Finding the Cheapest Cylinder with Extreme Values: Help Needed!

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The discussion focuses on optimizing the cost of constructing a cylinder with a fixed volume of 100 dm³. The cost structure is defined as 10€ per dm² for the base and 5€ per dm² for the side. The user derives the formula for the cost based on the radius (r) and height (h) of the cylinder, leading to the equation 20πr - 1000/r² = 0. The correct radius is determined to be approximately 2.52, contrasting with an incorrect calculation yielding 3.989422. The user seeks clarification on the derivative calculation and its implications for finding the optimal radius.

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I've got kind of stuck with a problem that includes a cylinder.

First off, we know that the cylinder has a Volume of 100 litre ( V = 100 dm^3 )

but it get's abit of tricky since you are constructing this cylinder and you are trying to make the cheapest cylinder when the bottom parts of the cylinder costs 10€ / dm^2 and the side parts cost 5€ / dm^2.

HERE BEGINS MY "WORK"/GUESSING:

I've come to the conclusion that:

V = pi*r^2*h

so: pi*r^2*h = 100
also this makes: h = 100/ ( pi*r^2 )

so I figured I'd take:

10€ * pi*r^2 + 2*pi*r*h*5€

which becomes:

10€ * pi*r^2 + 2*pi*r*100/ (pi*r^2) *5€

10€ * pi*r^2 + 2*100/r *5€

then take the derivate of that:

2*10€ * pi*r - r*1000/r^2

which becomes:

2*10€ * pi*r - 1000/r

then you make then = 0 or just directly:

2*10€ * pi*r = 1000/r

then we try to make out what r is so we mix them around abit:

20 * pi * r = 1000/r

r^2 = 1000/(20*pi)

r = root(1000/(20*pi))

which gives:

r = 3.989422...

which it shouldn't, the real answer to r at this point should be something 2.52

and here is where I'm stuck, any help is appreciated :)
 
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It should be \sqrt[3]{\frac{1000}{20\pi}}
10€ * pi*r^2 + 2*100/r *5€

The derivative of this is 20\pi r -\frac{1000}{r^{2}} not

20\pi r - \frac{1000r}{r^{2}}
 
courtrigrad said:
It should be \sqrt[3]{\frac{1000}{20\pi}}




The derivative of this is 20\pi r -\frac{1000}{r^{2}} not

20\pi r - \frac{1000r}{r^{2}}

ohh... thanks a lot ^.^
 

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