United Parcel Service has contracted you to design a closed box with a square base that has

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United Parcel Service has contracted you to design a closed box with a square base that has a volume of 10,000 cubic inches. See the illustration.

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(a) Express the surface area S of the box as a function of x.

(b) Using a graphing utility, graph the function found in part (a).

(c) What is the minimum amount of cardboard that can be used to construct the box?
(d) What are the dimensions of the box that minimize the surface area?

(e) Why might UPS be interested in designing a box that minimizes the surface area?

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Precalculus

ISBN: 978-0321716835

9th edition

Authors: Michael Sullivan

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