Building a Quonset Hut Quonset huts were developed during World War II. They were temporary housing structures that could be assembled quickly and easily. A Quonset hut is shaped like a half cylinder. A manufacturer has
(a) The formula for the surface area of half a cylinder is
(b) The formula for the volume of the hut is
(c) Use the function you wrote in part (b) to find the maximum volume of a Quonset hut with a surface area of
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