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Old December 1st, 2008, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rlder35 View Post
That's exactly the point where I started to get stumped. Should I solve for a certain variable here?
take different values of r to get different C. Make a table of values of r and C.

The minimum C will be when r = 1 inch

now, from eqn (1), h = 4/1^2 = 4 inch.
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