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put this solution on YOUR website!A rectangular piece of cardboard with perimeter 30 in., two parallel and equally spaced creases are made. The cardboard is then folded to make a prism with open ends that are equilateral triangles. Find the volume of the prism as a function of x and what is the domain of V(x)?
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Let x = the 3 equal distances, between the two folds
then
3x = width of the cardboard
and
Let L = the length of cardboard
;
Perimeter:
2(3x) + 2L = 30
Simplify divide by 2
3x + L = 15
L = (15-3x)
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Find the height (h) of the equilateral triangle with sides = x
h^2 + (x/2)^2 = x^2
h^2 = x^2 - (x/2)^2
h =
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Vol of a triangular prism =
*L*w*h
In this problems
L = (15-3x)
w = x
h =
:
V(x) =
*(15-3x)*x*
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You can tell by L, (15-3x), that x has to be less than 5 (the domain)
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If you graph this:
The max volume when x = 3.33, Domain 0 to <+5
