Optimization: A right circular cylinder is inscribed in a cone of height h and radius r. Determine the dimension of the cylinder with the largest possible volume.

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anonymous · Answer

seems familiar.... no one answered this yet since 5 hours ago?

anonymous · Answer

no, i guess no one likes optimization

anonymous · Answer

i remember writing up a reply but someone beat me to it so i cancelled it...

anonymous · Answer

well he explained a little bit, but then said he had to go

anonymous · Answer

how far did you get guys get?

anonymous · Answer

honestly, he just wrote out the volume formula for cylinder, and the rest didn't make sense from there

anonymous · Answer

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