A candy company has hired you as their new production manager. Your job is to
choose the form of packaging for a new product from the five choices below. The candy
is animal gummies. The package must hold between 45 and 50 cubic inches (roughly 3
cups of space). The cost of the plastic for the packaging is $0.002 per square inch.

The company would really like the container to be in the shape of Noah’s Ark (for
reference, Noah's instructions are given to him by God (Genesis 6:14–16): the ark is to
be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high. 1 cubit = 1.5 feet.). To simplify
things we are assuming the arc is the shape of a rectangular prism.

Your project should include the volume, total surface area, and materials cost for
each solid given below, including the formulas you used and each step of your
work. Make sure to use the formulas given in your lessons, round your volume
and area to the nearest hundredth, and round your cost to the nearest penny.

You also need to include a paragraph that answers the following questions:
 Do all of the solids hold between 45 and 50 cubic inches?
 Which solid is the most cost efficient (the packaging with the smallest materials
cost that holds between 45 and 50 cubic inches)?
 Would the Ark be most cost efficient solid for packaging? Why or why not?
 Which solid would you recommend using? Why?

answer:

This will take too long to type. I will share some hints that will hopefully help you answer the question in full.

Steps:

1. The volume of the solid that we seek cannot exceed 250 cubic inches. This means we can disregard solids 1 and 2.

2. Search online for the formulas of the remaining solids. You can find the needed formulas at math.com.

Solid 3 is a cylinder.

Solid 4 is a cone.

Solid 5 is a sphere.

3. Use the data given for solids 3 through 5 and plug into the proper formulas to find which answer does not exceed 250 cubic inches.

A. Do all of the solids hold at least 250 cubic inches?

The answer is clearly no. Some are less than 250 and others greater than 250.

B. Which solid is the most cost efficient (the packaging with the smallest materials cost that holds at least 250 cubic inches)?

To answer this question you need to find the volumes of solids 3 through 5 as suggested above.

C. Would the most cost efficient solid work well for packaging? Why or why not?

Again, this CANNOT be answered before finding the volumes of solids 3 through 5.

D. Which solid would you recommend using? Why?

You cannot recommend which solid to use before finding the volumes of solids 3 through 5 and answering all questions that following.

I hope this helps.

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