3. The manager of a department store wants to build a 600-square foot right triangular enclosure on the store's parking lot in order to display some equipment (see below). The two legs of the triangular enclosure will be built of redwood fencing, at a cost of $9 per foot. The third side, the hypotenuse, will be built of cement blocks, at a cost of $12 per foot. Find the dimensions of the enclosure that will minimize the total cost of the building materials. h W Let h be the length of one leg, in feet and let w be the length of the other leg, in feet. this optimization problem by answering (a), (b), (c) and (d) but do NOT solve. What is the function that we want to minimize? Express this function in terms of h and w. Set up (a)

3. The manager of a department store wants to build a 600-square foot right triangular enclosure on the store's parking lot in order to display some equipment (see below). The two legs of the triangular enclosure will be built of redwood fencing, at a cost of $9 per foot. The third side, the hypotenuse, will be built of cement blocks, at a cost of $12 per foot. Find the dimensions of the enclosure that will minimize the total cost of the building materials. h W Let h be the length of one leg, in feet and let w be the length of the other leg, in feet. this optimization problem by answering (a), (b), (c) and (d) but do NOT solve. What is the function that we want to minimize? Express this function in terms of h and w. Set up (a)

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

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Chapter9: Surfaces And Solids

Section9.4: Polyhedrons And Spheres

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