Arectangular box is to have a square base and a volume of 40 ft3. if the material for the base costs $0.37 per square foot, the material for the sides costs $0.05 per square foot, and the material for the top costs $0.13 per square foot, determine the dimensions of the box that can be constructed at minimum cost.

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So hmm if you check the picture below, the area of the base is x*x and the top's is x*x and the sides, are 4 rectangles, each with area of h*x

thus 



now, the cost function, or C(x), well, we know how much area is going to be used in x-term, so let's just apply the cost to each



so.... now just get the derivative of C(x) and zero it out out and check the critcal points for any minima

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