Designing Prototypes

Use Calculus to Minimize the Production Cost for a Company

Answer Key Since students will not know how to solve optimization problems, their answers will vary. By the end of the lesson, I will show students this solution (unless one of the groups was able to figure it out. Secondary Equation Determine any Critical Numbers

r h

Let in

represent the area of the top of the cylinder

Since the derivative of cost changes from negative to positive at the critical number, minimum. Determine the Height and Total Cost inches is a

Let represent the area of the bottom of the cylinder in Let represent the area of the lateral face of the cylinder in Obtain a Primary Equation ( ( ) ) ( ( ) ) ( ( ) )

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