73.

) It is shown in the theory of attraction that a wire bent in the form of a circle of radius a
exerts upon a particle in the axis of the circle (i.e., in the line through the center of the
𝒉
circle perpendicular to its plane) an attraction proportional to (𝒂𝟐 +𝒉𝟐)𝟑/𝟐 , where h is the
height of the particle above the plane of the circle. Find h for the maximum attraction.

Attraction:
𝒉
A= (𝒂𝟐 +𝒉𝟐 )𝟑/𝟐
𝟏
𝟑
𝒅𝑨 (𝒂𝟐 +𝒉𝟐 )𝟑/𝟐 − (𝒂𝟐 +𝒉𝟐 )𝟐 (𝟐𝒉)𝒉
𝟐
= = 𝟎 Get the derivative of the equation using quotient rule.
𝒅𝒉 (𝒂𝟐 +𝒉𝟐 )𝟑

𝟏
(𝒂𝟐 + 𝒉𝟐 )𝟑/𝟐 − 𝟑𝒉𝟐 (𝒂𝟐 + 𝒉𝟐 )𝟐 = 𝟎
𝒂𝟐 + 𝒉𝟐 = 𝟑𝒉𝟐 Simplify
𝟐𝒉𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 Divide both sides by 2
𝒉𝟐 = 𝟏𝟐𝒂𝟐 Get the square root to remove the square root of 𝒉𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 √𝟐
𝒉= 𝒂= 𝒂 × Rationalize
√𝟐 √𝟐 √𝟐

𝟏
𝒉= √𝟐𝒂 Final Answer
√𝟐
74.) In Ex. 73, if the wire has instead the form of a square of side 2l. the attraction is
𝒉
proportional to . Find h, for maximum attraction.
(𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 ) √𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐

𝒉
A=
(𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 ) √𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐

𝟐𝒉
(𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 ) √𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐 (𝟏)−𝒉 [(𝒉𝟐 +𝒍𝟐 ) +𝟐𝒉√𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐
𝒅𝑨 𝟐√𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐
= =0
𝒅𝒉 (𝒉𝟐 +𝒍𝟐 )𝟐 ((𝒉𝟐 +𝟐𝒍𝟐 )

𝒉𝟐 (𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 )
(𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 )√𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟐 − − 𝟐𝒉√𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟐 = 𝟎
√𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟐

(𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 )(𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟐 ) − 𝒉𝟐 (𝒉𝟐 + 𝒍𝟐 ) − 𝟐𝒉 (𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟐 ) = 𝟎

(𝒉𝟒 + 𝟑𝒍𝟐 𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟒 ) - (𝒉𝟒 +𝒍𝟐 𝒉𝟐 ) − (𝟐𝒉𝟒 + 𝟒𝒍𝟐 𝒉𝟐 ) = 0
−𝟐𝒉𝟒 − 𝟐𝒍𝟐 𝒉𝟐 + 𝟐𝒍𝟒 = 𝟎
𝒉𝟒 + 𝒍𝟐 𝒉𝟐 − 𝒍𝟒 = 0

−𝒍𝟐 ± √𝒍𝟒 + 𝟒𝒍𝟒

𝒉𝟐 =
𝟐
−𝒍𝟐 ± √𝟓𝒍𝟐
𝒉𝟐 =
𝟐
−𝟏 ± √𝟓 𝟐
𝒉𝟐 = 𝒍
𝟐
−𝟏−√𝟓
𝒉 =√ IMAGINARY
𝟐

−𝟏+√𝟓
𝒉=√ Use this equation.
𝟐

𝒉 = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟖𝟔𝟐𝒍 Final answer.