135 ","End":"03:23.870","Text":"so this is the marginal."},{"Start":"03:23.870 ","End":"03:26.570","Text":"Now in part d,"},{"Start":"03:26.570 ","End":"03:30.200","Text":"we have to find the maximal total revenue."},{"Start":"03:30.200 ","End":"03:38.080","Text":"We need to ask which x maximizes,"},{"Start":"03:38.080 ","End":"03:42.240","Text":"and we\u0027re just going to copy the function here,"},{"Start":"03:42.240 ","End":"03:49.930","Text":"maximizes minus 0.4x squared plus 100x."},{"Start":"03:49.940 ","End":"03:52.980","Text":"That\u0027s another way of putting it."},{"Start":"03:52.980 ","End":"03:57.050","Text":"Now we\u0027re going to use our knowledge of parabolas and quadratics."},{"Start":"03:57.050 ","End":"04:02.415","Text":"After all, this is of the general form ax squared"},{"Start":"04:02.415 ","End":"04:08.220","Text":"plus bx plus c. Our marginal revenue,"},{"Start":"04:08.220 ","End":"04:10.605","Text":"well, we\u0027ll just call that y."},{"Start":"04:10.605 ","End":"04:14.615","Text":"Simplicity in maths, we like x and y."},{"Start":"04:14.615 ","End":"04:20.960","Text":"This is the quadratic and we\u0027re going to use the property of quadratic curves,"},{"Start":"04:20.960 ","End":"04:24.560","Text":"which are parabolas instead of using calculus to"},{"Start":"04:24.560 ","End":"04:29.180","Text":"differentiate and set the derivative to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"04:29.180 ","End":"04:32.555","Text":"If a is negative,"},{"Start":"04:32.555 ","End":"04:38.340","Text":"then it faces down, which is what we have."},{"Start":"04:38.340 ","End":"04:40.505","Text":"In the other way, if a was positive,"},{"Start":"04:40.505 ","End":"04:42.230","Text":"it would face up,"},{"Start":"04:42.230 ","End":"04:45.605","Text":"or we say it opens upwards, opens downwards."},{"Start":"04:45.605 ","End":"04:51.410","Text":"This is a, this is b, and c is 0."},{"Start":"04:51.410 ","End":"04:55.855","Text":"The maximum would occur at the vertex,"},{"Start":"04:55.855 ","End":"04:57.070","Text":"and if it\u0027s the other way around,"},{"Start":"04:57.070 ","End":"04:59.365","Text":"then this is the vertex."},{"Start":"04:59.365 ","End":"05:03.810","Text":"There\u0027s a formula, the x of the vertex,"},{"Start":"05:03.810 ","End":"05:10.335","Text":"I\u0027ll call it x_v, is given by minus b over 2a, in general."},{"Start":"05:10.335 ","End":"05:15.645","Text":"In our case, minus b will be minus"},{"Start":"05:15.645 ","End":"05:22.965","Text":"100 over twice a is minus 0.4."},{"Start":"05:22.965 ","End":"05:30.780","Text":"This is going to equal minus 100 over minus 0.8."},{"Start":"05:30.780 ","End":"05:33.605","Text":"Of course, the minuses cancel,"},{"Start":"05:33.605 ","End":"05:39.115","Text":"and this gives us 125."},{"Start":"05:39.115 ","End":"05:41.450","Text":"This will be the x that will give"},{"Start":"05:41.450 ","End":"05:46.400","Text":"the maximal total revenue because where we have an upside down parabola,"},{"Start":"05:46.400 ","End":"05:49.085","Text":"there is a maximum, otherwise there\u0027d be a minimum."},{"Start":"05:49.085 ","End":"05:55.310","Text":"The last thing we have to find out is what is the maximal total revenue."},{"Start":"05:55.310 ","End":"06:03.140","Text":"What we have to do is substitute this x in the revenue function, this 1 here."},{"Start":"06:03.140 ","End":"06:11.655","Text":"What we need is TR of 125 and see what that equals."},{"Start":"06:11.655 ","End":"06:13.965","Text":"I\u0027ll do it over here."},{"Start":"06:13.965 ","End":"06:15.920","Text":"It\u0027s just a computation,"},{"Start":"06:15.920 ","End":"06:21.095","Text":"minus 0.4 times 125 squared"},{"Start":"06:21.095 ","End":"06:27.330","Text":"plus 100 times 125."},{"Start":"06:27.330 ","End":"06:29.865","Text":"This is equal to,"},{"Start":"06:29.865 ","End":"06:33.120","Text":"I make it 625,"},{"Start":"06:33.120 ","End":"06:35.335","Text":"and that would be dollars."},{"Start":"06:35.335 ","End":"06:37.820","Text":"Whoops, I missed a 0."},{"Start":"06:37.820 ","End":"06:41.580","Text":"It\u0027s actually $6,250."},{"Start":"06:42.650 ","End":"06:47.410","Text":"That\u0027s the answer to d, and we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8533},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 5","Duration":"9m 40s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8399,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:05.580","Text":"In this exercise, we\u0027re given here the demand function of a product,"},{"Start":"00:05.580 ","End":"00:08.850","Text":"x is the quantity,"},{"Start":"00:08.850 ","End":"00:11.700","Text":"the number of units of the product produced,"},{"Start":"00:11.700 ","End":"00:13.740","Text":"sometimes we use letter q,"},{"Start":"00:13.740 ","End":"00:17.835","Text":"here we use x. 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","End":"06:07.770","Text":"This is a minus, this is a little to the minus so it\u0027s a plus,"},{"Start":"06:07.770 ","End":"06:13.170","Text":"and all of this over 2a which is 6."},{"Start":"06:13.170 ","End":"06:17.655","Text":"Now, under the square root sign we have 6400,"},{"Start":"06:17.655 ","End":"06:21.060","Text":"and this thing comes out to be 3600, because look,"},{"Start":"06:21.060 ","End":"06:23.955","Text":"4 times 3 times 3 is 4 times 9 is 36,"},{"Start":"06:23.955 ","End":"06:25.980","Text":"and the 2 0s,"},{"Start":"06:25.980 ","End":"06:32.505","Text":"and this plus this is 10,000 and the square root of 10,000 is 100."},{"Start":"06:32.505 ","End":"06:40.935","Text":"So what we get is 80 plus or minus 100 over 6."},{"Start":"06:40.935 ","End":"06:44.865","Text":"Now we take the plus and 1s to the minus."},{"Start":"06:44.865 ","End":"06:47.115","Text":"If we take the plus,"},{"Start":"06:47.115 ","End":"06:53.910","Text":"then we have 180 over 6,"},{"Start":"06:53.910 ","End":"06:55.860","Text":"if we take the minus,"},{"Start":"06:55.860 ","End":"07:01.690","Text":"we\u0027ll get minus 20 over 6,"},{"Start":"07:01.700 ","End":"07:04.800","Text":"but x is a quantity,"},{"Start":"07:04.800 ","End":"07:08.550","Text":"the number of units produced has to be non-negative,"},{"Start":"07:08.550 ","End":"07:10.230","Text":"so we can\u0027t have this,"},{"Start":"07:10.230 ","End":"07:12.795","Text":"so we\u0027re left with just this,"},{"Start":"07:12.795 ","End":"07:19.710","Text":"180 over 6 is 30 so I can say, x equals 30."},{"Start":"07:19.710 ","End":"07:25.290","Text":"Now we don\u0027t know if x equal 30 is a maximum point,"},{"Start":"07:25.290 ","End":"07:26.790","Text":"we want the maximal,"},{"Start":"07:26.790 ","End":"07:29.580","Text":"it could be the minimum or it could be something else,"},{"Start":"07:29.580 ","End":"07:32.955","Text":"what we\u0027re going to do is use the second derivative test."},{"Start":"07:32.955 ","End":"07:35.715","Text":"I hope you remember your calculus,"},{"Start":"07:35.715 ","End":"07:38.295","Text":"that with the second derivative test,"},{"Start":"07:38.295 ","End":"07:41.550","Text":"what I will do is, I\u0027ll take y-double prime,"},{"Start":"07:41.550 ","End":"07:42.945","Text":"I\u0027ll move back over here."},{"Start":"07:42.945 ","End":"07:46.110","Text":"Y-double prime is equal to,"},{"Start":"07:46.110 ","End":"07:48.615","Text":"it\u0027s the derivative of the derivative so that would be"},{"Start":"07:48.615 ","End":"07:51.690","Text":"minus 36x"},{"Start":"07:51.690 ","End":"07:59.010","Text":"plus 4800."},{"Start":"07:59.010 ","End":"08:02.160","Text":"What I have to do is now plug in,"},{"Start":"08:02.160 ","End":"08:08.235","Text":"I have to figure out what is y-double prime when x is 30,"},{"Start":"08:08.235 ","End":"08:09.975","Text":"I mean this is a function of x,"},{"Start":"08:09.975 ","End":"08:17.025","Text":"this is equal to minus 36 times 30,"},{"Start":"08:17.025 ","End":"08:22.080","Text":"plus 4800, which is,"},{"Start":"08:22.080 ","End":"08:28.830","Text":"well you can see it\u0027s going to be negative but this anyway is minus 1080 plus 4800,"},{"Start":"08:28.830 ","End":"08:32.040","Text":"it doesn\u0027t matter the actual answer, it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"08:32.040 ","End":"08:33.630","Text":"That\u0027s the main thing we want to know."},{"Start":"08:33.630 ","End":"08:40.960","Text":"If it\u0027s negative, then it means that it is a maximum."},{"Start":"08:41.360 ","End":"08:46.680","Text":"Bigger than 0 is minimum and less than 0 is maximum."},{"Start":"08:46.680 ","End":"08:49.890","Text":"We know that we have the maximum at x equals 30,"},{"Start":"08:49.890 ","End":"08:54.170","Text":"but we want to know what is the maximal value,"},{"Start":"08:54.170 ","End":"08:59.180","Text":"so there is 1 more thing we have to do is substitute this in the revenue function,"},{"Start":"08:59.180 ","End":"09:04.820","Text":"R of 30 equals minus"},{"Start":"09:04.820 ","End":"09:09.650","Text":"6 times 30 cubed plus"},{"Start":"09:09.650 ","End":"09:15.885","Text":"240 times 30 squared,"},{"Start":"09:15.885 ","End":"09:21.720","Text":"plus 1800 times 30,"},{"Start":"09:21.720 ","End":"09:25.170","Text":"and I\u0027ll save you the tedious work,"},{"Start":"09:25.170 ","End":"09:33.655","Text":"it comes out to be 108,000 and remember we\u0027re working in dollars,"},{"Start":"09:33.655 ","End":"09:38.475","Text":"and that\u0027s the answer to the second 1/2 of part c,"},{"Start":"09:38.475 ","End":"09:41.020","Text":"and we are done."}],"ID":8534},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 6","Duration":"9m 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","End":"00:29.085","Text":"but it can be the other way around too."},{"Start":"00:29.085 ","End":"00:33.120","Text":"There\u0027s 3 parts let\u0027s do each 1 at a time."},{"Start":"00:33.120 ","End":"00:39.060","Text":"In part A, we have to find which unit price gives the maximal total revenue."},{"Start":"00:39.060 ","End":"00:42.295","Text":"Let\u0027s first, remember what is total revenue?"},{"Start":"00:42.295 ","End":"00:45.805","Text":"We write it as R or TR."},{"Start":"00:45.805 ","End":"00:48.544","Text":"I\u0027ll choose TR, total revenue."},{"Start":"00:48.544 ","End":"00:52.160","Text":"It\u0027s the number of items that are sold,"},{"Start":"00:52.160 ","End":"00:57.840","Text":"which is q times the price per item."},{"Start":"00:57.840 ","End":"01:00.390","Text":"I better write it as Q of x, like this."},{"Start":"01:00.390 ","End":"01:04.280","Text":"The price here is x and if we expand this,"},{"Start":"01:04.280 ","End":"01:06.470","Text":"we get, well, I\u0027ll write it again."},{"Start":"01:06.470 ","End":"01:14.070","Text":"It\u0027s x times 10x minus x squared over 5 and"},{"Start":"01:14.070 ","End":"01:22.440","Text":"that is equal to 10x squared minus x cubed over 5,"},{"Start":"01:22.440 ","End":"01:25.530","Text":"and this is a function of x, of course."},{"Start":"01:25.530 ","End":"01:26.960","Text":"We want to find which x,"},{"Start":"01:26.960 ","End":"01:29.780","Text":"which price gives the maximum total revenue."},{"Start":"01:29.780 ","End":"01:33.600","Text":"This is a cubic equation,"},{"Start":"01:33.600 ","End":"01:36.365","Text":"there\u0027s a power of 3 here so we can\u0027t use"},{"Start":"01:36.365 ","End":"01:40.445","Text":"the knowledge of parabolas to help us as we did previously,"},{"Start":"01:40.445 ","End":"01:43.040","Text":"we\u0027re going to have to use differentiation."},{"Start":"01:43.040 ","End":"01:46.850","Text":"What we do is we first of all differentiate"},{"Start":"01:46.850 ","End":"01:51.810","Text":"the total revenue function and let\u0027s see what that gives us,"},{"Start":"01:51.810 ","End":"02:01.700","Text":"20x minus 3/5 x squared and when we\u0027re looking for a maximum,"},{"Start":"02:01.700 ","End":"02:05.870","Text":"we\u0027re looking for a critical point it\u0027s where the derivative is 0."},{"Start":"02:05.870 ","End":"02:08.975","Text":"This is going to be a suspect for a maximum."},{"Start":"02:08.975 ","End":"02:19.175","Text":"We set 20x minus 3/5 x squared equals 0 and x is not going to be 0,"},{"Start":"02:19.175 ","End":"02:21.590","Text":"because if x was 0,"},{"Start":"02:21.590 ","End":"02:24.875","Text":"then the revenue would be 0."},{"Start":"02:24.875 ","End":"02:35.650","Text":"We can divide by x and say 20 minus 3/5 x equals 0."},{"Start":"02:35.740 ","End":"02:40.975","Text":"Then bring x to the other side and divide by 3/5."},{"Start":"02:40.975 ","End":"02:47.705","Text":"We get x is 20 divided by 3/5 is like times 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minus,"},{"Start":"03:38.255 ","End":"03:44.895","Text":"let\u0027s see 6/5, 33 and a 1/3 is a 100 over 3,"},{"Start":"03:44.895 ","End":"03:52.560","Text":"3 goes into 6 twice,"},{"Start":"03:52.560 ","End":"03:56.970","Text":"and 5 goes into 100, 20 times."},{"Start":"03:56.970 ","End":"04:01.490","Text":"We\u0027ve got 20 minus 40."},{"Start":"04:01.490 ","End":"04:04.629","Text":"It\u0027s minus 20, but that doesn\u0027t matter."},{"Start":"04:04.629 ","End":"04:08.240","Text":"All we care about is that it\u0027s negative."},{"Start":"04:08.450 ","End":"04:12.140","Text":"When the second derivative is negative,"},{"Start":"04:12.140 ","End":"04:18.150","Text":"then it means that we have a maximum."},{"Start":"04:18.150 ","End":"04:20.385","Text":"That was part A."},{"Start":"04:20.385 ","End":"04:21.685","Text":"Now on to part B,"},{"Start":"04:21.685 ","End":"04:30.090","Text":"we want to know what is the demand that is Q quantity in this case."},{"Start":"04:30.200 ","End":"04:39.170","Text":"What we need to do is to just substitute this value of x in the demand function."},{"Start":"04:39.170 ","End":"04:46.040","Text":"What we need is Q of 33 and a 1/3."},{"Start":"04:46.040 ","End":"04:54.515","Text":"This is equal to just by substituting 10 times 33 and a 1/3."},{"Start":"04:54.515 ","End":"05:05.570","Text":"Then minus x squared over 5 so 33 and a 1/3 squared over 5."},{"Start":"05:05.570 ","End":"05:07.699","Text":"I\u0027ll do this as a side exercise,"},{"Start":"05:07.699 ","End":"05:09.860","Text":"maybe over here somewhere."},{"Start":"05:09.860 ","End":"05:15.425","Text":"What we can do is take 33 and a 1/3 outside the brackets,"},{"Start":"05:15.425 ","End":"05:20.750","Text":"and then we\u0027re left with 10 minus 33 and a 1/3,"},{"Start":"05:20.750 ","End":"05:28.110","Text":"only over 5 is 100 over 3 over 5,"},{"Start":"05:28.110 ","End":"05:31.170","Text":"which is 100 over 15."},{"Start":"05:31.170 ","End":"05:36.525","Text":"5 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Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"00:46.785 ","End":"00:49.590","Text":"We need 2 columns,"},{"Start":"00:49.590 ","End":"00:52.035","Text":"1 column for x,"},{"Start":"00:52.035 ","End":"00:53.520","Text":"and 1 for the cost,"},{"Start":"00:53.520 ","End":"00:55.610","Text":"C, or C of x."},{"Start":"00:55.610 ","End":"00:59.930","Text":"The obvious value of x to take would be 0,"},{"Start":"00:59.930 ","End":"01:03.260","Text":"no pounds of coffee. Plug that in."},{"Start":"01:03.260 ","End":"01:05.285","Text":"We\u0027ve got C of 0,"},{"Start":"01:05.285 ","End":"01:10.530","Text":"5 times 0 plus 150 is 150. I\u0027m just remarking."},{"Start":"01:10.530 ","End":"01:14.525","Text":"That\u0027s what you get when you plug in 0 into the cost function."},{"Start":"01:14.525 ","End":"01:17.015","Text":"Take another number, I don\u0027t know."},{"Start":"01:17.015 ","End":"01:19.670","Text":"I\u0027ll take 10 pounds of coffee."},{"Start":"01:19.670 ","End":"01:22.895","Text":"What we want is C of 10."},{"Start":"01:22.895 ","End":"01:25.640","Text":"Plug in 10 into this formula,"},{"Start":"01:25.640 ","End":"01:27.860","Text":"and 10 times 5 is 50,"},{"Start":"01:27.860 ","End":"01:30.575","Text":"plus 150 is 200."},{"Start":"01:30.575 ","End":"01:33.030","Text":"Now we need to sketch some axis."},{"Start":"01:35.930 ","End":"01:40.140","Text":"This 1 is x and this 1 is the cost,"},{"Start":"01:40.140 ","End":"01:43.815","Text":"C. 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Let\u0027s just say this is 150."},{"Start":"01:52.070 ","End":"01:53.390","Text":"Then that would be,"},{"Start":"01:53.390 ","End":"01:55.580","Text":"then if we break it up into 50s,"},{"Start":"01:55.580 ","End":"01:57.680","Text":"that would be 200."},{"Start":"01:57.680 ","End":"02:03.585","Text":"If 0s here, let\u0027s say that 10 is here,"},{"Start":"02:03.585 ","End":"02:09.300","Text":"0,150 would be this point here, and 10,"},{"Start":"02:09.300 ","End":"02:13.200","Text":"200 and have to go up from the 10 and right from the 200,"},{"Start":"02:13.200 ","End":"02:15.520","Text":"could put dotted lines,"},{"Start":"02:15.520 ","End":"02:18.680","Text":"sometimes helps, anyway, somewhere here."},{"Start":"02:18.680 ","End":"02:21.415","Text":"Then just take a ruler,"},{"Start":"02:21.415 ","End":"02:25.370","Text":"something like this, and notice the number of pounds of coffee,"},{"Start":"02:25.370 ","End":"02:28.475","Text":"the quantity is going to be bigger or equal to 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cost."},{"Start":"03:07.085 ","End":"03:12.635","Text":"Now we come to part b and it\u0027s a reverse question."},{"Start":"03:12.635 ","End":"03:18.125","Text":"We want to know how many pounds of coffee does the manufacturer produce."