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A worker is to construct an open rectangular box with a square base and a volume of 147 ft3. If material for the bottom costs $6/ft2 and material for the sides costs $7/ft2 what dimensions will result in the least expensive box? What is the minimum cost?
Let x be the length of one side of the base of the box. Express the total cost of the materials, C, in terms of x.
Find C(x)
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