Tony is building a new silo to store com as animal feed. It will be a cylinder topped with a half-sphere, and must store 21 000 t of corn. The entire silo can be
filled with corn. Tony wants to minimize the surface area of the silo to reduce
materials and paint costs. He has the following information:
• 1 cubic m of corn has a mass of 700 kg.
• Building costs are $8/m2, taxes included.
• Paint comes in 3.8 L cans.
Each can covers 40 sq m and costs $35,
taxes included.
· Corn costs $140 per tonne ($140/t), taxes
included.
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Recall that 1 ton = 1000kg
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What is the total cost to build, paint, and fill a silo with the least surface area?

Determine if the following statement is true or false. the normal curve is symmetric about its​ mean, mu. choose the best answer below. a. the statement is false. the normal curve is not symmetric about its​ mean, because the mean is the balancing point of the graph of the distribution. the median is the point where​ 50% of the area under the distribution is to the left and​ 50% to the right.​ therefore, the normal curve could only be symmetric about its​ median, not about its mean. b. the statement is true. the normal curve is a symmetric distribution with one​ peak, which means the​ mean, median, and mode are all equal.​ therefore, the normal curve is symmetric about the​ mean, mu. c. the statement is false. the mean is the balancing point for the graph of a​ distribution, and​ therefore, it is impossible for any distribution to be symmetric about the mean. d. the statement is true. the mean is the balancing point for the graph of a​ distribution, and​ therefore, all distributions are symmetric about the mean.