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A chocolate company needs to manufacture cardboard containers with the shape of equilateral-triangular prisms and that have a volume of exactly 5178 mL. What are the optimum dimensions (in cm) such that a minimum amount of cardboard is used?

Triangle edges =

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 Aug 28, 2014

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Letthetrianglehavesidelength2a,theperpendicularheightwillbe$a3$LetthedepthofprismbeD(allunitsincm)A$1cm3$containerhasthecapacityof$1mL$Volumeofprism=Areaoftriangle$×$Depth$5178=12×2a×a3×D$$5178=a23×D$$D=5178a23$

 

$D=5178a23$SurfaceareaS=2(triangles)+3(rectangles)$S=2(12×2a×a3)+3(2a×D)$$S=2(a23)+3(2a×5178a23)$$S=23a2+51786a3$$S=23a2+31068a13$

 

Surfaceareawillbeminimumwhen$dSda=0andd2Sda2>0$$dSda=43a31068a23$$0=43a31068a23$$0=12a31068a2$$0=12a331068$$12a3=31068$$a3=2589$$a13.73$cm$d2Sda2=43+231068a33>0foralla>0$Thereforeanyturningpointmustbeaminimum.

a13.73cmD517813.7323D15.86cmThe triangle has side length 2*13.73= 27.46cm and the prism is 15.86cm deepcheckV=1/227.4613.73315.86=5178.5cm3good 

 

I think that is okay  

 Aug 28, 2014
 #1
avatar+118696 
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Best Answer

 

 

 

Letthetrianglehavesidelength2a,theperpendicularheightwillbe$a3$LetthedepthofprismbeD(allunitsincm)A$1cm3$containerhasthecapacityof$1mL$Volumeofprism=Areaoftriangle$×$Depth$5178=12×2a×a3×D$$5178=a23×D$$D=5178a23$

 

$D=5178a23$SurfaceareaS=2(triangles)+3(rectangles)$S=2(12×2a×a3)+3(2a×D)$$S=2(a23)+3(2a×5178a23)$$S=23a2+51786a3$$S=23a2+31068a13$

 

Surfaceareawillbeminimumwhen$dSda=0andd2Sda2>0$$dSda=43a31068a23$$0=43a31068a23$$0=12a31068a2$$0=12a331068$$12a3=31068$$a3=2589$$a13.73$cm$d2Sda2=43+231068a33>0foralla>0$Thereforeanyturningpointmustbeaminimum.

a13.73cmD517813.7323D15.86cmThe triangle has side length 2*13.73= 27.46cm and the prism is 15.86cm deepcheckV=1/227.4613.73315.86=5178.5cm3good 

 

I think that is okay  

Melody Aug 28, 2014

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