document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169776>Question 169776</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The top and bottom margins of a poster are each 6 cm and the side margins are each 4cm. If the area of printed material on the poster is fixed at 384cm^3, find the dimensions of the poster with the smallest area?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume the printed area is a square.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's dimensions are each sqrt(384)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you include the margins the dimensions are as follows:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = sqrt(384)+12cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = sqrt(384) + 8cm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total area of the poster is LW = 384 + 96 + 20sqrt(384)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 480 + 20sqrt(384)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The area of the margin is total area - printed material area<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 480 + 20sqrt(384) - 384 = 96+20sqrt(384) = 387.92 cm^2<BR>\n" );
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