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A rectangular storage container with an open top is to have a volume of 10 m3 . The length of its base is twice the width. Material for the base costs $10 per square meter. Material for the sides costs $6 per square meter. Find the cost of the materials for the cheapest such container.

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Answer: $81.77

Explanation:

The area of the base is W * 2W = 2W^2

The volume of the container = Base area * height....which implies that

10 = 2W^2 * H ⇒ H = 10 / [ 2W^2 ] = 5 /W^2

So....the total surface area is given by.....area of the base + side area =

2W^2 + 2(5/W^2) [ W + 2W] =

2W^2 + (10/W^2}[ 3W] =

2^W^2 + 30/W

So....the cost, C, to be minimized is this :

C = (base cost of materials)(base area) + (side cost of materials)(side area)

C = 5(2W^2) + 3(30/W)

C = 10W^2 + 90/W

Note: Calculus.....take the derivative of the cost....set to 0 and solve

So we have

C' = 20W - 90/W^2 = 0

20W = 90/W^2

W^3 = 90/20

W^3 = 9/2

W^3 = 4.5

W = (4.5)^(1/3) ≈ 1.651

Subbing this back into the cost function, the minimized cost is

C = 10[(4.5)^(1/3)] ^2 + 90/[4.5]^(1/3) ≈ $81.77

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