What are the dimensions of the lightest opentop right circular cylindrical can that will hold a volume

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What are the dimensions of the lightest opentop right circular cylindrical can that will hold a volume of 1000 cm3? Compare the result here with the result in Example 2.


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You have been asked to design a one-liter can shaped like a right circular cylinder. What dimensions will use the least material?

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Thomas Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 9780321884077

13th Edition

Authors: Joel R Hass, Christopher E Heil, Maurice D Weir

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