SOLUTION: a company that manufactures dog food wishes to pack the food in closed cylindrical tins what should be the dimensions of each tin of each is to have a volume of 128

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Question 560093: a company that manufactures dog food wishes to pack the food in closed cylindrical tins what should be the dimensions of each tin of each is to have a volume of 128
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Impossible to tell. There are infinite answers to this question as posed. You need an additional constraint such as a fixed radius, a fixed height, or perhaps the requirement to minimize the surface area (i.e., make the can as cheaply as possible.)

John

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