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R+ H =LHello leprofece,
We require that you show your work, as I have stated once before. Our desire is to help you solve the problem, rather than work it for you. This way you learn more, by being an active participant in the process of solving the problem.
To being the problem, can you state the objective function, that is, the function you wish to optimize, along with the constraint on the variables?
The objective function will be the volume of a right circular cone, and the constraint will be the relationship between the radius and height of the cone with its slant height, which you have labeled as $L$.
R+ H =LR2+ H2 =L2
is that right??'
r2= l2-h2yes, the two legs of the right triangle are the radius and height of the resulting cone, and they are indeed related to the slant height (the hypotenuse of the right triangle) by the pythagorean theorem:
\(\displaystyle r^2+h^2=l^2\)
so this is the constraint...what is the objective function, i.e., the volume of the cone?
the V pi(L2-h2[/QUOTE]*H/3and derive with respect to Lr2= l2-h2