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Boxes use to ship the components, must have square bases inorder or attached square labels to each end. The labels may havestandard hazard warnings or handling information. The labels,however, can be magnified or reduced in size, but they must remainsquare, presently the boxes a base of 10cm square. To pack enoughcomponents into a box, the boxes have a capacity of 4000cm3. The boxes are made of a special fibre-glassreinforced tough plastic to protect the components and the boxmanufacturer charges £2.50 for an area of 500 cm2.

As a cost cutting exercise calculate a box with a square baseand a capacity of 4000 cm3 which has the minimumpossible area. If 10,000 boxes are use per year by the componentmanufacturer, how much money will be saved in a year by using thenew boxes with the minimum area?

Answer = £10,000

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It is assume that box is closed which contains 6 faces Before modification height of box volume of box base area 4000 1010 40    See Answer
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