Differentiate: y = (3x + 5)1
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Tin Can Problem: A popular size of tin can with normal proportions has diameter 7.3 cm and height 10.6 cm (Figure 8-3r). Figure 8-3r a. What is its volume? b. The volume is to be kept the same, but the proportions are to be changed. Write an equation expressing total surface of the can (lateral surface plus two ends) as a function of radius and height. Transform the equation so that the volume is in terms of radius alone. c. Find the radius and height of the can that minimize its surface area. Is the can tall and narrow or short and wide? What is the ratio of diameter to height? Justify your answers. d. Does the normal can use close to the minimum amount of metal? What percentage of the metal in the normal can could you save by using cans with the minimum dimensions? e. If the United States uses 20 million of thesecans a day and the metal in a normal can isworth $0.06, how much money could besaved in a year by using minimum-area cans?
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The first step in solving 8-3 problem number 25 trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Tin Can Problem: A popular size of tin can with normal proportions has diameter 7.3 cm and height 10.6 cm (Figure 8-3r). Figure 8-3r a. What is its volume? b. The volume is to be kept the same, but the proportions are to be changed. Write an equation expressing total surface of the can (lateral surface plus two ends) as a function of radius and height. Transform the equation so that the volume is in terms of radius alone. c. Find the radius and height of the can that minimize its surface area. Is the can tall and narrow or short and wide? What is the ratio of diameter to height? Justify your answers. d. Does the normal can use close to the minimum amount of metal? What percentage of the metal in the normal can could you save by using cans with the minimum dimensions? e. If the United States uses 20 million of thesecans a day and the metal in a normal can isworth $0.06, how much money could besaved in a year by using minimum-area cans?
From the textbook chapter Maxima and Minima in Plane and Solid Figures you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.
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