},{"Start":"03:18.125 ","End":"03:20.915","Text":"This will be the x and it will be the unknown,"},{"Start":"03:20.915 ","End":"03:22.940","Text":"but the cost is known,"},{"Start":"03:22.940 ","End":"03:24.440","Text":"it\u0027s going to be 1,000."},{"Start":"03:24.440 ","End":"03:31.420","Text":"In other words, we know that the cost of x pounds is 1,000."},{"Start":"03:31.420 ","End":"03:34.190","Text":"What is x equal to?"},{"Start":"03:34.190 ","End":"03:35.765","Text":"It\u0027s an equation."},{"Start":"03:35.765 ","End":"03:42.175","Text":"We know that the cost of producing x pounds is 5x plus 150,"},{"Start":"03:42.175 ","End":"03:46.180","Text":"and that\u0027s got to equal 1,000,"},{"Start":"03:46.180 ","End":"03:48.405","Text":"and then we just 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somewhere here."},{"Start":"04:32.690 ","End":"04:34.460","Text":"You\u0027d go down here,"},{"Start":"04:34.460 ","End":"04:36.800","Text":"and then you\u0027d get to 170."},{"Start":"04:36.800 ","End":"04:41.420","Text":"But algebraically is the best method anyway rather than the graph,"},{"Start":"04:41.420 ","End":"04:43.170","Text":"but I was just mentioning."},{"Start":"04:43.170 ","End":"04:47.090","Text":"That\u0027s the answer to part b."},{"Start":"04:47.630 ","End":"04:53.335","Text":"Now, part c is similar to part a."},{"Start":"04:53.335 ","End":"04:57.980","Text":"We want to know the cost of producing 20 pounds of coffee."},{"Start":"04:57.980 ","End":"05:00.560","Text":"Well, we already did 0 and 10."},{"Start":"05:00.560 ","End":"05:03.235","Text":"I\u0027ll just move things around a bit."},{"Start":"05:03.235 ","End":"05:05.970","Text":"We just need a third row,"},{"Start":"05:05.970 ","End":"05:08.850","Text":"0,10, now we want 20."},{"Start":"05:08.850 ","End":"05:16.255","Text":"What we put here is what we get when we plug 20 into the cost function."},{"Start":"05:16.255 ","End":"05:21.840","Text":"Here it is, 5 times 20 is"},{"Start":"05:21.840 ","End":"05:28.815","Text":"100.100 plus 150 that is 250."},{"Start":"05:28.815 ","End":"05:33.630","Text":"This 250, which is $250,"},{"Start":"05:33.630 ","End":"05:41.390","Text":"is the answer to part c. Now we have 1 more part which is d,"},{"Start":"05:41.390 ","End":"05:43.670","Text":"the marginal cost function,"},{"Start":"05:43.670 ","End":"05:46.760","Text":"the word marginal to indicate derivative."},{"Start":"05:46.760 ","End":"05:49.760","Text":"Cost function of x is equal"},{"Start":"05:49.760 ","End":"05:57.570","Text":"to 5x plus 150."},{"Start":"05:57.570 ","End":"06:01.520","Text":"The marginal cost is the derivative C prime of x."},{"Start":"06:01.520 ","End":"06:05.705","Text":"Actually, sometimes you could even label it like marginal cost might be"},{"Start":"06:05.705 ","End":"06:14.720","Text":"MC of x is equal to same thing as the derivative of the cost function."},{"Start":"06:14.720 ","End":"06:17.390","Text":"In this case, it\u0027s just a constant 5,"},{"Start":"06:17.390 ","End":"06:19.740","Text":"a linear function, 150 gives nothing,"},{"Start":"06:19.740 ","End":"06:21.250","Text":"and 5x is 5."},{"Start":"06:21.250 ","End":"06:23.360","Text":"This is also in dollars."},{"Start":"06:23.360 ","End":"06:24.920","Text":"If the cost is in dollars,"},{"Start":"06:24.920 ","End":"06:27.770","Text":"marginal is also in dollars."},{"Start":"06:27.770 ","End":"06:31.340","Text":"I would like to tell you what it means."},{"Start":"06:31.340 ","End":"06:37.225","Text":"It means that if we increase the production by 1 pound,"},{"Start":"06:37.225 ","End":"06:40.425","Text":"then we get an extra $5."},{"Start":"06:40.425 ","End":"06:50.320","Text":"For example, if 20 pounds gave us $250,"},{"Start":"06:50.320 ","End":"06:54.490","Text":"then if I raise this to 21 pounds,"},{"Start":"06:54.490 ","End":"06:59.470","Text":"so you add 1 unit to the quantity in pounds,"},{"Start":"06:59.470 ","End":"07:07.240","Text":"then what we would expect to get is an increase in $5,"},{"Start":"07:07.240 ","End":"07:12.460","Text":"and we would expect it to be $255."},{"Start":"07:12.460 ","End":"07:16.285","Text":"Now, it just so happens that this turns out exactly,"},{"Start":"07:16.285 ","End":"07:19.645","Text":"because if I put 5 times 21 here,"},{"Start":"07:19.645 ","End":"07:26.935","Text":"that\u0027s 105 plus 150 is 255."},{"Start":"07:26.935 ","End":"07:34.699","Text":"Normally, the marginal, it\u0027s only the approximate increase in cost,"},{"Start":"07:34.699 ","End":"07:41.185","Text":"the dependent variable if you increase x by 1 unit."},{"Start":"07:41.185 ","End":"07:43.235","Text":"That\u0027s how it is in general."},{"Start":"07:43.235 ","End":"07:46.370","Text":"In a case of a linear function, it\u0027s not approximately,"},{"Start":"07:46.370 ","End":"07:48.450","Text":"it\u0027s exact."},{"Start":"07:48.550 ","End":"07:51.840","Text":"That\u0027s all then"}],"ID":8536},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 8","Duration":"12m 50s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8402,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.530","Text":"In this exercise, we are given that the total cost function"},{"Start":"00:04.530 ","End":"00:08.969","Text":"of a hat manufacturer is given by TC."},{"Start":"00:08.969 ","End":"00:14.579","Text":"That\u0027s total cost as a function of x. X is the quantity,"},{"Start":"00:14.579 ","End":"00:21.630","Text":"the number of hats as given in this formula and it\u0027s in dollars per day."},{"Start":"00:21.630 ","End":"00:23.970","Text":"Then there are 3 questions,"},{"Start":"00:23.970 ","End":"00:27.015","Text":"I\u0027ll just take them 1 at a time."},{"Start":"00:27.015 ","End":"00:33.690","Text":"A, compute the average cost for producing 40 hats per day."},{"Start":"00:33.690 ","End":"00:36.620","Text":"So we\u0027ll do this in 2 steps."},{"Start":"00:36.620 ","End":"00:42.170","Text":"First of all, I\u0027ll compute the average cost in general for x,"},{"Start":"00:42.170 ","End":"00:44.855","Text":"and then we\u0027ll substitute x equals 40."},{"Start":"00:44.855 ","End":"00:47.705","Text":"Now, the average cost,"},{"Start":"00:47.705 ","End":"00:50.585","Text":"often written as AC,"},{"Start":"00:50.585 ","End":"00:54.410","Text":"is just how you would figure of computing an average."},{"Start":"00:54.410 ","End":"00:57.545","Text":"I mean, you take the total cost for"},{"Start":"00:57.545 ","End":"01:02.255","Text":"x hats and you divide by the number of hats, which is x."},{"Start":"01:02.255 ","End":"01:03.875","Text":"That will give you the average."},{"Start":"01:03.875 ","End":"01:07.850","Text":"Now, we spell this out."},{"Start":"01:07.850 ","End":"01:16.115","Text":"I\u0027ll copy the total cost from here and now I just have to divide this by x."},{"Start":"01:16.115 ","End":"01:18.800","Text":"So x on the denominator."},{"Start":"01:18.800 ","End":"01:22.505","Text":"It\u0027s easier if we split it up into 3 pieces."},{"Start":"01:22.505 ","End":"01:24.050","Text":"So this over this,"},{"Start":"01:24.050 ","End":"01:29.755","Text":"the x squared over x cancels to just becoming x and then"},{"Start":"01:29.755 ","End":"01:37.600","Text":"10x over x is just 10 and then 400 over x as is."},{"Start":"01:37.600 ","End":"01:40.325","Text":"Of course, when we talk about average,"},{"Start":"01:40.325 ","End":"01:44.164","Text":"we\u0027re always assuming that x is bigger than 0."},{"Start":"01:44.164 ","End":"01:47.945","Text":"You can\u0027t have an average of 0 hats."},{"Start":"01:47.945 ","End":"01:52.500","Text":"So there\u0027s no problem with dividing by x."},{"Start":"01:52.910 ","End":"01:59.420","Text":"Now that\u0027s AC average cost of x in general,"},{"Start":"01:59.420 ","End":"02:03.785","Text":"where it\u0027s x hats per day and we want for 40 hats per day."},{"Start":"02:03.785 ","End":"02:08.555","Text":"So all we do is substitute 40 in place of x here."},{"Start":"02:08.555 ","End":"02:14.435","Text":"So 0.04 times 40"},{"Start":"02:14.435 ","End":"02:20.755","Text":"plus 10 plus 400 over 40."},{"Start":"02:20.755 ","End":"02:31.575","Text":"Now let\u0027s see, 0.04 times 40 is 1.6 this is 10 400 over 40 is 10."},{"Start":"02:31.575 ","End":"02:39.290","Text":"So what we have is that the average cost for making"},{"Start":"02:39.290 ","End":"02:48.205","Text":"40 hats is 21.6 I\u0027ll write it 0.60 put a dollar sign 21 dollars and 60 cents per hat."},{"Start":"02:48.205 ","End":"02:50.630","Text":"So that was part a."},{"Start":"02:50.630 ","End":"02:55.670","Text":"In part b, we want to minimize"},{"Start":"02:55.670 ","End":"03:02.464","Text":"the average cost function of x, which I\u0027ll copy."},{"Start":"03:02.464 ","End":"03:05.780","Text":"I prefer it in this form and by the way,"},{"Start":"03:05.780 ","End":"03:14.435","Text":"I expect the minimum average cost to be less than or most,"},{"Start":"03:14.435 ","End":"03:17.090","Text":"21 dollars 60 cents probably less."},{"Start":"03:17.090 ","End":"03:19.060","Text":"We\u0027re going to use calculus."},{"Start":"03:19.060 ","End":"03:21.160","Text":"We\u0027re going to take"},{"Start":"03:21.160 ","End":"03:27.280","Text":"this average cost function and differentiate it and set it equal to 0,"},{"Start":"03:27.280 ","End":"03:29.410","Text":"find critical points and so on."},{"Start":"03:29.410 ","End":"03:35.785","Text":"So we start by differentiating the derivative of AC of x. I\u0027ll have 3 terms,"},{"Start":"03:35.785 ","End":"03:37.610","Text":"take them 1 at a time."},{"Start":"03:37.610 ","End":"03:39.840","Text":"Constant times x."},{"Start":"03:39.840 ","End":"03:45.309","Text":"So it\u0027s just that constant 0.04 the 10 is a constant,"},{"Start":"03:45.309 ","End":"03:50.140","Text":"so nothing but I\u0027ll just put a 0 here just to show that we haven\u0027t forgotten"},{"Start":"03:50.140 ","End":"03:56.455","Text":"and the 400 over x comes out minus 400 over x squared."},{"Start":"03:56.455 ","End":"03:59.530","Text":"I\u0027ll give you a little reminder why this is so."},{"Start":"03:59.530 ","End":"04:04.330","Text":"The derivative of 1 over x is minus 1 over x"},{"Start":"04:04.330 ","End":"04:09.590","Text":"squared 1 way to show this is by writing it as an exponent."},{"Start":"04:09.590 ","End":"04:16.055","Text":"This is x to the minus 1 and if I take the derivative of a power,"},{"Start":"04:16.055 ","End":"04:24.065","Text":"then I put the exponent in front minus 1 and then we take the exponent and lower it by 1,"},{"Start":"04:24.065 ","End":"04:28.730","Text":"minus 1 lowered by 1 is minus 2 and minus 1x to"},{"Start":"04:28.730 ","End":"04:34.185","Text":"the minus 2 is just minus 1 over x squared."},{"Start":"04:34.185 ","End":"04:39.845","Text":"So as the way of seeing it and here it\u0027s 400 and the 400 just stays."},{"Start":"04:39.845 ","End":"04:43.495","Text":"So actually I won\u0027t put the minus 400 like that,"},{"Start":"04:43.495 ","End":"04:46.839","Text":"I\u0027ll just put the minus in front."},{"Start":"04:46.839 ","End":"04:52.429","Text":"Next, we want to see where the derivative is equal to 0."},{"Start":"04:52.429 ","End":"04:54.529","Text":"So if we set it equal to 0,"},{"Start":"04:54.529 ","End":"05:00.380","Text":"we get an equation that 0.04 forget that"},{"Start":"05:00.380 ","End":"05:07.280","Text":"0 there minus 400 over x squared equals 0."},{"Start":"05:07.280 ","End":"05:09.750","Text":"Start solving it."},{"Start":"05:09.820 ","End":"05:13.519","Text":"Bring this to the other side."},{"Start":"05:13.519 ","End":"05:21.970","Text":"So 0.04 is equal to 400 over"},{"Start":"05:21.970 ","End":"05:25.320","Text":"x squared and then I"},{"Start":"05:25.320 ","End":"05:32.200","Text":"can switch the positions of these to like multiply by x squared and divide by 0.04."},{"Start":"05:32.200 ","End":"05:37.660","Text":"So I get x squared equals 400 over"},{"Start":"05:37.660 ","End":"05:42.880","Text":"0.04 and this is"},{"Start":"05:42.880 ","End":"05:49.290","Text":"equal to 10,000."},{"Start":"05:49.290 ","End":"05:51.750","Text":"So if x squared is 10,000,"},{"Start":"05:51.750 ","End":"05:56.110","Text":"x is the square root of 10,000 which is 100."},{"Start":"05:56.110 ","End":"05:57.540","Text":"I took the square root."},{"Start":"05:57.540 ","End":"06:02.560","Text":"I only took the positive square root because we know that the quantity,"},{"Start":"06:02.560 ","End":"06:07.400","Text":"the number of hats is positive can\u0027t be minus 100. What do we do with this?"},{"Start":"06:07.400 ","End":"06:09.740","Text":"This is a critical point where the derivative is 0."},{"Start":"06:09.740 ","End":"06:10.925","Text":"Now we have to test,"},{"Start":"06:10.925 ","End":"06:12.860","Text":"is it really a minimum?"},{"Start":"06:12.860 ","End":"06:15.440","Text":"So there several ways of doing this,"},{"Start":"06:15.440 ","End":"06:19.790","Text":"but the easiest is the second order derivative test."},{"Start":"06:19.790 ","End":"06:23.600","Text":"We compute the second derivative of AC double prime of"},{"Start":"06:23.600 ","End":"06:28.115","Text":"x and according to the sign of the answer we\u0027ll know maximum or minimum."},{"Start":"06:28.115 ","End":"06:34.550","Text":"Here\u0027s AC prime and I need to differentiate this."},{"Start":"06:34.550 ","End":"06:38.700","Text":"So the 0.04 is a constant,"},{"Start":"06:38.700 ","End":"06:44.520","Text":"so it gives me nothing and minus 400 over x squared."},{"Start":"06:44.520 ","End":"06:49.610","Text":"I\u0027ll copy it. Minus 400 over x squared"},{"Start":"06:49.610 ","End":"06:57.380","Text":"derivative is equal to 800 over x cubed."},{"Start":"06:57.380 ","End":"07:01.970","Text":"Again, if you need an explanation the derivative of 1"},{"Start":"07:01.970 ","End":"07:06.770","Text":"over x squared is minus 2 over x cubed."},{"Start":"07:06.770 ","End":"07:09.440","Text":"For similar reasons, if you add it to the exponent,"},{"Start":"07:09.440 ","End":"07:12.800","Text":"this is x to the minus 2 and its derivative,"},{"Start":"07:12.800 ","End":"07:17.540","Text":"the minus 2 comes out in front and the exponent goes down by 1."},{"Start":"07:17.540 ","End":"07:20.330","Text":"So it\u0027s minus 3, which is this."},{"Start":"07:20.330 ","End":"07:25.490","Text":"But in our case we had a minus 400 also this is what we get."},{"Start":"07:25.490 ","End":"07:32.720","Text":"Now we need to substitute AC double prime at 100,"},{"Start":"07:32.720 ","End":"07:35.990","Text":"which is the suspected minimum that the"},{"Start":"07:35.990 ","End":"07:40.940","Text":"100 but you don\u0027t have to do any actual computations."},{"Start":"07:40.940 ","End":"07:45.380","Text":"I can start writing it out for you it\u0027s 800 over 100 cubed."},{"Start":"07:45.380 ","End":"07:51.980","Text":"But all I need to know is that this thing is a positive number."},{"Start":"07:51.980 ","End":"07:54.890","Text":"When the second derivative is positive,"},{"Start":"07:54.890 ","End":"08:00.020","Text":"then it means that the 100 is"},{"Start":"08:00.020 ","End":"08:05.390","Text":"a minimum and if it\u0027s negative, it\u0027s a maximum."},{"Start":"08:05.390 ","End":"08:12.245","Text":"I\u0027ll just write that, that the answer is 100 hats and highlight it."},{"Start":"08:12.245 ","End":"08:16.430","Text":"So here we are back at part c. I\u0027ll just clean the board."},{"Start":"08:16.430 ","End":"08:24.055","Text":"In part c, we want the marginal cost for producing 100 hats per day."},{"Start":"08:24.055 ","End":"08:28.030","Text":"Then there\u0027s a second part 2 can we conclude?"},{"Start":"08:28.030 ","End":"08:33.290","Text":"It\u0027s just a coincidence that this 100 hats per day was"},{"Start":"08:33.290 ","End":"08:38.705","Text":"the value that gave the minimum average cost."},{"Start":"08:38.705 ","End":"08:43.630","Text":"But I\u0027m not going to use that fact coincidence."},{"Start":"08:44.160 ","End":"08:47.080","Text":"Now, when you see marginal,"},{"Start":"08:47.080 ","End":"08:50.200","Text":"that should ring a bell and say derivative."},{"Start":"08:50.200 ","End":"08:59.140","Text":"So the marginal cost to marginal total cost is the derivative of the cost,"},{"Start":"08:59.140 ","End":"09:01.360","Text":"sometimes written C, sometimes TC."},{"Start":"09:01.360 ","End":"09:03.580","Text":"It\u0027s TC prime."},{"Start":"09:03.580 ","End":"09:08.890","Text":"I should write of x here of x, the derivative function."},{"Start":"09:08.890 ","End":"09:15.445","Text":"So we have the total cost function over here just differentiate it."},{"Start":"09:15.445 ","End":"09:22.479","Text":"2 times 0.04 is 0.08x"},{"Start":"09:22.479 ","End":"09:29.960","Text":"derivative of 10x is 10 and the derivative of 400 is nothing."},{"Start":"09:29.960 ","End":"09:32.850","Text":"So that\u0027s just this."},{"Start":"09:33.110 ","End":"09:38.890","Text":"Now we need the marginal cost for when we\u0027re producing 100."},{"Start":"09:38.890 ","End":"09:40.945","Text":"So x is 100."},{"Start":"09:40.945 ","End":"09:44.545","Text":"So just plug in 100,"},{"Start":"09:44.545 ","End":"09:50.810","Text":"we get 0.08 times"},{"Start":"09:50.810 ","End":"09:58.170","Text":"100 plus 10 and that is equal to 0.08 of 100 is 8,"},{"Start":"09:58.170 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dollars."