Optimal boxes Imagine a lidless box with height h and a square base whose sides have length x. /the box must have a volume of 125 ft^3. Estimate the value of x that produces the box with a minimum surface area. The first part is to find and graph the function S(x), that gives the surface area of the box, for all values of x>0 I just need to know how to find the minimum surface area.

Optimal boxes Imagine a lidless box with height h and a square base whose sides have length x. /the box must have a volume of 125 ft^3. Estimate the value of x that produces the box with a minimum surface area. The first part is to find and graph the function S(x), that gives the surface area of the box, for all values of x>0 I just need to know how to find the minimum surface area.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter4: Rational Functions And Conics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 11T: A triangle is formed by the coordinate axes and a line through the point (2,1), as shown in the...

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