Imagine a lidless box with height h and a square base whose sides have length x. The
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Imagine a lidless box with height h and a square base whose sides have length x. The box must have a volume of 125 ft3.
a. Find and graph the function S(x) that gives the surface area of the box, for all values of x > 0.
b. Based on your graph in part (a), estimate the value of x that produces the box with a minimum surface area.
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Calculus Early Transcendentals
ISBN: 978-0321947345
2nd edition
Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett
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