You are hired to help minimize production costs. Your job is to choose the form of packaging for a new product from the five choices below. The package must hold at least 900 cubic inches. The cost of the cardboard for the packaging is $0.03 per square inch.

Solid 1: Square Prism with each side of the base equal to 10 in. and a height of 9 in.

Volume = 10^9 = 900
Area = 2(10)^2 + 4(10)9 = 560
V/A Ratio = 1.61

What is the cost?

Question

You are hired to help minimize production costs.  Your job is to choose the form of packaging for a new product from the five choices below.  The package must hold at least 900 cubic inches.  The cost of the cardboard for the packaging is $0.03 per square inch.  

Solid 1:  Square Prism with each side of the base equal to 10 in. and a height of 9 in.

Volume = 10^9 = 900
Area = 2(10)^2 + 4(10)9 = 560
V/A Ratio = 1.61

What is the cost?

anonymous · Answer

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