Ex: Optimization - Minimize the Cost to Make a Can with a Fixed Volume

This video provides an example of how to find the dimensions of a right circular cylinder that will minimized production costs.

[jonpg]

for those wondering how to get minimum cost after done finding radius and height, plug in your radius into the cost function

[thefifthcommander]

I've never felt so lost in math. I don't understand how to come up with these different functions for optimization problems from the words alone.

[chrisrudek]

Thank you so much for this.... I looked everywhere to learn this.

[byjadejunior]

How do you find the minimum cost(cents)????

[chaeairsoft]

Im so confused because the cost of my material is written 0.01 cents per Cubic Centimeter and it is throwing me off

[parkerhahn]

Thank you so much for your making this!

[rmoreno]

Is it possible to use a graphing utility ?

[commanderbly]

Thank you so much this helped me out more than you could imagine.

[AlaskaBoyAlex]

Thanks so much man! Explained extremely well