As an engineer for a company, you are tasked with minimizing the cost of a rectangular container made of two materials. The container is required to have a volume of 0.625 cubic meters. The first material (M1) costs $0.06 per square centimeter and is located on the top and base of the rectangular prism (common pair), whereas the other material (M2) costs $0.035 per square centimeter and is located on the remaining four sides.

 

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