1. ## Integration (?) question

a cuboid has the square base of side $xcm$ and height $hcm$. its volume is $120cm^3$.

i) find $h$ in terms of $x$. Hence show that the surface area, $Acm^2$, of the cuboid is given by $A = 2x^2 + \frac{480}{x}$ .

ii) find $\frac{dA}{dx}$ and $\frac{d^2A}{dx^2}$

iii) Hence find the value of $x$ which gives the minimum of surface area. Find also the value of the surface area in this case.

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2. Originally Posted by coyoteflare
a cuboid has the square base of side $xcm$ and height $hcm$. its volume is $120cm^3$.

i) find $h$ in terms of $x$. Hence show that the surface area, $Acm^2$, of the cuboid is given by $A = 2x^2 + \frac{480}{x}$ .

ii) find $\frac{dA}{dx}$ and $\frac{d^2A}{dx^2}$

iii) Hence find the value of $x$ which gives the minimum of surface area. Find also the value of the surface area in this case.
$V = x^2h = 120$

solve for h ...

$h = \frac{120}{x^2}$

surface area is (top+bottom) + (4 sides) ...

$A = 2x^2 + 4xh$

sub in for h ...

$A = 2x^2 + 4x\left(\frac{120}{x^2}\right)$

$A = 2x^2 + \frac{480}{x}$

... try the rest of the problem yourself.