A company is constructing an open-top, square-based, rectangular metal tank that will have a volume of 46.5ft^3. What dimensions yield the minimum surface area? a. 4.5 ft times 4.5 ft times 2.3 ft
b. 5.2 ft times 5.2 ft times 1.7 ft
c. 36 ft times 3.6 ft times 3.6 ft
d. 9.6 ft times 9.6 ft times 0.5 ft

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graphically?   well, you graph them both, the solutions is where they both intersect each other, since there are two solutions, meaning they will meet twice, or namely the linear will run into the quadratic curve twice, and where they meet, those x,y coordinates are the solutions to the system.

answer: bearing in mind that a rectangle has a perimeter of length + length + width + width.

step-by-step explanation:

p = perimeter

l = length

x=width

p = 2l + 2x

p = 2(l+x)     < ==== perimeter of the base of the box.