(Minimizing Costs) For its beef stew, Betty Moore Company uses aluminum containers that have the form...

(Minimizing Costs) For its beef stew, Betty Moore Company uses aluminum containers that have the form of right circular cylinders (a cylinder whose base is a circle and whose elements are perpendicular to its base.)

(a) Find the radius and height of a container if it has a capacity of 28 in3 and is constructed using the least amount of metal.

(b) Which theorem did you use to find the answer?

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To minimize the surface area of a cylinder of given volume

milcah answered 1 year ago

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