Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1337613924
ISBN 13: 978-1-33761-392-7

Chapter 14 - Section 14.7 - Maximum and Minimum Values - 14.7 Exercise - Page 1018: 50

Answer

10 cm X 10 cm x 10 cm. and Minimum Surface area, s= 10 cm

Work Step by Step

Volume of a box is given by $V=abc=1000 cm^3$ Surface area, $S=2ab+2bc+2ca$ This implies $\nabla V=\lt ab,bc,ca \gt$ and $\nabla S=\lt 2b+2c,2c+2a,2a+2b \gt $ After solving we get, $a=b=c=10 cm$ Hence, the dimensions of a box will be 10 cm X 10 cm x 10 cm with minimum surface area, s=10 cm.
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