Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A trough is made from a rectangular strip of sheet metal, 50cm wide bending up at right angles a strip x cm ?

wide along two sides.For what value of x is the cross section area a max.


A trough is made from a rectangular strip of sheet metal, 50cm wide bending up at right angles a strip x cm ?
The cross section area is


x (50 - 2x) = 50x - 2x^2


which is maximal when x = 12.5cm

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  1. wide along two sides.For what value of x is the cross section area a max. A trough is made from a rectangular strip of sheet metal, 50cm wide ... metaltrough.blogspot.com

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