},{"Start":"10:55.510 ","End":"11:00.440","Text":"I don\u0027t just want to leave it at that I want to show you that it really is"},{"Start":"11:00.440 ","End":"11:05.630","Text":"a very good approximation by actually seeing how much the total cost for 100,"},{"Start":"11:05.630 ","End":"11:10.290","Text":"how much for 101 and seeing what the difference is."},{"Start":"11:10.640 ","End":"11:12.665","Text":"I\u0027ll do it over here."},{"Start":"11:12.665 ","End":"11:16.415","Text":"Let\u0027s see the total cost for 100."},{"Start":"11:16.415 ","End":"11:18.559","Text":"We already did this for 40."},{"Start":"11:18.559 ","End":"11:19.894","Text":"The same idea."},{"Start":"11:19.894 ","End":"11:24.050","Text":"It\u0027s just by plugging in the value here."},{"Start":"11:24.050 ","End":"11:33.755","Text":"So we get 0.04 times 100 squared"},{"Start":"11:33.755 ","End":"11:41.685","Text":"plus 10 times 100 plus"},{"Start":"11:41.685 ","End":"11:46.230","Text":"400 and this is equal to,"},{"Start":"11:46.230 ","End":"11:50.009","Text":"this comes out to 1,800,"},{"Start":"11:50.009 ","End":"11:51.630","Text":"I\u0027ll leave you to check that,"},{"Start":"11:51.630 ","End":"11:53.770","Text":"and that\u0027s in dollars."},{"Start":"11:53.770 ","End":"11:59.385","Text":"So total cost of producing 100 hats is this 1,800 dollars."},{"Start":"11:59.385 ","End":"12:05.050","Text":"The total cost for 101 hats."},{"Start":"12:05.240 ","End":"12:09.220","Text":"Similar expression, just 101 instead of 100."},{"Start":"12:09.220 ","End":"12:10.895","Text":"I\u0027ll leave you the details."},{"Start":"12:10.895 ","End":"12:14.100","Text":"I\u0027ll just give you the answer, it comes out to"},{"Start":"12:14.500 ","End":"12:21.910","Text":"1,818 dollars and 4 cents."},{"Start":"12:21.910 ","End":"12:24.875","Text":"Now if you take the difference between these 2,"},{"Start":"12:24.875 ","End":"12:27.604","Text":"you don\u0027t get 18 dollars,"},{"Start":"12:27.604 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cost,"},{"Start":"00:08.520 ","End":"00:11.040","Text":"sometimes it\u0027s written as TC."},{"Start":"00:11.040 ","End":"00:13.845","Text":"X is the quantity,"},{"Start":"00:13.845 ","End":"00:17.130","Text":"sometimes written as Q."},{"Start":"00:17.130 ","End":"00:27.900","Text":"Anyway, the cost of producing x units of the product is given by this expression."},{"Start":"00:27.900 ","End":"00:30.240","Text":"I think I\u0027d like to highlight it."},{"Start":"00:30.240 ","End":"00:32.520","Text":"There are 4 parts."},{"Start":"00:32.520 ","End":"00:34.365","Text":"We\u0027ll just take them 1 at a time."},{"Start":"00:34.365 ","End":"00:39.660","Text":"In part a, we have to compute the cost when x is 100 and when x is 101."},{"Start":"00:39.660 ","End":"00:42.160","Text":"Let\u0027s start off with x equals 100."},{"Start":"00:42.160 ","End":"00:48.870","Text":"Really, all we have to do is compute the cost of 100 instead of x, put 100."},{"Start":"00:48.870 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this."},{"Start":"01:43.835 ","End":"01:51.120","Text":"I just copied and I\u0027m going to replace the 100 with 101,"},{"Start":"01:51.120 ","End":"01:53.480","Text":"and of pay the details,"},{"Start":"01:53.480 ","End":"01:54.770","Text":"the answer comes out to"},{"Start":"01:54.770 ","End":"02:05.290","Text":"be 1,250.804."},{"Start":"02:05.650 ","End":"02:14.290","Text":"That\u0027s part a, 2 halves of it. Now part b."},{"Start":"02:14.290 ","End":"02:19.095","Text":"Part b, we want the marginal cost when x is 100."},{"Start":"02:19.095 ","End":"02:23.175","Text":"When you see marginal, you think derivative."},{"Start":"02:23.175 ","End":"02:28.735","Text":"Marginal cost is the derivative of the cost function."},{"Start":"02:28.735 ","End":"02:31.895","Text":"What we do is just differentiate."},{"Start":"02:31.895 ","End":"02:34.805","Text":"There\u0027s the cost function differentiate it."},{"Start":"02:34.805 ","End":"02:40.620","Text":"2 times 0.004 is 0.008."},{"Start":"02:41.360 ","End":"02:46.440","Text":"X derivative of 10x is just 10,"},{"Start":"02:46.440 ","End":"02:48.570","Text":"derivative of 200 is nothing,"},{"Start":"02:48.570 ","End":"02:51.420","Text":"this is all we have."},{"Start":"02:51.420 ","End":"02:58.280","Text":"The marginal cost, well,"},{"Start":"02:58.280 ","End":"03:05.210","Text":"it\u0027s really a function of x. I should have put in here of x, MC,"},{"Start":"03:05.210 ","End":"03:08.470","Text":"marginal cost at 100 is just,"},{"Start":"03:08.470 ","End":"03:10.124","Text":"you plug in 100,"},{"Start":"03:10.124 ","End":"03:16.319","Text":"0.008 times 100 plus 10,"},{"Start":"03:16.319 ","End":"03:19.540","Text":"and this comes out to be,"},{"Start":"03:19.670 ","End":"03:25.515","Text":"well, 100 times 0.008 is 0.8 plus 10."},{"Start":"03:25.515 ","End":"03:30.255","Text":"It\u0027s 10.8 and it\u0027s in dollars,"},{"Start":"03:30.255 ","End":"03:36.000","Text":"and that the end Part b."},{"Start":"03:36.000 ","End":"03:39.710","Text":"Maybe I\u0027ll highlight, this is the answer to part b,"},{"Start":"03:39.710 ","End":"03:41.269","Text":"and there were 2 parts,"},{"Start":"03:41.269 ","End":"03:44.780","Text":"of a was this and there was this."},{"Start":"03:44.780 ","End":"03:52.790","Text":"We\u0027re going to use all of this when we do part c. In part c, first of all,"},{"Start":"03:52.790 ","End":"03:55.009","Text":"we have to use part a,"},{"Start":"03:55.009 ","End":"03:58.400","Text":"these 2 figures to compute the cost increase when we"},{"Start":"03:58.400 ","End":"04:04.215","Text":"increase the quantity from 100 to 101."},{"Start":"04:04.215 ","End":"04:06.420","Text":"All we have to do for part c,"},{"Start":"04:06.420 ","End":"04:08.475","Text":"first of all is to subtract."},{"Start":"04:08.475 ","End":"04:14.280","Text":"We want the cost for"},{"Start":"04:14.280 ","End":"04:23.655","Text":"101 units minus the cost for 100 units,"},{"Start":"04:23.655 ","End":"04:27.450","Text":"which is just this,"},{"Start":"04:27.450 ","End":"04:38.315","Text":"1,250.804 minus 1,240,"},{"Start":"04:38.315 ","End":"04:40.130","Text":"and when it comes out"},{"Start":"04:40.130 ","End":"04:49.370","Text":"is $10.804."},{"Start":"04:49.370 ","End":"04:51.365","Text":"I\u0027ll highlight it."},{"Start":"04:51.365 ","End":"04:54.380","Text":"Now look if you compare these 2,"},{"Start":"04:54.380 ","End":"05:00.030","Text":"well, they\u0027re not exactly the same, but very close."},{"Start":"05:00.040 ","End":"05:03.065","Text":"What can we conclude,"},{"Start":"05:03.065 ","End":"05:07.339","Text":"in this case, we can say that they\u0027re roughly equal."},{"Start":"05:07.339 ","End":"05:08.869","Text":"This is the idea,"},{"Start":"05:08.869 ","End":"05:10.249","Text":"is that in general,"},{"Start":"05:10.249 ","End":"05:17.780","Text":"the marginal cost is roughly equal to the cost of that 1 extra unit."},{"Start":"05:17.780 ","End":"05:19.430","Text":"Maybe I\u0027ll write something down."},{"Start":"05:19.430 ","End":"05:23.430","Text":"I\u0027ll say that the marginal cost when,"},{"Start":"05:23.430 ","End":"05:26.885","Text":"in this case it\u0027s when x equals 100,"},{"Start":"05:26.885 ","End":"05:29.735","Text":"that\u0027s our MC of 100,"},{"Start":"05:29.735 ","End":"05:35.195","Text":"is approximately or roughly equal,"},{"Start":"05:35.195 ","End":"05:46.240","Text":"say roughly equal to the cost of producing that extra item."},{"Start":"05:46.240 ","End":"05:52.115","Text":"That would be the 101st item or the next item."},{"Start":"05:52.115 ","End":"05:56.725","Text":"Say the next 1 more item."},{"Start":"05:56.725 ","End":"05:59.890","Text":"It works in general, not just with 100."},{"Start":"05:59.890 ","End":"06:02.465","Text":"Here we see that it really is close."},{"Start":"06:02.465 ","End":"06:06.065","Text":"Actually increase 10.804."},{"Start":"06:06.065 ","End":"06:08.635","Text":"The marginal cost."},{"Start":"06:08.635 ","End":"06:15.610","Text":"At that point 100 is exactly 10.8 or $10.80."},{"Start":"06:15.610 ","End":"06:19.195","Text":"So it\u0027s like a fraction of a cent there."},{"Start":"06:19.195 ","End":"06:22.880","Text":"Now part d is a bit strange."},{"Start":"06:22.880 ","End":"06:24.440","Text":"I\u0027ll clear the board."},{"Start":"06:24.440 ","End":"06:28.175","Text":"Well, actually I\u0027m going to keep this bit and erase the rest."},{"Start":"06:28.175 ","End":"06:31.770","Text":"Yeah, this is the bit I wanted to keep."},{"Start":"06:33.440 ","End":"06:41.585","Text":"Now let\u0027s read d. Is the rate of change of the cost function increasing or decreasing?"},{"Start":"06:41.585 ","End":"06:45.425","Text":"Well, first of all, what does the rate of change mean?"},{"Start":"06:45.425 ","End":"06:51.185","Text":"Whenever you see rate of change, it means derivative."},{"Start":"06:51.185 ","End":"06:55.110","Text":"That\u0027s the calculus concept."},{"Start":"06:55.110 ","End":"06:56.825","Text":"I mean in the day-to-day life,"},{"Start":"06:56.825 ","End":"06:59.930","Text":"derivative is interpreted as rate of change."},{"Start":"06:59.930 ","End":"07:04.460","Text":"Now, this is the cost function and the rate of change is the derivative,"},{"Start":"07:04.460 ","End":"07:07.110","Text":"and this is what we have."},{"Start":"07:07.280 ","End":"07:11.069","Text":"Here\u0027s the cost function,"},{"Start":"07:11.069 ","End":"07:14.195","Text":"and this is its rate of change,"},{"Start":"07:14.195 ","End":"07:16.265","Text":"which is also a function."},{"Start":"07:16.265 ","End":"07:18.620","Text":"Now this new function,"},{"Start":"07:18.620 ","End":"07:22.330","Text":"we can ask, is it increasing or decreasing?"},{"Start":"07:22.330 ","End":"07:25.610","Text":"How do we tell if a function\u0027s increasing or decreasing?"},{"Start":"07:25.610 ","End":"07:27.470","Text":"Well, there\u0027s several ways."},{"Start":"07:27.470 ","End":"07:29.765","Text":"Now, we\u0027re going to use calculus."},{"Start":"07:29.765 ","End":"07:31.310","Text":"In this particular instance,"},{"Start":"07:31.310 ","End":"07:32.945","Text":"we wouldn\u0027t have to."},{"Start":"07:32.945 ","End":"07:41.815","Text":"I can show you a shortcut way because this is a linear function of the form ax plus b,"},{"Start":"07:41.815 ","End":"07:47.285","Text":"then we know that when we have a function like this,"},{"Start":"07:47.285 ","End":"07:52.175","Text":"that if a is bigger than 0, it\u0027s increasing,"},{"Start":"07:52.175 ","End":"07:58.070","Text":"and if a is less than 0, it\u0027s decreasing."},{"Start":"07:58.070 ","End":"08:03.450","Text":"In our case, our a is 0.08,"},{"Start":"08:03.450 ","End":"08:10.039","Text":"which is positive, so this is increasing for all values of x, it\u0027s increasing everywhere."},{"Start":"08:10.039 ","End":"08:14.225","Text":"But this is not using calculus."},{"Start":"08:14.225 ","End":"08:18.560","Text":"I want to use a more general method that increasing"},{"Start":"08:18.560 ","End":"08:24.390","Text":"is positive derivative and decreasing is negative derivative."},{"Start":"08:24.950 ","End":"08:28.145","Text":"I want the derivative of c prime."},{"Start":"08:28.145 ","End":"08:31.790","Text":"The derivative of c prime is just c double prime."},{"Start":"08:31.790 ","End":"08:35.810","Text":"It\u0027s like the second derivative of the original cost function."},{"Start":"08:35.810 ","End":"08:38.225","Text":"If we differentiate this,"},{"Start":"08:38.225 ","End":"08:42.825","Text":"we get just 0.008,"},{"Start":"08:42.825 ","End":"08:44.690","Text":"x drops out altogether."},{"Start":"08:44.690 ","End":"08:46.475","Text":"It doesn\u0027t depend on x."},{"Start":"08:46.475 ","End":"08:51.570","Text":"This is always positive for every x."},{"Start":"08:51.570 ","End":"08:56.315","Text":"Since it\u0027s positive, the derivative of this function is positive,"},{"Start":"08:56.315 ","End":"09:02.860","Text":"that means that this is increasing."},{"Start":"09:06.320 ","End":"09:09.685","Text":"That\u0027s the same answer as we got"},{"Start":"09:09.685 ","End":"09:14.555","Text":"here without calculus using the properties of the straight line."},{"Start":"09:14.555 ","End":"09:18.065","Text":"But in general, you would do this."},{"Start":"09:18.065 ","End":"09:19.640","Text":"Once again, if you\u0027re asked,"},{"Start":"09:19.640 ","End":"09:24.050","Text":"rate of change of a function is increasing or decreasing,"},{"Start":"09:24.050 ","End":"09:27.035","Text":"the rate of change is the first derivative,"},{"Start":"09:27.035 ","End":"09:29.194","Text":"and then you differentiate again,"},{"Start":"09:29.194 ","End":"09:30.670","Text":"get the second derivative,"},{"Start":"09:30.670 ","End":"09:35.255","Text":"and if it\u0027s positive, increasing, negative, decreasing."},{"Start":"09:35.255 ","End":"09:37.940","Text":"Of course in general, it could be sometimes increasing and"},{"Start":"09:37.940 ","End":"09:41.170","Text":"sometimes decreasing because it could depend on x,"},{"Start":"09:41.170 ","End":"09:44.780","Text":"and then you would deal with it accordingly."},{"Start":"09:44.780 ","End":"09:46.820","Text":"If it said for a certain x,"},{"Start":"09:46.820 ","End":"09:49.325","Text":"you\u0027d see if it\u0027s increasing or decreasing."},{"Start":"09:49.325 ","End":"09:52.925","Text":"Anyway here it\u0027s increasing everywhere."},{"Start":"09:52.925 ","End":"09:57.810","Text":"That answer is d, and so we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8538},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 10","Duration":"6m 31s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8404,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.870","Text":"There\u0027s a manufacturer who makes a product and it has"},{"Start":"00:03.870 ","End":"00:10.770","Text":"a demand function P of x. P is price and x is quantity,"},{"Start":"00:10.770 ","End":"00:14.220","Text":"sometimes we use the letter Q,"},{"Start":"00:14.220 ","End":"00:19.650","Text":"of 100 minus 0.06x and it\u0027s in dollars per unit."},{"Start":"00:19.650 ","End":"00:24.345","Text":"He also has a total cost function 200 plus 4x."},{"Start":"00:24.345 ","End":"00:28.005","Text":"Let\u0027s do a first and then we\u0027ll do B."},{"Start":"00:28.005 ","End":"00:32.100","Text":"In a, we\u0027re asked what the amount X is,"},{"Start":"00:32.100 ","End":"00:33.715","Text":"that he needs to produce,"},{"Start":"00:33.715 ","End":"00:38.090","Text":"how many units in order to get a maximum profit."},{"Start":"00:38.090 ","End":"00:44.990","Text":"Now, in general, profit is equal to the revenue minus the cost."},{"Start":"00:44.990 ","End":"00:47.240","Text":"How much you take in minus how much you spend."},{"Start":"00:47.240 ","End":"00:52.200","Text":"I\u0027ll just write it as in words as revenue or total revenue,"},{"Start":"00:52.200 ","End":"00:56.310","Text":"you could say, minus cost or total cost."},{"Start":"00:56.310 ","End":"00:58.905","Text":"In terms of letters,"},{"Start":"00:58.905 ","End":"01:01.020","Text":"there we\u0027ve used letter P for price,"},{"Start":"01:01.020 ","End":"01:04.385","Text":"so we use the letter Pi for profit."},{"Start":"01:04.385 ","End":"01:08.150","Text":"The profit of the function of x is the revenue,"},{"Start":"01:08.150 ","End":"01:10.220","Text":"which I\u0027ll call TR,"},{"Start":"01:10.220 ","End":"01:13.610","Text":"total revenue, sometimes just R,"},{"Start":"01:13.610 ","End":"01:17.675","Text":"minus the cost or total cost of x."},{"Start":"01:17.675 ","End":"01:22.215","Text":"Now, TC, we are given."},{"Start":"01:22.215 ","End":"01:25.445","Text":"We have to figure out what TR is."},{"Start":"01:25.445 ","End":"01:29.690","Text":"Now, TR as a function of x,"},{"Start":"01:29.690 ","End":"01:36.485","Text":"the revenue is just how many items he produced times how many dollars he got per item."},{"Start":"01:36.485 ","End":"01:42.405","Text":"It\u0027s x items and the price of each is P of X."},{"Start":"01:42.405 ","End":"01:44.580","Text":"But we have what P of X is."},{"Start":"01:44.580 ","End":"01:46.110","Text":"It\u0027s over here."},{"Start":"01:46.110 ","End":"01:51.010","Text":"Why can\u0027t I just highlight it what P of x is."},{"Start":"01:52.190 ","End":"01:58.860","Text":"I\u0027m just copying this now, 100 minus 0.06x."},{"Start":"01:58.860 ","End":"02:01.710","Text":"Then expand the brackets."},{"Start":"02:01.710 ","End":"02:08.090","Text":"100x minus 0.06x squared."},{"Start":"02:08.090 ","End":"02:12.290","Text":"Now this TR, which is what I need here, is given by this."},{"Start":"02:12.290 ","End":"02:13.715","Text":"I\u0027m going to highlight it."},{"Start":"02:13.715 ","End":"02:16.075","Text":"What we\u0027re going to have to subtract,"},{"Start":"02:16.075 ","End":"02:20.700","Text":"the total cost is given here."},{"Start":"02:20.700 ","End":"02:25.710","Text":"Perhaps I\u0027ll highlight this color is this color."},{"Start":"02:25.710 ","End":"02:29.035","Text":"This is what\u0027s over here."},{"Start":"02:29.035 ","End":"02:36.260","Text":"We get, now, I\u0027m copying from here 100x minus"},{"Start":"02:36.260 ","End":"02:45.200","Text":"0.06x^2 minus TC of x. I\u0027ll just put them both with a minus,"},{"Start":"02:45.200 ","End":"02:49.315","Text":"minus 200 minus 4x."