Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges: Dale Hoffman's "Contemporary Calculus, Section 4.5: Applied Maximum and Minimum Problems"
Completion requirements
Read this section on pages 1-6 to learn how to apply previously learned principles to maximum and minimum problems. Work through practice problems 1-3. For solutions to these problems, see pages 15-16. There is no review for this section; instead, make sure to study the problems carefully to become familiar with applied maximum and minimum problems.