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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

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A pressure vessel is to be made from a cylinder of diameter X meters capped with a hemisphere. The cost of the cylinder section is 1800X^0.5 in P per meter of length and the cost for one hemispherical end is 1400X^2.4 in pesos. The vessel is to hold 40 cubic meter. Find the optimum dimension X.

A. 2.5 m

B. 2.25 m

C. 2.0 m

D. 2.75 m

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