A piece of rectangular sheet metal is 20 in. wide. It is to be made into a
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A piece of rectangular sheet metal is 20 in. wide. It is to be made into a rain gutter by turning up the edges to form parallel sides. Let x represent the length of each of the parallel sides. Give approximations to the nearest hundredth.
(a) Give the restrictions on x.
(b) Determine a function A that gives the area of a cross section of the gutter.
(c) For what value of x will A be a maximum (and thus maximize the amount of water that the gutter will hold)? What is this maximum area?
(d) For what values of x will the area of a cross section be less than 40 in.2?
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
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