document.write( "Question 1101986: a tank is used to collect rain water.The form of the tank is a parallelepiped rectangle whose basement is a square whose side is x meters.its volume is 4 cubed meters
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document.write( "Find the altitude of the tank
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document.write( "Find the surface in terms of x
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document.write( "Find the dimensions of the tank if we want to use as less paint as possible \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #716677 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) You can put this solution on YOUR website! a tank is used to collect rain water. \n" ); document.write( "The form of the tank is a parallelepiped rectangle whose base is a square whose side is x meters. \n" ); document.write( "its volume is 4 cubic meters \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " Find the altitude of the tank \n" ); document.write( "let h = the height of the tank \n" ); document.write( "x*x*h = 4 \n" ); document.write( "x^2 * h = 4 \n" ); document.write( "h = \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( " Find the surface in terms of x \n" ); document.write( "Assuming the top is open \n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + 4(xh) \n" ); document.write( "replace h with \n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + 4(x* \n" ); document.write( "cancel x \n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + 4( \n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + \n" ); document.write( " Find the dimensions of the tank if we want to use as less paint as possible \n" ); document.write( "Find the minimum surface area by plotting the equation. Y = surface area \n" ); document.write( "y = x^2 + \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "minimum occurs when x = 2 meters, therefore the dimensions are 2 by 2 by 1 meters with a surface area of 12 (greenline) \n" ); document.write( " |