},{"Start":"02:49.315 ","End":"02:52.504","Text":"Now, if I collect like terms,"},{"Start":"02:52.504 ","End":"02:56.430","Text":"we get minus 0.06x^2."},{"Start":"02:56.680 ","End":"02:59.270","Text":"Then x, is I have 2 of them."},{"Start":"02:59.270 ","End":"03:01.295","Text":"I have a 100 minus 4."},{"Start":"03:01.295 ","End":"03:09.135","Text":"That\u0027s plus 96x and constants minus 200."},{"Start":"03:09.135 ","End":"03:12.785","Text":"Then I\u0027ll highlight the profit function in a different color."},{"Start":"03:12.785 ","End":"03:15.650","Text":"This is the 1 we want to maximize."},{"Start":"03:15.650 ","End":"03:20.510","Text":"At least you want to find out what x should be in order for this to be maximum."},{"Start":"03:20.510 ","End":"03:24.694","Text":"Notice that this is a quadratic expression polynomial"},{"Start":"03:24.694 ","End":"03:28.985","Text":"in x. I want to remind you about quadratics and parabolas."},{"Start":"03:28.985 ","End":"03:34.280","Text":"In algebra, you probably studied parabolas y equals ax"},{"Start":"03:34.280 ","End":"03:39.795","Text":"squared plus bx plus c in general and in our case,"},{"Start":"03:39.795 ","End":"03:43.710","Text":"this would be a which is minus 0.06,"},{"Start":"03:43.710 ","End":"03:48.195","Text":"this is b, 96 and c is minus 200."},{"Start":"03:48.195 ","End":"03:51.785","Text":"If a is positive,"},{"Start":"03:51.785 ","End":"03:58.065","Text":"then the parabola opens upwards."},{"Start":"03:58.065 ","End":"04:00.650","Text":"If a is negative,"},{"Start":"04:00.650 ","End":"04:04.490","Text":"it faces downwards like this."},{"Start":"04:04.490 ","End":"04:08.164","Text":"Here, we have a situation with a minimum,"},{"Start":"04:08.164 ","End":"04:11.015","Text":"and here, we have a situation with a maximum."},{"Start":"04:11.015 ","End":"04:15.390","Text":"Now, in our case, a is less than 0,"},{"Start":"04:15.390 ","End":"04:17.780","Text":"we\u0027re okay for maximum."},{"Start":"04:17.780 ","End":"04:21.470","Text":"The other thing that we know about these parabolas,"},{"Start":"04:21.470 ","End":"04:26.555","Text":"they have a vertex where the minimum is and the maximum is where the maximum is."},{"Start":"04:26.555 ","End":"04:31.520","Text":"It\u0027s the tip and the x of the vertex,"},{"Start":"04:31.520 ","End":"04:33.410","Text":"which is label it V,"},{"Start":"04:33.410 ","End":"04:34.654","Text":"this is the vertex,"},{"Start":"04:34.654 ","End":"04:39.755","Text":"the x of the vertex is minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"04:39.755 ","End":"04:46.060","Text":"Back here, the x of the vertex is going to equal minus b,"},{"Start":"04:46.060 ","End":"05:00.050","Text":"which is minus 96 over 2a, is minus 0.12, and the calculator is 800."},{"Start":"05:00.050 ","End":"05:03.320","Text":"That\u0027s the answer to part a."},{"Start":"05:03.320 ","End":"05:12.175","Text":"He has to produce 800 units per day to maximize profits."},{"Start":"05:12.175 ","End":"05:14.490","Text":"Now, let\u0027s look at part b."},{"Start":"05:14.490 ","End":"05:16.940","Text":"Part b is the natural question that arises,"},{"Start":"05:16.940 ","End":"05:19.160","Text":"this is how many he has to produce,"},{"Start":"05:19.160 ","End":"05:21.910","Text":"but what is the maximum profit?"},{"Start":"05:21.910 ","End":"05:26.900","Text":"Let\u0027s call the maximum profit Pi max,"},{"Start":"05:26.900 ","End":"05:31.895","Text":"which is Pi when you substitute 800."},{"Start":"05:31.895 ","End":"05:38.045","Text":"Now, all we have to do then is look at this profit function which is here,"},{"Start":"05:38.045 ","End":"05:41.025","Text":"and I just substitute."},{"Start":"05:41.025 ","End":"05:46.915","Text":"I\u0027ve got minus 0.06,"},{"Start":"05:46.915 ","End":"05:58.870","Text":"800^2 plus 96 times 800 minus 200."},{"Start":"05:59.390 ","End":"06:01.800","Text":"I won\u0027t make you do the work,"},{"Start":"06:01.800 ","End":"06:04.200","Text":"I\u0027ll just give you the answer."},{"Start":"06:04.200 ","End":"06:14.050","Text":"I make it 38,200 and we\u0027re working in dollars."},{"Start":"06:14.120 ","End":"06:17.725","Text":"This is the answer to part b,"},{"Start":"06:17.725 ","End":"06:25.535","Text":"and it\u0027ll produces 800 units to get a maximum profit of $38,200."},{"Start":"06:25.535 ","End":"06:29.370","Text":"I just forgot to write part b here."},{"Start":"06:29.370 ","End":"06:31.990","Text":"Okay. Now, we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8539},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 11","Duration":"7m 3s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8405,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.560","Text":"In this exercise, it concerns a manufacturer"},{"Start":"00:04.560 ","End":"00:08.820","Text":"who has a product and it has a constant demand function."},{"Start":"00:08.820 ","End":"00:11.955","Text":"The price is always 20,"},{"Start":"00:11.955 ","End":"00:14.775","Text":"sorry we are working in dollars,"},{"Start":"00:14.775 ","End":"00:17.910","Text":"no matter how much the quantity is,"},{"Start":"00:17.910 ","End":"00:21.680","Text":"how much the demand is x is they\u0027re sometimes called Q."},{"Start":"00:21.680 ","End":"00:28.140","Text":"The total cost function TC is given by the following formula."},{"Start":"00:28.140 ","End":"00:33.870","Text":"In a, we need to find which quantity he needs to produce,"},{"Start":"00:33.870 ","End":"00:37.905","Text":"how many units in order to maximize his profit?"},{"Start":"00:37.905 ","End":"00:40.525","Text":"Then after we found out the x,"},{"Start":"00:40.525 ","End":"00:45.090","Text":"we want to know what actually is the maximum profit."},{"Start":"00:45.380 ","End":"00:51.600","Text":"Let\u0027s start with a word formula for profit."},{"Start":"00:52.930 ","End":"00:56.390","Text":"It\u0027s the total revenue,"},{"Start":"00:56.390 ","End":"01:00.560","Text":"how much you receive from selling the product,"},{"Start":"01:00.560 ","End":"01:06.925","Text":"minus what your expenses are, the total cost."},{"Start":"01:06.925 ","End":"01:10.340","Text":"If we write that in symbols,"},{"Start":"01:10.340 ","End":"01:13.160","Text":"profit, at least in this course,"},{"Start":"01:13.160 ","End":"01:16.925","Text":"we use the letter pi because P is reserved for price."},{"Start":"01:16.925 ","End":"01:22.625","Text":"Pi of quantity x is the total revenue,"},{"Start":"01:22.625 ","End":"01:29.590","Text":"TR of x minus the total cost for x units."},{"Start":"01:29.590 ","End":"01:31.350","Text":"Now as it stands,"},{"Start":"01:31.350 ","End":"01:35.070","Text":"we have TC exactly over here."},{"Start":"01:35.070 ","End":"01:38.205","Text":"I think I\u0027ll highlight it."},{"Start":"01:38.205 ","End":"01:46.350","Text":"That\u0027s our TC and I highlighted here also."},{"Start":"01:46.350 ","End":"01:49.460","Text":"Total revenue is not given,"},{"Start":"01:49.460 ","End":"01:51.620","Text":"but we can compute it."},{"Start":"01:51.620 ","End":"01:57.919","Text":"Now, total revenue is the number of units x,"},{"Start":"01:57.919 ","End":"02:01.850","Text":"and they\u0027re sold at P of x. P of x is 20,"},{"Start":"02:01.850 ","End":"02:04.850","Text":"so I don\u0027t even have to put times P of x,"},{"Start":"02:04.850 ","End":"02:06.050","Text":"it\u0027s x times 20."},{"Start":"02:06.050 ","End":"02:13.140","Text":"In other words, 20 bucks a piece x pieces 20x dollars."},{"Start":"02:13.140 ","End":"02:16.960","Text":"That\u0027s total revenue. I should\u0027ve said of x."},{"Start":"02:16.960 ","End":"02:24.870","Text":"That\u0027s better. I\u0027ll do that in this color and there\u0027s our total revenue."},{"Start":"02:25.300 ","End":"02:31.220","Text":"Profit pi is going to equal total revenue from here,"},{"Start":"02:31.220 ","End":"02:36.530","Text":"that\u0027s 20x dollars minus the cost."},{"Start":"02:36.530 ","End":"02:39.030","Text":"Take that from here."},{"Start":"02:39.430 ","End":"02:45.400","Text":"That\u0027s 300 plus 2x squared."},{"Start":"02:45.770 ","End":"02:49.320","Text":"Just a little bit of simplification."},{"Start":"02:49.320 ","End":"02:50.900","Text":"They still put them in order."},{"Start":"02:50.900 ","End":"02:54.485","Text":"I\u0027ll put the x squared first,"},{"Start":"02:54.485 ","End":"02:59.130","Text":"and then I\u0027ll put the xs and then the numbers."},{"Start":"02:59.130 ","End":"03:03.890","Text":"I\u0027ll highlight the profit in a different color."},{"Start":"03:03.890 ","End":"03:07.790","Text":"Now to find minimum or maximum, in this case,"},{"Start":"03:07.790 ","End":"03:12.335","Text":"maximum, we normally would use calculus."},{"Start":"03:12.335 ","End":"03:15.310","Text":"But some of you may not have learned calculus."},{"Start":"03:15.310 ","End":"03:19.820","Text":"If you haven\u0027t, I hope you\u0027ve learned about the quadratic function and parabolas."},{"Start":"03:19.820 ","End":"03:26.300","Text":"Because this is like a quadratic function where y equals"},{"Start":"03:26.300 ","End":"03:34.095","Text":"ax squared plus bx plus c, I\u0027ve changed color."},{"Start":"03:34.095 ","End":"03:39.665","Text":"This is of this form where this would be our a negative 2,"},{"Start":"03:39.665 ","End":"03:41.720","Text":"b would be 20,"},{"Start":"03:41.720 ","End":"03:44.825","Text":"and c would be minus 300."},{"Start":"03:44.825 ","End":"03:55.730","Text":"What we know about such curves is that if a is bigger than 0,"},{"Start":"03:55.730 ","End":"04:06.250","Text":"then the parabola faces upwards or opens upwards."},{"Start":"04:06.250 ","End":"04:09.090","Text":"If a is negative,"},{"Start":"04:09.090 ","End":"04:15.080","Text":"then it opens the faces downwards."},{"Start":"04:15.080 ","End":"04:19.410","Text":"In our case, our a is negative."},{"Start":"04:20.650 ","End":"04:24.095","Text":"We\u0027re in this case, which is good,"},{"Start":"04:24.095 ","End":"04:27.760","Text":"because in this case, we have a maximum."},{"Start":"04:27.760 ","End":"04:30.540","Text":"It occurs that this vertex, here"},{"Start":"04:30.540 ","End":"04:32.090","Text":"also, there\u0027s a vertex,"},{"Start":"04:32.090 ","End":"04:33.500","Text":"but it\u0027s a minimum."},{"Start":"04:33.500 ","End":"04:37.170","Text":"Anyway, we\u0027re only concerned now with this 1."},{"Start":"04:37.170 ","End":"04:40.065","Text":"The vertex, so call it v for this point."},{"Start":"04:40.065 ","End":"04:45.590","Text":"There is a formula that the x-value of"},{"Start":"04:45.590 ","End":"04:52.260","Text":"the vertex is given by minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"04:52.260 ","End":"04:57.065","Text":"That will do for the maximum or at least will have the x of it."},{"Start":"04:57.065 ","End":"05:05.360","Text":"Here, we will do that and we get that x_v is minus b,"},{"Start":"05:05.360 ","End":"05:12.765","Text":"which is minus 20 over 2a is twice minus 2."},{"Start":"05:12.765 ","End":"05:14.580","Text":"We can do that in our heads,"},{"Start":"05:14.580 ","End":"05:19.560","Text":"minus 20 over minus 4 is 5."},{"Start":"05:19.560 ","End":"05:25.859","Text":"What that means is that the answer to part a"},{"Start":"05:25.859 ","End":"05:33.415","Text":"is that 5 units are needed for the minimum."},{"Start":"05:33.415 ","End":"05:35.995","Text":"Now, I have another color left,"},{"Start":"05:35.995 ","End":"05:41.150","Text":"say this color is for the answer for part a."},{"Start":"05:41.150 ","End":"05:47.060","Text":"Part b is easy because all we have to do is plug"},{"Start":"05:47.060 ","End":"05:54.110","Text":"in this value of x 5 into the profit function, which is this."},{"Start":"05:54.110 ","End":"06:01.370","Text":"In other words, I want pi of 5 and see what this is equal to."},{"Start":"06:01.370 ","End":"06:06.665","Text":"This will be my, let\u0027s call it pi_max,"},{"Start":"06:06.665 ","End":"06:12.690","Text":"pi profit, max for maximum is 5."},{"Start":"06:13.120 ","End":"06:16.655","Text":"It\u0027s equal to, I\u0027m plugging it here,"},{"Start":"06:16.655 ","End":"06:21.650","Text":"minus 2 times 5 squared plus 20"},{"Start":"06:21.650 ","End":"06:28.255","Text":"times 5 minus 300."},{"Start":"06:28.255 ","End":"06:31.440","Text":"Let\u0027s see, 5 squared is 25,"},{"Start":"06:31.440 ","End":"06:33.615","Text":"so that\u0027s minus 50."},{"Start":"06:33.615 ","End":"06:38.820","Text":"Another negative, so that\u0027s altogether minus 350 plus a 100."},{"Start":"06:38.820 ","End":"06:45.490","Text":"What we end up with is minus 250 dollars,"},{"Start":"06:45.490 ","End":"06:49.335","Text":"the way you put the dollars,"},{"Start":"06:49.335 ","End":"06:52.350","Text":"left to the minus so to the right of the minus."},{"Start":"06:52.350 ","End":"06:55.020","Text":"That you ask is the maximum,"},{"Start":"06:55.020 ","End":"06:57.145","Text":"it\u0027s a loss not a profit."},{"Start":"06:57.145 ","End":"06:58.715","Text":"But it\u0027s the best you could do."},{"Start":"06:58.715 ","End":"07:03.510","Text":"Anyway, I\u0027ll just highlight it and declare that we are done."}],"ID":8540},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 12","Duration":"11m 36s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8406,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":4855,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.860","Text":"Manufacturer has this product and it has a demand"},{"Start":"00:04.860 ","End":"00:09.300","Text":"function P of x. X is the quantity or number of"},{"Start":"00:09.300 ","End":"00:13.485","Text":"units of the product he sells and"},{"Start":"00:13.485 ","End":"00:19.390","Text":"that quantity he can get price P for it and it\u0027s given by this formula."},{"Start":"00:21.380 ","End":"00:24.460","Text":"He also has a marginal cost function."},{"Start":"00:24.460 ","End":"00:27.950","Text":"We\u0027re given MC of x is this formula."},{"Start":"00:27.950 ","End":"00:30.655","Text":"Everything\u0027s in dollars."},{"Start":"00:30.655 ","End":"00:38.365","Text":"Just note that sometimes the letter Q is used instead of x for quantity but we use x."},{"Start":"00:38.365 ","End":"00:42.140","Text":"The question is, what is the quantity?"},{"Start":"00:42.140 ","End":"00:49.860","Text":"In other words, what x does he need to produce in order to get the maximum profit?"},{"Start":"00:50.150 ","End":"00:53.464","Text":"We need to get some equations, formulas."},{"Start":"00:53.464 ","End":"00:55.714","Text":"We will start off with something simple,"},{"Start":"00:55.714 ","End":"00:58.970","Text":"that the profit and we\u0027ve seen this before,"},{"Start":"00:58.970 ","End":"01:01.100","Text":"is equal to the,"},{"Start":"01:01.100 ","End":"01:03.335","Text":"I\u0027ll just say revenue for short,"},{"Start":"01:03.335 ","End":"01:08.840","Text":"not total revenue and instead of total cost I\u0027ll just write cost."},{"Start":"01:08.840 ","End":"01:13.655","Text":"If we make it specific as functions of x,"},{"Start":"01:13.655 ","End":"01:19.040","Text":"then we\u0027ve got the profit we use the letter pi of x is equal to revenue,"},{"Start":"01:19.040 ","End":"01:21.690","Text":"it\u0027s either R or TR,"},{"Start":"01:21.690 ","End":"01:28.924","Text":"revenue or total revenue of x minus cost or total cost we\u0027ll go with TC of x."},{"Start":"01:28.924 ","End":"01:31.760","Text":"We don\u0027t have the total cost,"},{"Start":"01:31.760 ","End":"01:33.665","Text":"we have the marginal cost."},{"Start":"01:33.665 ","End":"01:35.630","Text":"We don\u0027t even have a total revenue,"},{"Start":"01:35.630 ","End":"01:36.800","Text":"but we do have the price,"},{"Start":"01:36.800 ","End":"01:38.840","Text":"so we\u0027re going to have to build these."},{"Start":"01:38.840 ","End":"01:47.450","Text":"Let\u0027s see. Let\u0027s start off and see if we can get what TR of x is equal to."},{"Start":"01:47.450 ","End":"01:53.250","Text":"Total revenue is the number of items times the price per each."},{"Start":"01:53.250 ","End":"02:01.555","Text":"We know that we sold x items and we know the price for each was P of x."},{"Start":"02:01.555 ","End":"02:04.805","Text":"We\u0027re even given P of x is this,"},{"Start":"02:04.805 ","End":"02:12.930","Text":"so we have that this is equal to x times minus 0.15x plus 50."},{"Start":"02:12.930 ","End":"02:21.600","Text":"If we expand we\u0027ve got minus 0.15x squared plus 50x."},{"Start":"02:22.480 ","End":"02:30.080","Text":"Let me highlight that we already have the total revenue function and it\u0027s over here."},{"Start":"02:30.080 ","End":"02:33.695","Text":"Now, next thing we need is TC."},{"Start":"02:33.695 ","End":"02:36.300","Text":"Let\u0027s see how we\u0027ll get that."},{"Start":"02:36.640 ","End":"02:43.565","Text":"We are given the marginal 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initial condition or something."},{"Start":"03:28.850 ","End":"03:35.135","Text":"What we can do is if we can\u0027t integrate this at least we can differentiate that."},{"Start":"03:35.135 ","End":"03:42.335","Text":"How about we differentiate everything here and get that the derivative of the profit is"},{"Start":"03:42.335 ","End":"03:50.435","Text":"the derivative of the total revenue minus the derivative of the total cost."},{"Start":"03:50.435 ","End":"03:53.630","Text":"Well, I have got this."},{"Start":"03:53.630 ","End":"03:55.820","Text":"I\u0027ve got TC prime."