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A tank with rectangular base and rectangular sides, open at the top is to be constructed so that its depth is 2 m and volume is 8 m3. If building of tank costs Rs 70 per square metre for the base and Rs 45 per square metre for sides, what is the cost of least expensive tank?

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To solve the problem of finding the cost of the least expensive tank, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Define the variables Let: - \( L \) = length of the tank (in meters) - \( B \) = breadth of the tank (in meters) - \( H \) = height of the tank = 2 m (given) - Volume of the tank = \( L \times B \times H = 8 \, \text{m}^3 \) ...
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