A rectangle is inscribed with its base on the xx-axis and its upper corners on the parabola y=7−x2y=7−x2. What are the dimensions of such a rectangle with the greatest possible area of its height?

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Section9.1: Prisms, Area And Volume
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a) A rectangle is inscribed with its base on the xx-axis and its upper corners on the parabola y=7−x2y=7−x2. What are the dimensions of such a rectangle with the greatest possible area of its height?

b)  A cylinder is inscribed in a right circular cone of height 2.5 and radius (at the base) equal to 4. What are the dimensions of such a cylinder which has maximum volume of its height and radius?

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