Paper 3, Section I, A

Variational Principles | Part IB, 2013

A cylindrical drinking cup has thin curved sides with density ρ\rho per unit area, and a disk-shaped base with density kρk \rho per unit area. The cup has capacity to hold a fixed volume VV of liquid. Use the method of Lagrange multipliers to find the minimum mass of the cup.

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