Optimization

[jojo52]

Monosized cubes are lined up face-to-face in a row 12 ft long. The cost per cube C depends on its volume V according to C = 3 + (V/(ft^3))^2. What is the lowest total cube cost to span the 12 ft?

 

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Monosized cubes are lined up face-to-face in a row 12 ft long. The cost per cube C depends on its volume V according to C = 3 + (V/(ft^3))^2. What is the lowest total cube cost to span the 12 ft?

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