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Show that a rectangular box of given volume and minimum surface area is a cube. Let x,y, and z ...
Show that a rectangular box of given volume and minimum surface area is a cube. Let x,y, and z be the length, width, and height, respectively, and let v0? be the given volume. Then v0?=xyz and z=xyv0??. Write the surface area as a function of two variables. Now, taking partial derivatives, we have sx?=sy?=? Setting each partial derivative equal to zero, we have Sx?=?v0?=0sy?=?v0?=0? Solving simultaneously yields x=y=z=