},{"Start":"03:55.820 ","End":"04:01.035","Text":"This is equal to this,"},{"Start":"04:01.035 ","End":"04:08.620","Text":"but what I should be caring about is not TR and I remove the highlighting."},{"Start":"04:08.630 ","End":"04:12.975","Text":"What we\u0027ll need is TR prime."},{"Start":"04:12.975 ","End":"04:18.610","Text":"Now, I don\u0027t have TR prime but if I just differentiate this then I will."},{"Start":"04:18.610 ","End":"04:24.255","Text":"Let me take this and differentiate it and put the answer here."},{"Start":"04:24.255 ","End":"04:29.245","Text":"TR prime of x is equal to,"},{"Start":"04:29.245 ","End":"04:31.820","Text":"well, maybe not all the way from here."},{"Start":"04:31.820 ","End":"04:35.490","Text":"Maybe we can take it from here."},{"Start":"04:35.540 ","End":"04:38.670","Text":"I\u0027m going to differentiate this."},{"Start":"04:38.670 ","End":"04:48.420","Text":"Let\u0027s see, twice minus 0.5 is minus 0.3x plus 50."},{"Start":"04:48.420 ","End":"04:50.670","Text":"Now I can shade it."},{"Start":"04:50.670 ","End":"04:52.815","Text":"Now I\u0027ve got these 2 pieces,"},{"Start":"04:52.815 ","End":"05:00.680","Text":"so I can get the derivative of the profit is equal to this green minus yellow."},{"Start":"05:00.680 ","End":"05:08.585","Text":"It\u0027s minus 0.3x plus 50 minus,"},{"Start":"05:08.585 ","End":"05:16.250","Text":"minus in front of each of the minus 0.06x squared minus 20."},{"Start":"05:16.250 ","End":"05:24.845","Text":"Collecting like terms I get minus 0.06x squared"},{"Start":"05:24.845 ","End":"05:32.390","Text":"minus 0.3x plus 50 minus"},{"Start":"05:32.390 ","End":"05:36.695","Text":"20 is plus 30."},{"Start":"05:36.695 ","End":"05:40.570","Text":"That it\u0027s not the profit,"},{"Start":"05:40.570 ","End":"05:46.295","Text":"it\u0027s the derivative of the profit that actually is even better."},{"Start":"05:46.295 ","End":"05:50.329","Text":"This by the way is also called the marginal profit."},{"Start":"05:50.329 ","End":"05:53.375","Text":"Anything with derivative is marginal."},{"Start":"05:53.375 ","End":"05:56.465","Text":"I prefer to leave it in this form as a derivative."},{"Start":"05:56.465 ","End":"05:59.180","Text":"Now, why do I want a derivative?"},{"Start":"05:59.180 ","End":"06:02.510","Text":"The question doesn\u0027t say to find the maximum profit,"},{"Start":"06:02.510 ","End":"06:10.285","Text":"it just wants to know what quantity I need in order to guarantee that it\u0027s maximum."},{"Start":"06:10.285 ","End":"06:16.740","Text":"I can solve the equation pi prime of x equals 0 and"},{"Start":"06:16.740 ","End":"06:20.210","Text":"then look for critical points and then check if"},{"Start":"06:20.210 ","End":"06:24.870","Text":"they give me a maximum or minimum or neither."},{"Start":"06:25.820 ","End":"06:34.580","Text":"We\u0027ll just get an equation by setting this and I just copied it here to equal 0."},{"Start":"06:34.580 ","End":"06:39.710","Text":"Now this equation we can multiply everything by"},{"Start":"06:39.710 ","End":"06:45.065","Text":"100 or even make it minus 100 and then we\u0027ll get something simpler."},{"Start":"06:45.065 ","End":"06:48.945","Text":"We\u0027ll get 6x squared."},{"Start":"06:48.945 ","End":"06:51.645","Text":"The minus will become plus,"},{"Start":"06:51.645 ","End":"07:01.560","Text":"times 100 is 30x minus 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","End":"07:59.050","Text":"which is just 2."},{"Start":"07:59.050 ","End":"08:02.765","Text":"Now what\u0027s under the square root sign is going to be,"},{"Start":"08:02.765 ","End":"08:04.610","Text":"this is plus with minus, minus."},{"Start":"08:04.610 ","End":"08:07.865","Text":"This is 20,000 plus 25."},{"Start":"08:07.865 ","End":"08:12.275","Text":"I need the square root of 2025."},{"Start":"08:12.275 ","End":"08:17.255","Text":"You could do it on the calculator and it comes out to be 45."},{"Start":"08:17.255 ","End":"08:21.230","Text":"What we get is that x is equal to minus 5 plus"},{"Start":"08:21.230 ","End":"08:28.915","Text":"or minus 45 over 2."},{"Start":"08:28.915 ","End":"08:35.080","Text":"Now if we take the plus then we will get minus 5"},{"Start":"08:35.080 ","End":"08:41.575","Text":"plus 45 is 40 over 2 is 20."},{"Start":"08:41.575 ","End":"08:48.930","Text":"If we take the minus then we\u0027ve got minus 50 over 2 which is minus"},{"Start":"08:48.930 ","End":"08:52.660","Text":"25 which is going to have to be"},{"Start":"08:52.660 ","End":"08:58.790","Text":"excluded because it\u0027s negative and our x as a quantity it has to be positive."},{"Start":"08:59.090 ","End":"09:06.370","Text":"We know that the x which makes the derivative of"},{"Start":"09:06.370 ","End":"09:14.010","Text":"the profit 0 is just x equals 20."},{"Start":"09:14.140 ","End":"09:21.400","Text":"We could say yes, the answer is 20 but we still have to show that this really is"},{"Start":"09:21.400 ","End":"09:28.330","Text":"a maximum because derivative 0 can happen for other reasons."},{"Start":"09:28.330 ","End":"09:32.800","Text":"The simplest thing to do is to use the second derivative test."},{"Start":"09:32.800 ","End":"09:36.580","Text":"If we figure out the second derivative and it\u0027s negative,"},{"Start":"09:36.580 ","End":"09:38.880","Text":"then we\u0027re guaranteed a maximum."},{"Start":"09:38.880 ","End":"09:43.870","Text":"Let\u0027s 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What we want to do"},{"Start":"02:16.490 ","End":"02:20.815","Text":"now is a bit of algebra to reverse this equation."},{"Start":"02:20.815 ","End":"02:24.540","Text":"This one I want to write the other way round."},{"Start":"02:24.540 ","End":"02:26.180","Text":"Let\u0027s do the algebra at"},{"Start":"02:26.180 ","End":"02:30.590","Text":"the side and I just move that formula here so we\u0027ll have room here."},{"Start":"02:30.590 ","End":"02:37.000","Text":"I\u0027m going to copy x equals 5000 minus 50P over 3."},{"Start":"02:37.000 ","End":"02:42.210","Text":"I want to extract p. Multiply both sides by 3,"},{"Start":"02:42.210 ","End":"02:48.150","Text":"so I\u0027ve got 3x equals 5000 minus 50P."},{"Start":"02:48.150 ","End":"02:51.795","Text":"Now let me put the p\u0027s on the left and the x\u0027s on the right,"},{"Start":"02:51.795 ","End":"02:58.740","Text":"so I have 50P equals 5000 minus 3x."},{"Start":"02:58.740 ","End":"03:02.730","Text":"Then all I have left to do is divide by 50,"},{"Start":"03:04.270 ","End":"03:08.845","Text":"5000 divided by 50 is 100,"},{"Start":"03:08.845 ","End":"03:12.425","Text":"and 3 over 50,"},{"Start":"03:12.425 ","End":"03:17.795","Text":"I\u0027ll just write it as a decimal, it\u0027s 0.06x."},{"Start":"03:17.795 ","End":"03:24.504","Text":"Now that I have this and I can write this as p in terms of x,"},{"Start":"03:24.504 ","End":"03:31.940","Text":"I could just substitute that in here and continue and get"},{"Start":"03:31.940 ","End":"03:41.610","Text":"the total revenue is x times 100 minus 0.06x."},{"Start":"03:42.310 ","End":"03:45.110","Text":"Now I can continue with this formula."},{"Start":"03:45.110 ","End":"03:47.240","Text":"Let me just highlight to make things clearer."},{"Start":"03:47.240 ","End":"03:53.605","Text":"The total revenue I\u0027m going to get from here,"},{"Start":"03:53.605 ","End":"04:00.760","Text":"and the total cost I can get from here."},{"Start":"04:00.860 ","End":"04:03.485","Text":"If I substitute these,"},{"Start":"04:03.485 ","End":"04:06.654","Text":"I can now figure out what is the profit."},{"Start":"04:06.654 ","End":"04:15.920","Text":"I\u0027ve got pi profit of x is equal to this green color minus the magenta color."},{"Start":"04:15.920 ","End":"04:18.230","Text":"From here I multiply out,"},{"Start":"04:18.230 ","End":"04:26.840","Text":"I\u0027ve got 100x minus 0.06x squared."},{"Start":"04:26.840 ","End":"04:29.515","Text":"Then I have to subtract this,"},{"Start":"04:29.515 ","End":"04:31.679","Text":"so I\u0027ll just put them both with a minus;"},{"Start":"04:31.679 ","End":"04:35.340","Text":"minus 200, minus 4x,"},{"Start":"04:35.340 ","End":"04:39.725","Text":"and I just collect like terms and order them."},{"Start":"04:39.725 ","End":"04:49.490","Text":"I\u0027ve got minus 0.06x squared plus 100x minus 4x,"},{"Start":"04:49.490 ","End":"04:55.090","Text":"that\u0027s plus 96x minus 200."},{"Start":"04:55.090 ","End":"04:56.940","Text":"Then I think I\u0027ll highlight this too,"},{"Start":"04:56.940 ","End":"04:59.340","Text":"this is the profit function."},{"Start":"04:59.340 ","End":"05:03.710","Text":"Now we have the function that we need to maximize."},{"Start":"05:03.710 ","End":"05:10.150","Text":"We want to find the x that gives the largest value of the profit and what the profit is."},{"Start":"05:10.150 ","End":"05:13.880","Text":"Now we could do this with calculus and differentiation."},{"Start":"05:13.880 ","End":"05:16.600","Text":"We don\u0027t need to because this is a quadratic 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here."},{"Start":"05:55.225 ","End":"05:57.740","Text":"If we label the vertex v,"},{"Start":"05:57.740 ","End":"06:04.280","Text":"there\u0027s a formula that the x of the vertex is minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"06:04.280 ","End":"06:06.110","Text":"It\u0027s the same formula here,"},{"Start":"06:06.110 ","End":"06:08.515","Text":"but we don\u0027t need this one."},{"Start":"06:08.515 ","End":"06:13.680","Text":"Back here, well, I\u0027ll just continue labeling,"},{"Start":"06:13.680 ","End":"06:19.120","Text":"b is 96, we don\u0027t even need c but it\u0027s minus 200."},{"Start":"06:19.670 ","End":"06:24.920","Text":"We get the x of the vertex is minus b over 2a,"},{"Start":"06:24.920 ","End":"06:34.050","Text":"is minus 96 over twice, minus 0.06."},{"Start":"06:35.210 ","End":"06:38.435","Text":"Minus will cancel with the minus,"},{"Start":"06:38.435 ","End":"06:42.090","Text":"and we\u0027ll get 96 over 0.12,"},{"Start":"06:43.130 ","End":"06:47.550","Text":"and this comes out to 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","End":"08:16.785","Text":"Back in our case,"},{"Start":"08:16.785 ","End":"08:22.400","Text":"our x is going to equal the minus b over"},{"Start":"08:22.400 ","End":"08:29.090","Text":"2a is minus 2500 over twice,"},{"Start":"08:29.090 ","End":"08:32.240","Text":"a is minus 250"},{"Start":"08:32.240 ","End":"08:41.419","Text":"is 5 so this is the value for x,"},{"Start":"08:41.419 ","End":"08:44.510","Text":"which gives us the maximum profit."},{"Start":"08:44.510 ","End":"08:48.800","Text":"However, the question asks what the new prices,"},{"Start":"08:48.800 ","End":"08:50.510","Text":"I\u0027ll go back and show you."},{"Start":"08:50.510 ","End":"08:54.860","Text":"The question says, how much should he charged per machine?"},{"Start":"08:54.860 ","End":"09:02.420","Text":"The price is given by this expression, 225 minus 5x."},{"Start":"09:02.420 ","End":"09:10.010","Text":"So what I have is that the new price for maximum profit is going to"},{"Start":"09:10.010 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It wouldn\u0027t hurt."},{"Start":"11:10.040 ","End":"11:15.305","Text":"If we look over here, the number of machines sold is 500 plus 50x."},{"Start":"11:15.305 ","End":"11:18.020","Text":"So if x is 5,"},{"Start":"11:18.020 ","End":"11:23.105","Text":"then the number of machines sold would"},{"Start":"11:23.105 ","End":"11:29.010","Text":"be 500 plus 50 times 5,"},{"Start":"11:29.010 ","End":"11:35.010","Text":"50 times 5 is 250 plus 500 is 750 machines."},{"Start":"11:35.010 ","End":"11:43.250","Text":"Then I could have multiplied this by the 125 dollars production cost per machine."},{"Start":"11:43.250 ","End":"11:52.390","Text":"If you do this, you will get also 93,750."},{"Start":"11:52.390 ","End":"11:57.470","Text":"Just sometimes I like to show an alternative way and we\u0027re not quite done."},{"Start":"11:57.470 ","End":"12:01.295","Text":"There was 1 extra question there let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"12:01.295 ","End":"12:05.005","Text":"production costs are they 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A,"},{"Start":"06:39.620 ","End":"06:45.170","Text":"b, and c. What we can do is we can compute the x for"},{"Start":"06:45.170 ","End":"06:53.195","Text":"the vertex and I\u0027ll call it x max because the vertex is the x that gives us the maximum,"},{"Start":"06:53.195 ","End":"06:56.230","Text":"is equal to minus b over 2a,"},{"Start":"06:56.230 ","End":"07:01.320","Text":"which is minus 3 over twice a,"},{"Start":"07:01.320 ","End":"07:07.725","Text":"is minus 1/10, and the minuses cancel."},{"Start":"07:07.725 ","End":"07:10.395","Text":"This just gives us,"},{"Start":"07:10.395 ","End":"07:13.380","Text":"It\u0027s like 3 times 10 over 2,"},{"Start":"07:13.380 ","End":"07:20.655","Text":"which is 15, the number of $2 reductions."},{"Start":"07:20.655 ","End":"07:25.485","Text":"We don\u0027t want x, we want the package price."},{"Start":"07:25.485 ","End":"07:30.260","Text":"The package price is given by p. I want p,"},{"Start":"07:30.260 ","End":"07:33.305","Text":"not of x, but p of 15."},{"Start":"07:33.305 ","End":"07:38.610","Text":"From this formula, it\u0027s 100 minus twice 15,"},{"Start":"07:38.610 ","End":"07:43.455","Text":"and so this is equal to 100 minus 30"},{"Start":"07:43.455 ","End":"07:50.230","Text":"is $70 for the package."},{"Start":"07:52.580 ","End":"07:55.850","Text":"We also need the number of minutes,"},{"Start":"07:55.850 ","End":"07:57.904","Text":"which in this case,"},{"Start":"07:57.904 ","End":"08:03.545","Text":"number of minutes is equal to 200 plus"},{"Start":"08:03.545 ","End":"08:11.670","Text":"10x is 200 plus 10 times 15."},{"Start":"08:12.320 ","End":"08:15.420","Text":"That equals, let\u0027s see,"},{"Start":"08:15.420 ","End":"08:22.200","Text":"10 times 15 is 150 plus 200, that is 350."},{"Start":"08:22.200 ","End":"08:25.575","Text":"I\u0027ll just write it as minutes."},{"Start":"08:25.575 ","End":"08:29.810","Text":"I can highlight the solution that a,"},{"Start":"08:29.810 ","End":"08:33.350","Text":"the package price is $70,"},{"Start":"08:33.350 ","End":"08:39.060","Text":"and the number of minutes is 350."},{"Start":"08:39.070 ","End":"08:45.635","Text":"Now we\u0027re done, but I\u0027m just curious as to how much the revenue did increase by."},{"Start":"08:45.635 ","End":"08:52.080","Text":"Originally, revenue was $100 because that\u0027s the package price,"},{"Start":"08:52.080 ","End":"08:54.549","Text":"and it was 200 minutes."},{"Start":"08:54.560 ","End":"08:59.430","Text":"But now if we have $70 package,"},{"Start":"08:59.430 ","End":"09:06.795","Text":"the price per minute is only 35 cents, 0.35."},{"Start":"09:06.795 ","End":"09:10.030","Text":"On the other hand, the customer speaks longer,"},{"Start":"09:10.030 ","End":"09:24.395","Text":"350 times $0.35 is equal to $122.50,"},{"Start":"09:24.395 ","End":"09:27.515","Text":"which is certainly more than $100."},{"Start":"09:27.515 ","End":"09:29.480","Text":"The revenue is definitely increasing."},{"Start":"09:29.480 ","End":"09:31.850","Text":"This is the maximum revenue,"},{"Start":"09:31.850 ","End":"09:36.810","Text":"but we weren\u0027t asked for that. Now I\u0027m done."}],"ID":8622},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 3","Duration":"13m 4s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8427,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":5084,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:05.970","Text":"In this exercise, we have an artist and he creates pieces of jewelry,"},{"Start":"00:05.970 ","End":"00:10.810","Text":"and it costs him 30 dollars each to produce."},{"Start":"00:11.930 ","End":"00:15.585","Text":"We found that when he charges 40 dollars each,"},{"Start":"00:15.585 ","End":"00:18.435","Text":"then he can sell 100 pieces a day."},{"Start":"00:18.435 ","End":"00:23.490","Text":"But for each 2 dollar price hike, he sells less."},{"Start":"00:23.490 ","End":"00:25.200","Text":"Of course, if you charge more, you\u0027ll sell less,"},{"Start":"00:25.200 ","End":"00:27.945","Text":"he 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That\u0027s 30 dollars each."},{"Start":"03:40.960 ","End":"03:49.345","Text":"It\u0027s 30 dollars times the number of pieces itself which is the quantity,"},{"Start":"03:49.345 ","End":"03:53.570","Text":"which is 100 minus 4x."},{"Start":"03:53.690 ","End":"04:00.010","Text":"Now that we have the cost and we have the revenue,"},{"Start":"04:00.010 ","End":"04:02.545","Text":"we can substitute them in here."},{"Start":"04:02.545 ","End":"04:05.330","Text":"Perhaps I should use a bit of color."},{"Start":"04:05.330 ","End":"04:10.500","Text":"The revenue is over here."},{"Start":"04:10.500 ","End":"04:14.190","Text":"Its revenue is this,"},{"Start":"04:14.190 ","End":"04:22.600","Text":"and the cost which I need over here is this."},{"Start":"04:22.820 ","End":"04:26.825","Text":"Then what l want is the profit."},{"Start":"04:26.825 ","End":"04:29.510","Text":"I\u0027ll just highlight it for now."},{"Start":"04:29.510 ","End":"04:35.035","Text":"The quick copy-paste, will equal this,"},{"Start":"04:35.035 ","End":"04:37.605","Text":"which I\u0027ll copy from here,"},{"Start":"04:37.605 ","End":"04:39.360","Text":"and then I\u0027ll subtract the other."