Philippine oil tanker sinks, major oil spill threatens Manila

Design of Oil Storage Tanks | UKEssays.com

SOLVED:A simple way to model the construction of an oil tanker is to start with a large rectangular sheet of steel that is x feet wide and 3 x feet long. Now cut a smaller square that is t feet on a side out of each corner of the larger sheet and fold up and weld the sides of the steel sheet to make a traylike structure with no top. a. Show that the volume of oil that can be held by this tray is given by V=t(x-2 t)(3 x-2 t)=3 t x^2-8 t^2 x 4 t^3 b. How should t be chosen so as to maximize V