document.write( "Question 1167047: A box with a square base and no top has a volume of 800 cubic cm. If the material for the 4 sides costs 6 cents per square cm, and the material for the base costs 10 cents per square cm, express the total cost of the material as a function of x, where x is the length of one side of the square base. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "If x is the length of one side of the square base,\r\n" );
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document.write( "then the base area is  \"x%5E2\"  square centimeters and the height is  \"800%2Fx%5E2\" centimeters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the area of the lateral surface is  \"%284x%29%2A%28800%2Fx%5E2%29\" = \"3200%2Fx\" square centimeters.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now the total cost of the material is  \"6%2A%283200%2Fx%29\" + \"10%2Ax%5E2\" = \"19200%2Fx+%2B+10x%5E2\"  cents.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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