},{"Start":"04:39.360 ","End":"04:44.610","Text":"I\u0027ve got 40 plus 2x times"},{"Start":"04:44.610 ","End":"04:50.925","Text":"100 minus 4x minus the cost which is from here,"},{"Start":"04:50.925 ","End":"04:57.970","Text":"30 times 100 minus 4x."},{"Start":"04:58.120 ","End":"05:04.020","Text":"Now notice that these share a common factor."},{"Start":"05:05.060 ","End":"05:12.920","Text":"Therefore I can take outside the brackets the 100 minus"},{"Start":"05:12.920 ","End":"05:18.030","Text":"4x and say that it\u0027s"},{"Start":"05:18.030 ","End":"05:24.760","Text":"equal to 40 plus 2x minus 30."},{"Start":"05:28.360 ","End":"05:32.015","Text":"There is a shortcut way we could have got here."},{"Start":"05:32.015 ","End":"05:33.950","Text":"We could have said, okay,"},{"Start":"05:33.950 ","End":"05:36.185","Text":"this is the quantity,"},{"Start":"05:36.185 ","End":"05:43.700","Text":"and what he takes in the profit on each piece is what he sells it for,"},{"Start":"05:43.700 ","End":"05:50.075","Text":"which is 40 plus 2x minus his production cost of 30."},{"Start":"05:50.075 ","End":"05:57.110","Text":"This is like what he sells it for minus the production cost."},{"Start":"05:57.110 ","End":"06:00.110","Text":"This is the number of units."},{"Start":"06:00.110 ","End":"06:02.780","Text":"This is like quantity Q,"},{"Start":"06:02.780 ","End":"06:07.115","Text":"this is the price per unit,"},{"Start":"06:07.115 ","End":"06:13.610","Text":"and this is the production cost per unit of the total cost."},{"Start":"06:13.610 ","End":"06:16.790","Text":"We could have gotten to this right away."},{"Start":"06:16.790 ","End":"06:19.535","Text":"It doesn\u0027t matter as long as we\u0027re getting the same thing."},{"Start":"06:19.535 ","End":"06:21.965","Text":"Now I\u0027ll do the simplification,"},{"Start":"06:21.965 ","End":"06:24.155","Text":"and I\u0027ll give it a name."},{"Start":"06:24.155 ","End":"06:29.670","Text":"I use the letter Pi for profit, and a Greek letter."},{"Start":"06:29.670 ","End":"06:31.230","Text":"It\u0027s the Greek P because usually,"},{"Start":"06:31.230 ","End":"06:35.110","Text":"P is price, so Pi is profit."},{"Start":"06:35.300 ","End":"06:42.045","Text":"That is going to equal 100 minus 4x."},{"Start":"06:42.045 ","End":"06:47.980","Text":"Then this is 10 plus 2x."},{"Start":"06:48.590 ","End":"06:51.330","Text":"Let\u0027s just do some algebra now."},{"Start":"06:51.330 ","End":"06:56.210","Text":"Expand and see what we get. You know what?"},{"Start":"06:56.210 ","End":"07:00.950","Text":"I\u0027m going to choose them in the order that I want them in decreasing powers"},{"Start":"07:00.950 ","End":"07:06.125","Text":"of x. X squared times comes from this times this."},{"Start":"07:06.125 ","End":"07:09.750","Text":"I\u0027ve got minus 8x squared."},{"Start":"07:09.750 ","End":"07:15.470","Text":"Then xs can come from this times this is minus 40x,"},{"Start":"07:15.470 ","End":"07:19.630","Text":"and this times this is plus 200x,"},{"Start":"07:19.630 ","End":"07:23.290","Text":"so altogether I\u0027m plus 106x."},{"Start":"07:23.420 ","End":"07:29.430","Text":"Then this with this gives me 100 times 10 is 1,000."},{"Start":"07:29.430 ","End":"07:33.695","Text":"Now I\u0027ve got the profit function in terms of x,"},{"Start":"07:33.695 ","End":"07:37.695","Text":"which is the number of 2 dollar hikes,"},{"Start":"07:37.695 ","End":"07:44.560","Text":"and just find which x makes this maximum."},{"Start":"07:44.600 ","End":"07:50.179","Text":"It\u0027s possible to solve this problem with calculus and derivatives,"},{"Start":"07:50.179 ","End":"07:52.070","Text":"but I\u0027m not going to."},{"Start":"07:52.070 ","End":"07:54.110","Text":"I\u0027m going to use quadratics and parabolas."},{"Start":"07:54.110 ","End":"07:55.640","Text":"I\u0027ll give you a quick reminder."},{"Start":"07:55.640 ","End":"08:00.060","Text":"If I have y is some quadratic function of x,"},{"Start":"08:00.060 ","End":"08:04.215","Text":"ax squared plus bx plus c,"},{"Start":"08:04.215 ","End":"08:13.055","Text":"just like here, we do if this minus 8 is a and this 160 is b,"},{"Start":"08:13.055 ","End":"08:14.780","Text":"and this 1,000 is c,"},{"Start":"08:14.780 ","End":"08:16.710","Text":"and this is y."},{"Start":"08:16.710 ","End":"08:23.140","Text":"Then there\u0027s 2 parabola depending on whether a is positive or negative."},{"Start":"08:23.140 ","End":"08:27.485","Text":"A is not 0 because then it wouldn\u0027t be quadratic, it would be linear."},{"Start":"08:27.485 ","End":"08:31.805","Text":"If a is bigger than 0 positive,"},{"Start":"08:31.805 ","End":"08:36.150","Text":"then you get a parabola facing upwards,"},{"Start":"08:36.150 ","End":"08:42.070","Text":"and it has a vertex which is in this case the minimum."},{"Start":"08:42.070 ","End":"08:45.210","Text":"This is V, the vertex."},{"Start":"08:45.210 ","End":"08:48.715","Text":"If a is negative,"},{"Start":"08:48.715 ","End":"08:56.270","Text":"then we have an upside-down parabola opens downwards."},{"Start":"08:56.270 ","End":"08:58.310","Text":"Also, has a vertex,"},{"Start":"08:58.310 ","End":"09:03.530","Text":"in this case, the vertex is the maximum."},{"Start":"09:04.980 ","End":"09:10.210","Text":"Now we are in the case where a is negative,"},{"Start":"09:10.210 ","End":"09:13.735","Text":"so that\u0027s good, we\u0027re in the maximum case."},{"Start":"09:13.735 ","End":"09:16.165","Text":"But in both of them,"},{"Start":"09:16.165 ","End":"09:21.610","Text":"the x-value of the vertex,"},{"Start":"09:21.610 ","End":"09:29.610","Text":"let\u0027s call it x sub v is equal to minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"09:30.730 ","End":"09:35.940","Text":"This is in both cases."},{"Start":"09:36.740 ","End":"09:39.434","Text":"Returning to our case,"},{"Start":"09:39.434 ","End":"09:45.810","Text":"our x_v, but I\u0027d prefer to call it x max."},{"Start":"09:45.810 ","End":"09:51.540","Text":"Here the better name because it remind me that it\u0027s x for the maximum."},{"Start":"09:51.540 ","End":"09:55.815","Text":"It\u0027s equal to minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"09:55.815 ","End":"10:02.310","Text":"It\u0027s minus 160, that\u0027s y minus b over twice a,"},{"Start":"10:02.310 ","End":"10:05.050","Text":"which is minus 8."},{"Start":"10:05.630 ","End":"10:12.765","Text":"This is 160 over 16 is just 10,"},{"Start":"10:12.765 ","End":"10:14.460","Text":"the minus is canceled."},{"Start":"10:14.460 ","End":"10:16.755","Text":"We found our x."},{"Start":"10:16.755 ","End":"10:19.055","Text":"But what is this x?"},{"Start":"10:19.055 ","End":"10:21.860","Text":"It\u0027s the number of jumps."},{"Start":"10:21.860 ","End":"10:24.200","Text":"I think it\u0027s just off the board."},{"Start":"10:24.200 ","End":"10:25.355","Text":"There it is."},{"Start":"10:25.355 ","End":"10:29.090","Text":"It\u0027s the number of 2 dollar increases."},{"Start":"10:29.090 ","End":"10:31.880","Text":"Once I have x, I can get the price and"},{"Start":"10:31.880 ","End":"10:37.195","Text":"the quantity which is what I need for parts a and b."},{"Start":"10:37.195 ","End":"10:44.400","Text":"Actually, I\u0027m working on part a and b together. I\u0027ll just erase that."},{"Start":"10:44.400 ","End":"10:47.370","Text":"We\u0027ll work on the whole problem as a whole a, b,"},{"Start":"10:47.370 ","End":"10:54.890","Text":"and c. Let\u0027s see now the price for each,"},{"Start":"10:54.890 ","End":"10:58.045","Text":"which will be the answer to part a,"},{"Start":"10:58.045 ","End":"11:00.010","Text":"and I think I got that backward."},{"Start":"11:00.010 ","End":"11:03.380","Text":"I think the quantity is part a and the price is part b."},{"Start":"11:03.380 ","End":"11:11.280","Text":"The quantity would be 100 minus 4x."},{"Start":"11:11.290 ","End":"11:16.400","Text":"In our case when x is 10 is equal to"},{"Start":"11:16.400 ","End":"11:23.620","Text":"100 minus 4 times 10,"},{"Start":"11:23.620 ","End":"11:27.300","Text":"and 4 times 10 is 40,"},{"Start":"11:27.300 ","End":"11:29.670","Text":"100 minus 40 is 60."},{"Start":"11:29.670 ","End":"11:36.340","Text":"It\u0027s 60 pieces, and that\u0027s the answer to part a."},{"Start":"11:37.220 ","End":"11:45.160","Text":"It was part b that are for the price which is 40 plus 2x."},{"Start":"11:45.160 ","End":"11:49.514","Text":"In our case where x is 10,"},{"Start":"11:49.514 ","End":"11:56.820","Text":"for the maximum is 40 plus 2 times 10."},{"Start":"11:56.820 ","End":"12:02.235","Text":"This is just the 40 dollars and 10 price hikes of 2 dollars,"},{"Start":"12:02.235 ","End":"12:06.910","Text":"10 times 2 is 20 plus 40 is 60."},{"Start":"12:08.390 ","End":"12:12.510","Text":"Here I put dollars and here units."},{"Start":"12:12.510 ","End":"12:16.325","Text":"Both 60. This highlights the answers."},{"Start":"12:16.325 ","End":"12:18.595","Text":"This is the answer to a,"},{"Start":"12:18.595 ","End":"12:23.580","Text":"and 60 pieces sold and part b at 60 dollars each,"},{"Start":"12:23.580 ","End":"12:31.210","Text":"and part c if I remember was the production costs."},{"Start":"12:31.880 ","End":"12:36.995","Text":"If I recall, the production cost was 30 dollars each,"},{"Start":"12:36.995 ","End":"12:42.455","Text":"so I take 60 pieces and I multiply that"},{"Start":"12:42.455 ","End":"12:49.805","Text":"by 30 dollars cost production per piece."},{"Start":"12:49.805 ","End":"12:59.680","Text":"I get that to equal 1,800 dollars."},{"Start":"12:59.680 ","End":"13:05.050","Text":"I\u0027ll just highlight part c and say that we are done."}],"ID":8623},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 4","Duration":"7m 32s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8428,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":5084,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.980","Text":"This is an exercise of the kind where we have to maximize profit."},{"Start":"00:04.980 ","End":"00:07.560","Text":"As a company that rents buses,"},{"Start":"00:07.560 ","End":"00:12.070","Text":"coaches we just gave it a fictitious name, Good Trip."},{"Start":"00:12.230 ","End":"00:15.840","Text":"It rents to groups of 30 tourists,"},{"Start":"00:15.840 ","End":"00:18.434","Text":"and it\u0027s a 100 dollars a person."},{"Start":"00:18.434 ","End":"00:22.110","Text":"But for each additional tourist,"},{"Start":"00:22.110 ","End":"00:27.035","Text":"the group gets a price discount of 2 dollars each."},{"Start":"00:27.035 ","End":"00:30.680","Text":"I mean, all the tourists on the bus get a 2 dollar discount,"},{"Start":"00:30.680 ","End":"00:33.200","Text":"not just the additional ones."},{"Start":"00:33.200 ","End":"00:40.055","Text":"The question is, what number of tourists will give the maximum profit?"},{"Start":"00:40.055 ","End":"00:44.450","Text":"Now for that, we also need the costs, not just revenues."},{"Start":"00:44.450 ","End":"00:46.265","Text":"But we assume that costs are fixed,"},{"Start":"00:46.265 ","End":"00:49.865","Text":"and it actually doesn\u0027t matter what those fixed costs are."},{"Start":"00:49.865 ","End":"00:54.230","Text":"But they\u0027re fixed. So how do we go about this?"},{"Start":"00:54.230 ","End":"00:57.680","Text":"What I suggest is choosing a variable"},{"Start":"00:57.680 ","End":"01:01.385","Text":"and a good choice of variable will make the problem easier."},{"Start":"01:01.385 ","End":"01:08.015","Text":"So the natural choice would either be the number of tourists,"},{"Start":"01:08.015 ","End":"01:10.760","Text":"but I think it\u0027ll be easier if we just take"},{"Start":"01:10.760 ","End":"01:13.730","Text":"the number of additional tourists beyond the 30,"},{"Start":"01:13.730 ","End":"01:14.840","Text":"it will come out simpler."},{"Start":"01:14.840 ","End":"01:22.770","Text":"So let me declare that x is the number of additional tourists."},{"Start":"01:22.770 ","End":"01:24.060","Text":"So when I say additional,"},{"Start":"01:24.060 ","End":"01:29.640","Text":"I mean over the 30 original ones."},{"Start":"01:29.640 ","End":"01:32.689","Text":"Now we can compute everything."},{"Start":"01:32.689 ","End":"01:39.510","Text":"In general, profit is the total revenue,"},{"Start":"01:39.510 ","End":"01:41.730","Text":"I\u0027ll just say revenue."},{"Start":"01:41.730 ","End":"01:47.265","Text":"From this, we have to subtract the total costs so let\u0027s say revenue minus cost."},{"Start":"01:47.265 ","End":"01:51.655","Text":"Now, the cost will just be"},{"Start":"01:51.655 ","End":"01:57.640","Text":"a fixed quantity so let\u0027s just call it C. C for constant or C for cost and"},{"Start":"01:57.640 ","End":"02:02.335","Text":"the revenue will equal the number of"},{"Start":"02:02.335 ","End":"02:11.370","Text":"tourists multiplied by the price each."},{"Start":"02:11.370 ","End":"02:15.465","Text":"Now, these 2, I\u0027ll express in terms of x."},{"Start":"02:15.465 ","End":"02:19.060","Text":"The number of tourists is going to be"},{"Start":"02:19.060 ","End":"02:24.430","Text":"just 30 plus x. I think that\u0027s pretty clear by the way we set x up,"},{"Start":"02:24.430 ","End":"02:27.335","Text":"it\u0027s the number of tourists beyond the 30."},{"Start":"02:27.335 ","End":"02:34.725","Text":"Now the price each comes from this discount of 2 dollars each."},{"Start":"02:34.725 ","End":"02:37.530","Text":"We started from 100 dollars."},{"Start":"02:37.530 ","End":"02:43.650","Text":"So it\u0027s a 100 dollars minus x times 2 dollars,"},{"Start":"02:43.650 ","End":"02:46.105","Text":"x times 2 is 2x."},{"Start":"02:46.105 ","End":"02:48.755","Text":"So we have to do is multiply these 2,"},{"Start":"02:48.755 ","End":"02:53.525","Text":"and I\u0027ll call this revenue R, R of x."},{"Start":"02:53.525 ","End":"03:01.745","Text":"The profit will use the letter Pi because the letter p is already reserved for price."},{"Start":"03:01.745 ","End":"03:05.210","Text":"So what I can write is that Pi of x,"},{"Start":"03:05.210 ","End":"03:07.940","Text":"this is Pi of x,"},{"Start":"03:07.940 ","End":"03:10.250","Text":"revenue R of x."},{"Start":"03:10.250 ","End":"03:13.630","Text":"Cost in general, it depends on x,"},{"Start":"03:13.630 ","End":"03:16.060","Text":"but in this case, it\u0027s a constant."},{"Start":"03:16.060 ","End":"03:19.675","Text":"So the revenue, which is"},{"Start":"03:19.675 ","End":"03:27.580","Text":"30 plus x times a 100 minus 2x minus the cost,"},{"Start":"03:27.580 ","End":"03:30.400","Text":"which is that constant fixed cost."},{"Start":"03:30.400 ","End":"03:34.480","Text":"This is our profit function and this is what we have to maximize."},{"Start":"03:34.480 ","End":"03:37.840","Text":"So let\u0027s start by expanding the brackets."},{"Start":"03:37.840 ","End":"03:42.385","Text":"I\u0027m going to choose the powers of x as I want them."},{"Start":"03:42.385 ","End":"03:44.230","Text":"I want the x squared first."},{"Start":"03:44.230 ","End":"03:50.309","Text":"So I can get from x times minus 2x minus 2x squared."},{"Start":"03:50.309 ","End":"03:54.565","Text":"Let\u0027s collect x\u0027s from this and this we have plus a 100x,"},{"Start":"03:54.565 ","End":"03:58.840","Text":"and from this and this minus 60x."},{"Start":"03:58.840 ","End":"04:02.930","Text":"So a 100 minus 60 is 40."},{"Start":"04:02.930 ","End":"04:12.385","Text":"So plus 40x, and then 30 times a 100 is 3,000 minus"},{"Start":"04:12.385 ","End":"04:22.815","Text":"C. What we want to find is the maximum of profit."},{"Start":"04:22.815 ","End":"04:27.265","Text":"Actually, we want the x that gives the maximum."},{"Start":"04:27.265 ","End":"04:33.385","Text":"Now, there\u0027s 2 ways of doing this 1 is with calculus and differentiation,"},{"Start":"04:33.385 ","End":"04:37.525","Text":"and 1 is using the properties of the quadratic function and parabolas."},{"Start":"04:37.525 ","End":"04:40.645","Text":"But I\u0027m not sure if you\u0027ve studied calculus,"},{"Start":"04:40.645 ","End":"04:43.510","Text":"and so I\u0027ll do it without calculus."},{"Start":"04:43.510 ","End":"04:46.990","Text":"I\u0027ll remind you of the quadratic function."},{"Start":"04:46.990 ","End":"04:50.310","Text":"In general, quick algebra review,"},{"Start":"04:50.310 ","End":"04:56.309","Text":"when you have a function y equals ax squared plus"},{"Start":"04:56.309 ","End":"05:04.680","Text":"bx plus C. Assuming it\u0027s not 0,"},{"Start":"05:04.680 ","End":"05:06.880","Text":"otherwise, it\u0027s not quadratic, it\u0027s linear."},{"Start":"05:06.880 ","End":"05:09.640","Text":"Then there\u0027s 2 general cases,"},{"Start":"05:09.640 ","End":"05:12.700","Text":"if a is bigger than 0,"},{"Start":"05:12.700 ","End":"05:19.964","Text":"then the graph looks like a parabola facing upwards, opening upwards."},{"Start":"05:19.964 ","End":"05:23.480","Text":"That\u0027s when a is bigger than 0 and there\u0027s a vertex here,"},{"Start":"05:23.480 ","End":"05:27.705","Text":"and this vertex is the minimum."