Calculus: Early Transcendentals 9th Edition

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

Chapter 1 - Section 1.1 - Four Ways to Represent a Function - 1.1 Exercises - Page 20: 69

Answer

$S(l)=l^{2} + \frac{8}{l}, l\gt0$

Work Step by Step

Let the height of the box be $h$ and the sides of the square base be length $l$. Volume = $h\times l\times l=2$ $h=\frac{2}{l^{2}}$ Surface Area = Area of base + Area of 4 other sides = $l\times l + 4(l\times h)$ = $l^{2} + \frac{8}{l}$ $\because$ All lengths are positive, $l\gt0$ $h=\frac{2}{l^{2}}\gt0$
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