Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 170

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
-A rectangular box with volume 433 cubic feet is built with a square base and top. The cost is $\$ 1.50$ per square foot for the top and the bottom and $\$ 2.00$ per square foot for the sides. Let $x$ represent the length of a side of the base. Express the cost the box as a function of $x$ .

• A) \(C ( x ) = 3 x ^ { 2 } + \frac { 3,464 } { x }\)
• B) \(C ( x ) = 4 x + \frac { 3,464 } { x ^ { 2 } }\)
• C) \(C ( x ) = 3 x ^ { 2 } + \frac { 1,732 } { x }\)
• D) \(C ( x ) = 2 x ^ { 2 } + \frac { 3,464 } { x }\)

---

Definitions:

Reservation Values

A reservation value is the maximum or minimum price that a buyer or seller is willing to accept in a transaction.

Pure Bundling

Selling products only as a package.

Negatively Correlated

A relationship between two variables where one variable increases as the other decreases, and vice versa.

Identical

Exactly alike, without any difference.