},{"Start":"05:27.705 ","End":"05:31.205","Text":"When a is negative,"},{"Start":"05:31.205 ","End":"05:35.540","Text":"the parabola opens downwards or faces downwards,"},{"Start":"05:35.540 ","End":"05:38.960","Text":"and it still has a vertex v,"},{"Start":"05:38.960 ","End":"05:42.170","Text":"but this time it\u0027s a maximum,"},{"Start":"05:42.170 ","End":"05:44.790","Text":"and in each case,"},{"Start":"05:48.830 ","End":"05:53.345","Text":"the x value of the vertex,"},{"Start":"05:53.345 ","End":"05:55.295","Text":"just the x coordinate,"},{"Start":"05:55.295 ","End":"05:59.495","Text":"is equal to minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"05:59.495 ","End":"06:01.835","Text":"Now, of course, in our case,"},{"Start":"06:01.835 ","End":"06:08.400","Text":"we have a less than 0 because this is our parabola."},{"Start":"06:08.400 ","End":"06:11.460","Text":"Y is, this is like the y."},{"Start":"06:11.460 ","End":"06:17.470","Text":"This would be a which is negative, 40 is b,"},{"Start":"06:17.470 ","End":"06:26.515","Text":"and this whole thing is little c. So let\u0027s compute the x for the vertex,"},{"Start":"06:26.515 ","End":"06:30.280","Text":"which will actually be the x that gives us the maximum."},{"Start":"06:30.280 ","End":"06:32.340","Text":"I\u0027ll call it x_max."},{"Start":"06:32.340 ","End":"06:34.120","Text":"Like I said a is negative."},{"Start":"06:34.120 ","End":"06:42.910","Text":"So we do have a maximum it\u0027s equal to minus b over 2a in our case is minus 40 over 2,"},{"Start":"06:42.910 ","End":"06:45.780","Text":"a is minus 2,"},{"Start":"06:45.780 ","End":"06:52.815","Text":"and minus 40 over minus 4 is just equal to 10."},{"Start":"06:52.815 ","End":"06:55.110","Text":"But in the question it doesn\u0027t say what is x,"},{"Start":"06:55.110 ","End":"06:57.510","Text":"it said what is the number of passengers,"},{"Start":"06:57.510 ","End":"07:03.870","Text":"10 plus 30 or rather 30 plus 10,"},{"Start":"07:03.870 ","End":"07:07.290","Text":"straightly speaking, which is equal to 40."},{"Start":"07:07.290 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cents for each SMS sent,"},{"Start":"00:10.395 ","End":"00:13.980","Text":"and the average customer sends 200 a month."},{"Start":"00:13.980 ","End":"00:16.890","Text":"Now, they did some market research and it turns out that"},{"Start":"00:16.890 ","End":"00:20.265","Text":"for every penny raise in the price,"},{"Start":"00:20.265 ","End":"00:25.350","Text":"the customer will send 10 less SMSs."},{"Start":"00:25.350 ","End":"00:32.905","Text":"The question is, what should they charge for an SMS to maximize the revenue?"},{"Start":"00:32.905 ","End":"00:36.810","Text":"Now, what I\u0027d like to start with in the solution is deciding what"},{"Start":"00:36.810 ","End":"00:40.980","Text":"the variable is going to be for an equation,"},{"Start":"00:40.980 ","End":"00:46.665","Text":"and I could let the variable be the new price,"},{"Start":"00:46.665 ","End":"00:52.370","Text":"but I think it\u0027s easier if we just take the number of raises."},{"Start":"00:52.370 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going to drop by 10 for every penny raise."},{"Start":"01:52.815 ","End":"02:03.395","Text":"It\u0027s minus 10x and then times the price starts out at 10 cents,"},{"Start":"02:03.395 ","End":"02:10.065","Text":"and this x raises so it goes up to 10 plus x cents."},{"Start":"02:10.065 ","End":"02:15.495","Text":"I\u0027m working in cents now not in dollars."},{"Start":"02:15.495 ","End":"02:18.990","Text":"Let\u0027s see what this is equal to."},{"Start":"02:18.990 ","End":"02:24.824","Text":"I\u0027ll start with the x squared, minus 10x squared,"},{"Start":"02:24.824 ","End":"02:31.155","Text":"and then x\u0027s I\u0027ll get minus 100 plus 200 is 100x,"},{"Start":"02:31.155 ","End":"02:33.450","Text":"and like we said,"},{"Start":"02:33.450 ","End":"02:39.360","Text":"200 times 10 is 2,000."},{"Start":"02:39.360 ","End":"02:45.055","Text":"The reason I put it in this order is because I want to use the properties of"},{"Start":"02:45.055 ","End":"02:52.970","Text":"the parabola and the quadratic ax squared plus bx plus c,"},{"Start":"02:52.970 ","End":"02:55.050","Text":"instead of using calculus."},{"Start":"02:55.050 ","End":"02:59.200","Text":"It\u0027s possible to do these maximization questions with differentiation in calculus,"},{"Start":"02:59.200 ","End":"03:01.765","Text":"and I\u0027ll assume you maybe"},{"Start":"03:01.765 ","End":"03:07.405","Text":"haven\u0027t studied calculus so we\u0027ll do it using properties of the quadratic."},{"Start":"03:07.405 ","End":"03:10.420","Text":"What we know about such quadratics,"},{"Start":"03:10.420 ","End":"03:12.444","Text":"a, b, and c are constants,"},{"Start":"03:12.444 ","End":"03:16.880","Text":"is that when a is bigger than 0,"},{"Start":"03:16.880 ","End":"03:25.610","Text":"we have a facing up parabola for the graph and it has a vertex which is the minimum."},{"Start":"03:26.300 ","End":"03:30.020","Text":"When a is negative,"},{"Start":"03:30.020 ","End":"03:35.465","Text":"the parabola faces down or 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We\u0027re done."}],"ID":8625},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 6","Duration":"7m 35s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8430,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":5084,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:03.995","Text":"In this exercise, we have a theater,"},{"Start":"00:03.995 ","End":"00:09.690","Text":"the Rialto, that sells tickets to movies."},{"Start":"00:09.690 ","End":"00:16.710","Text":"They are 9 dollars a ticket and they sell 60 tickets a week at this price."},{"Start":"00:16.710 ","End":"00:20.505","Text":"They researched that if they reduced the price,"},{"Start":"00:20.505 ","End":"00:22.650","Text":"they\u0027ll obviously sell more tickets,"},{"Start":"00:22.650 ","End":"00:28.200","Text":"but specifically for each 10 cents lowering of the price, in other words,"},{"Start":"00:28.200 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We\u0027re done."}],"ID":8626},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 7","Duration":"9m 15s","ChapterTopicVideoID":8431,"CourseChapterTopicPlaylistID":5084,"HasSubtitles":true,"ThumbnailPath":null,"UploadDate":null,"DurationForVideoObject":null,"Description":null,"MetaTitle":null,"MetaDescription":null,"Canonical":null,"VideoComments":[],"Subtitles":[{"Start":"00:00.000 ","End":"00:04.080","Text":"Here we have an exercise in maximizing profit."},{"Start":"00:04.080 ","End":"00:12.420","Text":"Production of a SpongeBob SquarePants doll costs the Nickelodeon company $5 to produce."},{"Start":"00:12.420 ","End":"00:20.220","Text":"Now, the company sells the doll for $9 and it can sell 200 units a day at that price."},{"Start":"00:20.220 ","End":"00:22.920","Text":"I guess they did some market research that"},{"Start":"00:22.920 ","End":"00:26.400","Text":"showed that for each 10 cent reduction in price,"},{"Start":"00:26.400 ","End":"00:29.940","Text":"it can sell an additional $10 a day."},{"Start":"00:29.940 ","End":"00:33.930","Text":"The question is, what\u0027s the maximum daily profit?"},{"Start":"00:33.930 ","End":"00:35.595","Text":"I guess it should say,"},{"Start":"00:35.595 ","End":"00:41.590","Text":"that the company can make on the sale of these dolls."},{"Start":"00:42.320 ","End":"00:47.590","Text":"Something general that we know is going to be useful to us here that"},{"Start":"00:47.590 ","End":"00:52.330","Text":"the profit is the revenue minus the cost."},{"Start":"00:52.330 ","End":"00:56.460","Text":"What you take in minus what you spend."},{"Start":"00:56.460 ","End":"00:59.830","Text":"I\u0027m going to be talking everything daily."},{"Start":"00:59.830 ","End":"01:05.240","Text":"The daily profit will be the daily revenue minus the daily cost."},{"Start":"01:05.250 ","End":"01:08.500","Text":"The question is how to figure these out."},{"Start":"01:08.500 ","End":"01:11.740","Text":"If we choose the variable appropriately,"},{"Start":"01:11.740 ","End":"01:21.130","Text":"it\u0027ll make work easier and I suggest that let x be the number of reductions in price."},{"Start":"01:21.130 ","End":"01:27.880","Text":"Let x be the number 10 cents reductions."},{"Start":"01:27.880 ","End":"01:38.990","Text":"Only it\u0027s best if we work in the same unit dollars,10 cents is 0.1 or $0.10,"},{"Start":"01:38.990 ","End":"01:41.470","Text":"I guess we write the dollars on the left."},{"Start":"01:41.470 ","End":"01:45.170","Text":"Let\u0027s see then from this we can figure out"},{"Start":"01:45.170 ","End":"01:50.345","Text":"the price and we can tell how many units a day. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"01:50.345 ","End":"01:55.530","Text":"The price of a doll,"},{"Start":"01:55.530 ","End":"01:59.625","Text":"it will equal, now it\u0027s going to be less than $9."},{"Start":"01:59.625 ","End":"02:02.370","Text":"It\u0027s going to be 9."},{"Start":"02:02.370 ","End":"02:04.365","Text":"Let\u0027s work in dollars from now on."},{"Start":"02:04.365 ","End":"02:11.715","Text":"Will be 9 minus x reductions each 1 0.10."},{"Start":"02:11.715 ","End":"02:18.225","Text":"So minus 0.10x, that will be the price of a doll."},{"Start":"02:18.225 ","End":"02:23.960","Text":"Then the quantity, say quantity but I mean the number"},{"Start":"02:23.960 ","End":"02:29.780","Text":"of dolls that it can sell per day will be not the 200,"},{"Start":"02:29.780 ","End":"02:33.320","Text":"but now it\u0027s got extra x times."},{"Start":"02:33.320 ","End":"02:36.885","Text":"We have to increase 10 dolls a day."},{"Start":"02:36.885 ","End":"02:41.230","Text":"So 200 plus 10x."},{"Start":"02:41.230 ","End":"02:46.175","Text":"The revenue is going to be,"},{"Start":"02:46.175 ","End":"02:51.815","Text":"how much you take in is the price for each doll times the number of dolls you sell."},{"Start":"02:51.815 ","End":"02:54.020","Text":"It\u0027s going to be, well,"},{"Start":"02:54.020 ","End":"02:58.355","Text":"this times this, then you get the revenue."},{"Start":"02:58.355 ","End":"03:08.030","Text":"It\u0027s going to be 9 minus 0.1x times 200 plus 10x."},{"Start":"03:08.030 ","End":"03:12.900","Text":"Now the daily costs."},{"Start":"03:14.960 ","End":"03:20.580","Text":"Because it cost them $5 to produce this number of"},{"Start":"03:20.580 ","End":"03:27.315","Text":"quantity 200 plus 10x times,"},{"Start":"03:27.315 ","End":"03:29.595","Text":"the cost is $5,"},{"Start":"03:29.595 ","End":"03:31.635","Text":"I\u0027ll put the 5 in front."},{"Start":"03:31.635 ","End":"03:38.255","Text":"If I subtract revenue minus production costs,"},{"Start":"03:38.255 ","End":"03:40.070","Text":"then I\u0027ll get the profit."},{"Start":"03:40.070 ","End":"03:47.965","Text":"Finally, I can get the profit and I\u0027ll use the letter Pi depending on x,"},{"Start":"03:47.965 ","End":"03:54.200","Text":"daily profit, is equal to this minus this."},{"Start":"03:54.200 ","End":"04:02.450","Text":"So it\u0027s 9 minus 0.1x times 200"},{"Start":"04:02.450 ","End":"04:12.065","Text":"plus 10x minus 5 times 200 plus 10x."},{"Start":"04:12.065 ","End":"04:19.790","Text":"All this expression is the profit and this is what we want to maximize."},{"Start":"04:19.790 ","End":"04:23.435","Text":"In general, there\u0027s 2 main approaches to doing this."},{"Start":"04:23.435 ","End":"04:28.595","Text":"1 uses calculus, but I\u0027m not sure if you\u0027ve"},{"Start":"04:28.595 ","End":"04:35.140","Text":"done calculus and finding maximum from differentiation and so on."},{"Start":"04:35.140 ","End":"04:36.815","Text":"So I\u0027ll use the other method,"},{"Start":"04:36.815 ","End":"04:41.435","Text":"which uses the properties of quadratic functions and parabolas."},{"Start":"04:41.435 ","End":"04:45.959","Text":"Let me continue and I will just use Algebra."},{"Start":"04:46.330 ","End":"04:48.770","Text":"I can open the brackets,"},{"Start":"04:48.770 ","End":"04:50.720","Text":"but look, I have a common factor,"},{"Start":"04:50.720 ","End":"04:54.275","Text":"so I think it\u0027ll be easier if I take the 200 plus"},{"Start":"04:54.275 ","End":"04:59.390","Text":"10x outside the brackets and then I\u0027ve got this minus this."},{"Start":"04:59.390 ","End":"05:05.730","Text":"This will just give me 9 minus 5 is 4 minus 0.1x."},{"Start":"05:05.730 ","End":"05:09.675","Text":"I just took this minus the 5 there."},{"Start":"05:09.675 ","End":"05:11.930","Text":"Let\u0027s multiply out."},{"Start":"05:11.930 ","End":"05:15.770","Text":"I want to choose the x squared first."},{"Start":"05:15.770 ","End":"05:18.650","Text":"10x times 0.1x."},{"Start":"05:18.650 ","End":"05:24.870","Text":"It\u0027s a minus, is just 1x squared."},{"Start":"05:25.030 ","End":"05:29.630","Text":"But there\u0027s a minus plus with minus."},{"Start":"05:29.630 ","End":"05:32.180","Text":"Next the xs."},{"Start":"05:32.180 ","End":"05:36.980","Text":"This with this is 40x."},{"Start":"05:36.980 ","End":"05:42.095","Text":"This with this will give me minus 20x."},{"Start":"05:42.095 ","End":"05:47.020","Text":"Altogether plus 20x, 40 minus 20."},{"Start":"05:47.020 ","End":"05:54.190","Text":"Then lastly, this with this will give me plus 800."},{"Start":"05:54.190 ","End":"06:01.010","Text":"On right again that this is the profit function and this is what we have to maximize."},{"Start":"06:01.010 ","End":"06:03.850","Text":"I think I\u0027ll highlight it."},{"Start":"06:03.850 ","End":"06:07.980","Text":"That\u0027s the important thing. As I said,"},{"Start":"06:07.980 ","End":"06:10.145","Text":"we\u0027re not going to use calculus so we\u0027ll use"},{"Start":"06:10.145 ","End":"06:14.080","Text":"properties of quadratics and I\u0027ll remind you."},{"Start":"06:14.080 ","End":"06:18.754","Text":"This function of x is like the dependent variable y,"},{"Start":"06:18.754 ","End":"06:20.690","Text":"y in terms of x, and in general,"},{"Start":"06:20.690 ","End":"06:28.760","Text":"this looks of the form y equals ax squared plus bx plus c,"},{"Start":"06:28.760 ","End":"06:33.050","Text":"where a is minus 1,"},{"Start":"06:33.050 ","End":"06:43.230","Text":"b is 20, c is 800,"},{"Start":"06:43.230 ","End":"06:46.335","Text":"and I\u0027ll return to that in the moment."},{"Start":"06:46.335 ","End":"06:49.775","Text":"The theory is that a parabola,"},{"Start":"06:49.775 ","End":"06:53.150","Text":"depending on whether a is positive or negative,"},{"Start":"06:53.150 ","End":"06:55.730","Text":"will look 1 of 2 shapes."},{"Start":"06:55.730 ","End":"06:58.910","Text":"If the coefficient of x squared,"},{"Start":"06:58.910 ","End":"07:01.190","Text":"if the a is positive,"},{"Start":"07:01.190 ","End":"07:05.260","Text":"then it\u0027s a facing up parabola or opens upwards."},{"Start":"07:05.260 ","End":"07:13.745","Text":"It has a point called the vertex and that vertex is actually the minimum point."},{"Start":"07:13.745 ","End":"07:18.515","Text":"This is not the case here because in our case, a is negative."},{"Start":"07:18.515 ","End":"07:21.410","Text":"When a is negative,"},{"Start":"07:21.410 ","End":"07:27.815","Text":"the parabola\u0027s an upside down parabola and it also has a vertex."},{"Start":"07:27.815 ","End":"07:36.150","Text":"It faces down and this vertex is in this case a maximum point."},{"Start":"07:36.150 ","End":"07:43.130","Text":"The other piece of the puzzle is that I do know the formula for the x."},{"Start":"07:43.130 ","End":"07:48.520","Text":"The x coordinate of the vertex doesn\u0027t matter in either case."},{"Start":"07:48.520 ","End":"07:54.755","Text":"The x of the vertex is given by minus b over 2a."},{"Start":"07:54.755 ","End":"07:57.440","Text":"We can get the x coordinate from the x coordinate,"},{"Start":"07:57.440 ","End":"07:59.090","Text":"we can get the y coordinate."},{"Start":"07:59.090 ","End":"08:01.980","Text":"Let\u0027s apply this back here."},{"Start":"08:03.460 ","End":"08:07.850","Text":"The x from the graph that gives me the maximum,"},{"Start":"08:07.850 ","End":"08:11.885","Text":"and I\u0027ll call it x max other than xv,"},{"Start":"08:11.885 ","End":"08:18.965","Text":"is equal to minus b over 2a applied here is"},{"Start":"08:18.965 ","End":"08:26.615","Text":"minus 20 over twice minus 1 is a. Minuses cancel,"},{"Start":"08:26.615 ","End":"08:29.605","Text":"this clearly just comes out to be 10."},{"Start":"08:29.605 ","End":"08:36.150","Text":"X is 10, but that\u0027s not what we were asked for."},{"Start":"08:36.150 ","End":"08:39.720","Text":"We want the maximum daily profit."},{"Start":"08:39.720 ","End":"08:42.915","Text":"All we have to do really is substitute"},{"Start":"08:42.915 ","End":"08:47.580","Text":"this answer 10 in here and that will give me the maximum."},{"Start":"08:47.580 ","End":"08:50.880","Text":"I need Pi of 10, this 10 here,"},{"Start":"08:50.880 ","End":"09:00.560","Text":"and this is equal minus 10 squared plus 20 times 10 plus 800."},{"Start":"09:00.560 ","End":"09:04.145","Text":"It\u0027s minus 100 plus 200 plus 800."},{"Start":"09:04.145 ","End":"09:12.610","Text":"Answer comes out to be $900."},{"Start":"09:12.610 ","End":"09:15.440","Text":"I\u0027ll highlight this answer."}],"ID":8627},{"Watched":false,"Name":"Exercise 8","Duration":"12m 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","End":"00:36.835","Text":"and the remaining items at a markup of 2 dollars each."},{"Start":"00:36.835 ","End":"00:45.285","Text":"I think the word profit in this sentence means a markup of 20 percent."},{"Start":"00:45.285 ","End":"00:47.450","Text":"In both cases, it\u0027s a markup."