Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 3 - Section 3.2 - Polynomial Functions and Their Graphs - 3.2 Exercises - Page 268: 89

Answer

(a) $4x^3-120x^2+800x$ (b) $0\lt x\lt10$ (c) $1539.6cm^3$

Work Step by Step

(a) The volume V of the box can be expressed as $V=x(40-2x)(20-2x)=4x^3-120x^2+800x$ (b) Let $20-2x>0$ we have $x<10$ and the domain is $x\in (0,10)$ (c) The graph shows that the maximum volume happens when $x=4.23cm, V=1539.6cm^3$
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