Mathematics

Mathematics

Problem

A rectangular milk carton has a square base of side length xx centimetres and height hh centimetres. The carton must hold exactly 1 000 cm3^{3} of liquid. The material for the base and the four sides costs \0.02percm0.02 per cm^{2},whilethematerialforthelidcosts, while the material for the lid costs 0.05 per cm2^{2}. Write a simplified expression for the total cost C(x)C(x) (in dollars) as a function of xx only.

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