},{"Start":"00:47.450 ","End":"00:50.055","Text":"In 1 case it\u0027s a fixed markup, 2 dollars,"},{"Start":"00:50.055 ","End":"00:53.465","Text":"on the other case it\u0027s a 20 percent markup."},{"Start":"00:53.465 ","End":"01:00.230","Text":"We have to prove that the profit the company makes on the deal is at least $70."},{"Start":"01:00.230 ","End":"01:02.945","Text":"How do we go about this?"},{"Start":"01:02.945 ","End":"01:08.420","Text":"1 of the things I would do would be to choose a variable."},{"Start":"01:08.420 ","End":"01:13.370","Text":"For example, the number of items to me seems the most"},{"Start":"01:13.370 ","End":"01:18.950","Text":"obvious thing to do because then you can figure 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","End":"03:08.240","Text":"I just have to divide the $800 divided by x items is the number of dollars per item."},{"Start":"03:08.240 ","End":"03:10.625","Text":"I think it\u0027ll highlight this, it\u0027s important."},{"Start":"03:10.625 ","End":"03:12.830","Text":"I\u0027m going to do 2 side calculations."},{"Start":"03:12.830 ","End":"03:20.300","Text":"I want to take this 800 over x and I want to mark it up, add 20 percent."},{"Start":"03:20.300 ","End":"03:29.825","Text":"Adding 20 percent in mathematics means multiplying by 120 percent or by 1.2."},{"Start":"03:29.825 ","End":"03:37.630","Text":"So it\u0027s 1.2 times 800 over x."},{"Start":"03:38.180 ","End":"03:45.590","Text":"The other kind of adding 2 dollars is just 800 over x plus 2."},{"Start":"03:45.590 ","End":"03:48.910","Text":"There\u0027s no further computation to be done."},{"Start":"03:48.910 ","End":"03:54.080","Text":"Going back here, we can now make a calculation of what the revenue is."},{"Start":"03:54.080 ","End":"03:59.765","Text":"The revenue from here was 5 items and each 1"},{"Start":"03:59.765 ","End":"04:09.585","Text":"costs 1.2 times 800 over x."},{"Start":"04:09.585 ","End":"04:12.960","Text":"That part 1 of the revenue from the 5 items."},{"Start":"04:12.960 ","End":"04:18.015","Text":"Part 2 of the revenue is where I have x minus 5 items."},{"Start":"04:18.015 ","End":"04:27.210","Text":"These cost each 800 over x plus 2."},{"Start":"04:27.210 ","End":"04:32.750","Text":"I have to add this plus this and that will just give me my revenue."},{"Start":"04:32.750 ","End":"04:35.480","Text":"If I add them together, these 2,"},{"Start":"04:35.480 ","End":"04:37.490","Text":"that will give me the revenue,"},{"Start":"04:37.490 ","End":"04:40.010","Text":"and then I\u0027ll have to subtract the total cost,"},{"Start":"04:40.010 ","End":"04:42.280","Text":"which will be the 800."},{"Start":"04:42.280 ","End":"04:48.000","Text":"The total revenue is,"},{"Start":"04:48.000 ","End":"04:50.400","Text":"let\u0027s see I can simplify it a bit,"},{"Start":"04:50.400 ","End":"04:53.430","Text":"5 times 1.2 is 6,"},{"Start":"04:53.430 ","End":"04:55.815","Text":"we\u0027ll simplify more later, just a little bit,"},{"Start":"04:55.815 ","End":"04:59.970","Text":"6 times 800 over x plus,"},{"Start":"04:59.970 ","End":"05:02.730","Text":"you know what, I\u0027m going to go back to the way it was."},{"Start":"05:02.730 ","End":"05:06.940","Text":"I also figure I can copy-paste. Here we are."},{"Start":"05:06.940 ","End":"05:13.040","Text":"The total cost we said was 800."},{"Start":"05:13.210 ","End":"05:16.250","Text":"In principle, both of these depend on x,"},{"Start":"05:16.250 ","End":"05:18.919","Text":"so I should have rewritten of x."},{"Start":"05:18.919 ","End":"05:22.085","Text":"Of x is supposed to be a constant function."},{"Start":"05:22.085 ","End":"05:25.530","Text":"If I subtract, I get the profit."},{"Start":"05:25.530 ","End":"05:27.405","Text":"I use the letter Pi."},{"Start":"05:27.405 ","End":"05:33.870","Text":"The profit would be this plus this minus this."},{"Start":"05:36.740 ","End":"05:40.765","Text":"I\u0027ll just start multiplying out."},{"Start":"05:40.765 ","End":"05:45.270","Text":"This is, 5 times 1.2 is 6."},{"Start":"05:45.270 ","End":"05:55.345","Text":"6 times 800 is 4,800 over x."},{"Start":"05:55.345 ","End":"06:04.315","Text":"Then the next bit of the revenue from the remaining non 5 items. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"06:04.315 ","End":"06:10.650","Text":"X times 800 over x is just 800,"},{"Start":"06:10.650 ","End":"06:16.180","Text":"x times 2 is 2x."},{"Start":"06:18.200 ","End":"06:24.970","Text":"5 times 800 is"},{"Start":"06:25.580 ","End":"06:32.555","Text":"4,000 over x with a minus and minus 5 times 2 is minus 10."},{"Start":"06:32.555 ","End":"06:37.060","Text":"Now, I also have to subtract the 800."},{"Start":"06:37.060 ","End":"06:44.705","Text":"That\u0027s the cost in the revenue minus cost part."},{"Start":"06:44.705 ","End":"06:52.129","Text":"Notice we have a bit of luck because this 800 and this 800 cancel each other out."},{"Start":"06:52.129 ","End":"06:55.720","Text":"If I collect like terms,"},{"Start":"06:55.720 ","End":"06:58.545","Text":"we get that Pi of x,"},{"Start":"06:58.545 ","End":"07:08.325","Text":"our profit function, is equal to this 4,800 minus 4,000 they\u0027re both over x."},{"Start":"07:08.325 ","End":"07:10.095","Text":"What I get is"},{"Start":"07:10.095 ","End":"07:19.695","Text":"800 over x and then plus 2x minus 10."},{"Start":"07:19.695 ","End":"07:23.610","Text":"This is the profit function."},{"Start":"07:23.610 ","End":"07:25.460","Text":"What I have to prove,"},{"Start":"07:25.460 ","End":"07:27.710","Text":"is that this is at least,"},{"Start":"07:27.710 ","End":"07:33.075","Text":"but we don\u0027t know that so I\u0027ll put a question mark, 70."},{"Start":"07:33.075 ","End":"07:34.800","Text":"That\u0027s what we have to show."},{"Start":"07:34.800 ","End":"07:39.530","Text":"What I would say is take this function, find its minimum."},{"Start":"07:39.530 ","End":"07:44.635","Text":"If the minimum is bigger or equal to 70, then we\u0027re done."},{"Start":"07:44.635 ","End":"07:48.530","Text":"We have a minimum question and we\u0027re going"},{"Start":"07:48.530 ","End":"07:54.880","Text":"to do it with calculus by differentiating and setting to 0 and so on."},{"Start":"07:54.880 ","End":"08:00.260","Text":"I think I\u0027ll change color now that we\u0027re going to go into calculus."},{"Start":"08:00.260 ","End":"08:03.770","Text":"We want to differentiate the profit function."},{"Start":"08:03.770 ","End":"08:07.920","Text":"When you think we want to find maximum or minimum, we differentiate."},{"Start":"08:07.920 ","End":"08:13.580","Text":"What we get is the derivative of 1 over x is minus 1 over x squared."},{"Start":"08:13.580 ","End":"08:17.480","Text":"Here we have minus 800 over x squared."},{"Start":"08:17.480 ","End":"08:26.880","Text":"I\u0027ll trust you to remember that 1 over x derivative is minus 1 over x squared."},{"Start":"08:27.170 ","End":"08:31.885","Text":"The derivative of 2x is just 2,"},{"Start":"08:31.885 ","End":"08:35.330","Text":"and the derivative of a constant is 0."},{"Start":"08:35.330 ","End":"08:37.040","Text":"This is the derivative."},{"Start":"08:37.040 ","End":"08:45.850","Text":"Then we look for critical points by setting the derivative equal to 0."},{"Start":"08:45.850 ","End":"08:49.340","Text":"We get that this plus this is 0,"},{"Start":"08:49.340 ","End":"08:53.585","Text":"which means that if I bring the minus to the other side,"},{"Start":"08:53.585 ","End":"08:59.395","Text":"that 800 over x squared equals 2."},{"Start":"08:59.395 ","End":"09:03.050","Text":"Let\u0027s see what we can do with that."},{"Start":"09:03.160 ","End":"09:07.730","Text":"I can multiply this by x squared then divide by 2."},{"Start":"09:07.730 ","End":"09:12.890","Text":"I have x squared equals 400."},{"Start":"09:12.890 ","End":"09:20.495","Text":"Now, normally I would say that x equals plus or minus 20."},{"Start":"09:20.495 ","End":"09:26.550","Text":"But x can\u0027t be negative because it\u0027s a number of items."},{"Start":"09:26.570 ","End":"09:31.180","Text":"Take the eraser and just erase that."},{"Start":"09:31.250 ","End":"09:35.670","Text":"X equals 20 is a critical point."},{"Start":"09:35.670 ","End":"09:39.390","Text":"To see that this is a minimum,"},{"Start":"09:39.390 ","End":"09:44.595","Text":"we\u0027ll use the second derivative test. Let\u0027s see."},{"Start":"09:44.595 ","End":"09:49.360","Text":"Pi double-prime second derivative,"},{"Start":"09:49.360 ","End":"09:55.340","Text":"I get that from differentiating this here."},{"Start":"09:55.340 ","End":"10:03.630","Text":"The derivative of 1 over x squared is minus 2 over x cubed,"},{"Start":"10:03.630 ","End":"10:05.100","Text":"I\u0027ll leave you to verify,"},{"Start":"10:05.100 ","End":"10:07.035","Text":"or you might remember."},{"Start":"10:07.035 ","End":"10:17.300","Text":"What we get from the differentiating is minus 800 together with minus"},{"Start":"10:17.300 ","End":"10:23.250","Text":"2 would give me"},{"Start":"10:23.250 ","End":"10:29.455","Text":"plus 1,600 over x cubed."},{"Start":"10:29.455 ","End":"10:33.160","Text":"The derivative of 2 is nothing."},{"Start":"10:36.250 ","End":"10:40.740","Text":"We just have to plug in x equals 20."},{"Start":"10:41.900 ","End":"10:46.405","Text":"Obviously, Pi double-prime of 20,"},{"Start":"10:46.405 ","End":"10:48.835","Text":"I don\u0027t even have to do the computation."},{"Start":"10:48.835 ","End":"10:51.880","Text":"No need to, because everything\u0027s positive here."},{"Start":"10:51.880 ","End":"10:55.165","Text":"If it\u0027s a positive second derivative,"},{"Start":"10:55.165 ","End":"11:00.310","Text":"that means that we have a minimum when x is 20."},{"Start":"11:00.310 ","End":"11:04.030","Text":"Now we know that 20 is a minimum point."},{"Start":"11:04.030 ","End":"11:08.440","Text":"We need to know the value of the function Pi,"},{"Start":"11:08.440 ","End":"11:10.840","Text":"the profit function, that 20."},{"Start":"11:10.840 ","End":"11:14.545","Text":"I\u0027ll continue from here."},{"Start":"11:14.545 ","End":"11:18.895","Text":"I want to figure out what it is Pi, the profit,"},{"Start":"11:18.895 ","End":"11:25.510","Text":"where the number of items being 20 is equal to 800"},{"Start":"11:25.510 ","End":"11:35.100","Text":"over 20 plus twice 20 minus 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it\u0027s a 2-tier system."},{"Start":"01:15.990 ","End":"01:18.075","Text":"There\u0027s 2 kinds of bicycles;"},{"Start":"01:18.075 ","End":"01:22.805","Text":"there\u0027s the 300 original bicycles,"},{"Start":"01:22.805 ","End":"01:28.000","Text":"and it sells those at the rate of,"},{"Start":"01:28.000 ","End":"01:32.685","Text":"let\u0027s see how much does it sell them for, it\u0027s $100."},{"Start":"01:32.685 ","End":"01:40.830","Text":"We\u0027ll work in dollars. I won\u0027t write the dollars each time;100 minus the discount,"},{"Start":"01:40.830 ","End":"01:47.375","Text":"which is 0.2x each,"},{"Start":"01:47.375 ","End":"01:49.460","Text":"and the additional bicycles,"},{"Start":"01:49.460 ","End":"01:55.490","Text":"x bikes, at the rate of 100"},{"Start":"01:55.490 ","End":"02:02.310","Text":"minus a bigger discount 0.4x each."},{"Start":"02:02.310 ","End":"02:05.225","Text":"If I want to figure out the total revenue,"},{"Start":"02:05.225 ","End":"02:06.830","Text":"which is a function of x,"},{"Start":"02:06.830 ","End":"02:08.620","Text":"I\u0027ll call it R of x,"},{"Start":"02:08.620 ","End":"02:13.580","Text":"it\u0027s equal to the revenue from the first 300,"},{"Start":"02:13.580 ","End":"02:22.190","Text":"which is 300 bicycles times 100 minus 0.2x a piece,"},{"Start":"02:22.190 ","End":"02:25.535","Text":"plus the x bicycles,"},{"Start":"02:25.535 ","End":"02:28.310","Text":"number of bicycles times the price each,"},{"Start":"02:28.310 ","End":"02:33.110","Text":"which is 100 minus 0.4x."},{"Start":"02:33.110 ","End":"02:36.300","Text":"This is what we have to minimize."},{"Start":"02:36.470 ","End":"02:42.245","Text":"Let\u0027s just start by expanding brackets and simplifying."},{"Start":"02:42.245 ","End":"02:48.395","Text":"300 times 100 is 30,000,"},{"Start":"02:48.395 ","End":"02:55.170","Text":"minus 300 times 0.2 is 60."},{"Start":"02:55.960 ","End":"02:59.590","Text":"Then x times 100 is a 100x,"},{"Start":"02:59.590 ","End":"03:07.710","Text":"and then here we have minus 0.4x squared."},{"Start":"03:07.710 ","End":"03:13.940","Text":"I\u0027d like to collect like terms and write it in descending order of powers of x."},{"Start":"03:13.940 ","End":"03:16.400","Text":"We\u0027re going to get a quadratic function."},{"Start":"03:16.400 ","End":"03:22.770","Text":"We have minus 0.4x squared,"},{"Start":"03:22.770 ","End":"03:28.510","Text":"and then these 2 together give me plus 40x,"},{"Start":"03:28.610 ","End":"03:35.745","Text":"and then we also have a plus 30,000."},{"Start":"03:35.745 ","End":"03:41.690","Text":"This is the function that we have to maximize."},{"Start":"03:41.690 ","End":"03:48.185","Text":"Now as usual, I mentioned there\u0027s more than 1 way to do it."},{"Start":"03:48.185 ","End":"03:52.760","Text":"You can do these with calculus and differentiation,"},{"Start":"03:52.760 ","End":"03:56.705","Text":"but I\u0027m not going to assume that you know calculus."},{"Start":"03:56.705 ","End":"03:59.885","Text":"We\u0027ll do it with the properties of the quadratic function,"},{"Start":"03:59.885 ","End":"04:02.365","Text":"and I\u0027ll give you a reminder."},{"Start":"04:02.365 ","End":"04:05.330","Text":"I\u0027ll think of R of x as my y,"},{"Start":"04:05.330 ","End":"04:08.570","Text":"my dependent variable and x is the independent variable."},{"Start":"04:08.570 ","End":"04:12.815","Text":"Then in general, when you have a formula,"},{"Start":"04:12.815 ","End":"04:15.200","Text":"y equals some constant x"},{"Start":"04:15.200 ","End":"04:20.285","Text":"squared plus another constant x plus another constant x squared plus bx plus c,"},{"Start":"04:20.285 ","End":"04:22.850","Text":"then we know that it\u0027s shape is a parabola,"},{"Start":"04:22.850 ","End":"04:24.965","Text":"and there are 2 different kinds."},{"Start":"04:24.965 ","End":"04:27.480","Text":"If a is bigger than 0, it\u0027s 1 thing,"},{"Start":"04:27.480 ","End":"04:29.975","Text":"if a is less than 0, it\u0027s something else."},{"Start":"04:29.975 ","End":"04:33.440","Text":"A is not 0 because it wouldn\u0027t be a parabola then."},{"Start":"04:33.440 ","End":"04:41.465","Text":"In our case, we know that we\u0027re in this case here because this is a, which is negative,"},{"Start":"04:41.465 ","End":"04:48.200","Text":"and this 40 is b and 30,000 is c. When a is negative,"},{"Start":"04:48.200 ","End":"04:53.404","Text":"it\u0027s an upside down parabola facing down opens downwards,"},{"Start":"04:53.404 ","End":"04:54.960","Text":"different names for it,"},{"Start":"04:54.960 ","End":"04:58.055","Text":"and the parabola has a vertex."},{"Start":"04:58.055 ","End":"05:01.735","Text":"The vertex is v, let\u0027s say,"},{"Start":"05:01.735 ","End":"05:04.880","Text":"and by the shape of it,"},{"Start":"05:04.880 ","End":"05:06.620","Text":"it has a maximum."},{"Start":"05:06.620 ","End":"05:11.855","Text":"Just the completeness, I\u0027ll mention that if a was the other way around, was positive,"},{"Start":"05:11.855 ","End":"05:15.424","Text":"then we would still have a vertex v,"},{"Start":"05:15.424 ","End":"05:19.085","Text":"and this time it would be a minimum."},{"Start":"05:19.085 ","End":"05:21.019","Text":"But in any event,"},{"Start":"05:21.019 ","End":"05:25.070","Text":"we have a formula not for the coordinates of v,"},{"Start":"05:25.070 ","End":"05:29.285","Text":"but just the x component of the vertex,"},{"Start":"05:29.285 ","End":"05:30.875","Text":"which I care about here,"},{"Start":"05:30.875 ","End":"05:33.395","Text":"because it\u0027s going to be the x for the maximum,"},{"Start":"05:33.395 ","End":"05:39.710","Text":"is equal to minus b over 2a where the b and the a are from here."},{"Start":"05:39.710 ","End":"05:43.910","Text":"Let\u0027s do this in our particular case."},{"Start":"05:43.910 ","End":"05:48.320","Text":"We have that our x_v,"},{"Start":"05:48.320 ","End":"05:49.920","Text":"but I\u0027ll change the name,"},{"Start":"05:49.920 ","End":"05:55.340","Text":"I\u0027ll call it x_max because we know in the case of a negative that it\u0027s a maximum,"},{"Start":"05:55.340 ","End":"05:57.275","Text":"is equal to, now,"},{"Start":"05:57.275 ","End":"06:04.205","Text":"minus b over 2a in our case is minus 40,"},{"Start":"06:04.205 ","End":"06:10.535","Text":"which is minus b over 2a is minus 0.4,"},{"Start":"06:10.535 ","End":"06:17.520","Text":"which is just equal to 50."},{"Start":"06:17.520 ","End":"06:22.085","Text":"The minuses cancel and 40 over 0.8 is 50."},{"Start":"06:22.085 ","End":"06:27.930","Text":"That tells us how many extra bicycles."},{"Start":"06:28.220 ","End":"06:31.970","Text":"I guess when it says how many bicycles that it need to sell,"},{"Start":"06:31.970 ","End":"06:34.340","Text":"it includes the original 300."},{"Start":"06:34.340 ","End":"06:43.920","Text":"I would just say 300 plus the 50 equals 350 bikes"},{"Start":"06:44.150 ","End":"06:50.770","Text":"will give the maximum revenue, and we\u0027re done."}],"ID":8629}],"Thumbnail":null,"ID":5084}]
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