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QJEEAdv15Ma5e98: JEE Advanced 2015 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEAdv15Ma5e98 Solution: A cylindrical container is to be made from certain solid…
A cylindrical container is to be made from certain solid material with the following constraints: It has a fixed inner volume of , has a mm thick solid wall and is open at the top. The bottom of the container is a solid circular disc of thickness mm and is of radius equal to the outer radius of the container.
If the volume of the material used to make the container is minimum when the inner radius of the container is mm,
then the value of is
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Given: The inner volume of cylinder

Thickness of wall
Thickness of bottom circular disc
Let the inner radius of cylinder and height of the inner cylinder .
Now, volume of the material used volume of outer cylinder - volume of the inner cylinder + Volume of the circular disc
For to be minimum,
Differentiating the above equation w.r.t.r,
Also, given that is minimum at

Thickness of wall
Thickness of bottom circular disc
Let the inner radius of cylinder and height of the inner cylinder .
Now, volume of the material used volume of outer cylinder - volume of the inner cylinder + Volume of the circular disc
For to be minimum,
Differentiating the above equation w.r.t.r,
Also, given that is minimum at