A company has contracted to manufacture 15,000 closed wooden crates having dimensions 4 ft., 5 ft., and 6 ft. The cost of the wood is 25 centavos per sq.ft. If the machines that are used to cut the pieces of wood have a possible error of 0.05 ft., in each dimension, find approximately, by using the total differential, the greatest possible error in the estimate of the cost of the wood.

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A company has contracted to manufacture
15,000 closed wooden crates having
dimensions 4 ft., 5 ft., and 6 ft. The cost of the
wood is 25 centavos per sq.ft. If the machines
that are used to cut the pieces of wood have a
possible error of 0.05 ft., in each dimension,
find approximately, by using the total
differential, the greatest possible error in the
estimate of the cost of the wood.
Transcribed Image Text:A company has contracted to manufacture 15,000 closed wooden crates having dimensions 4 ft., 5 ft., and 6 ft. The cost of the wood is 25 centavos per sq.ft. If the machines that are used to cut the pieces of wood have a possible error of 0.05 ft., in each dimension, find approximately, by using the total differential, the greatest possible error in the estimate of the cost of the wood.
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