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
\n" ); document.write( "Find the altitude of the tank
\n" ); document.write( "Find the surface in terms of x
\n" ); document.write( "Find the dimensions of the tank if we want to use as less paint as possible
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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
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\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 = \"4%2Fx%5E2\"
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\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 \"4%2Fx%5E2\"
\n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + 4(x*\"4%2Fx%5E2\")
\n" ); document.write( "cancel x
\n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + 4(\"4%2Fx\")
\n" ); document.write( "S.A. = x^2 + \"16%2Fx\"
\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 + \"16%2Fx\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-2%2C+5%2C+-10%2C+30%2C+x%5E2%2B%2816%2Fx%29%2C+12%29+\"
\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)
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