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?
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Letthetrianglehavesidelength2a,theperpendicularheightwillbe$a√3$LetthedepthofprismbeD(allunitsincm)A$1cm3$containerhasthecapacityof$1mL$Volumeofprism=Areaoftriangle$×$Depth$5178=12×2a×a√3×D$$5178=a2√3×D$$D=5178a2√3$
$D=5178a2√3$SurfaceareaS=2(triangles)+3(rectangles)$S=2(12×2a×a√3)+3(2a×D)$$S=2(a2√3)+3(2a×5178a2√3)$$S=2√3a2+5178∗6a√3$$S=2√3a2+31068a−1√3$
Surfaceareawillbeminimumwhen$dSda=0andd2Sda2>0$$dSda=4√3a−31068a−2√3$$0=4√3a−31068a−2√3$$0=12a−31068a−2$$0=12a3−31068$$12a3=31068$$a3=2589$$a≈13.73$cm$d2Sda2=4√3+2∗31068a−3√3>0foralla>0$Thereforeanyturningpointmustbeaminimum.
a≈13.73cmD≈517813.732∗√3D≈15.86cmThe triangle has side length 2*13.73= 27.46cm and the prism is 15.86cm deepcheckV=1/2∗27.46∗13.73∗√3∗15.86=5178.5cm3good
I think that is okay
Letthetrianglehavesidelength2a,theperpendicularheightwillbe$a√3$LetthedepthofprismbeD(allunitsincm)A$1cm3$containerhasthecapacityof$1mL$Volumeofprism=Areaoftriangle$×$Depth$5178=12×2a×a√3×D$$5178=a2√3×D$$D=5178a2√3$
$D=5178a2√3$SurfaceareaS=2(triangles)+3(rectangles)$S=2(12×2a×a√3)+3(2a×D)$$S=2(a2√3)+3(2a×5178a2√3)$$S=2√3a2+5178∗6a√3$$S=2√3a2+31068a−1√3$
Surfaceareawillbeminimumwhen$dSda=0andd2Sda2>0$$dSda=4√3a−31068a−2√3$$0=4√3a−31068a−2√3$$0=12a−31068a−2$$0=12a3−31068$$12a3=31068$$a3=2589$$a≈13.73$cm$d2Sda2=4√3+2∗31068a−3√3>0foralla>0$Thereforeanyturningpointmustbeaminimum.
a≈13.73cmD≈517813.732∗√3D≈15.86cmThe triangle has side length 2*13.73= 27.46cm and the prism is 15.86cm deepcheckV=1/2∗27.46∗13.73∗√3∗15.86=5178.5cm3good
I think that is okay