Optimization

[mattman323]

You have a 35.7 inch wide sheet of metal to make a gutter for a building. The machine you are using to bend the metal only has the ability to make 2 bends. What are the dimensions to maximize the volume that the gutter can hold? Make 2 designs one must have 2 obtuse angles (\_/) and the other must have 1 obtuse angle (|_/ ) (Use ONLY calculus and NO TRIG)

 

[Otis]

Hello Matt. Are you expecting a worked solution? If so, you probably ignored the request that you received to check out the forum's Read Before Posting notice. We'd like to see your efforts (so far). Can you explain also where you got stuck? Thanks!

… Simply posting an exercise statement without showing work or asking specific questions is not enough for us to help you quickly …

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