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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. Answer by ikleyn(52866) (Show Source):
If x is the length of one side of the square base,
then the base area is square centimeters and the height is centimeters.
Then the area of the lateral surface is = square centimeters.
Now the total cost of the material is + = cents. ANSWER
