consider all rectangles that can be inscribed by the curve x=0, y=0, and y=1-vt. What value(s) of t (if any) will yield the rectangles of largest and smallest area?

Question

anonymous · Answer

Is $v$ constant, and is $t$ the independent variable?

anonymous · Answer

im sorry its square root of t

anonymous · Answer

y = 1 - sqrt t

anonymous · Answer

Alright. What about the $x=0$ part? Should that be $t=0$?

anonymous · Answer

no its x = 0

anonymous · Answer

My point is that you can't plot some function of $t$ in the $x,y$-plane unless you have a set of parametric equations with parameter $t$. So either the question means $t=0$ or $y=1-\sqrt x$.

anonymous · Answer

hmm...

anonymous · Answer

In any case, the situation looks like this, with one such inscribed rectangle:
|dw:1405055944968:dw|