A rain gutter is to be constructed of aluminum sheets 12 inches wide. After marking off a length of 4 inches from each edge, this length is bent up at an angle x (see the figure below).
The cross sectional area of the gutter changes as the angle x changes. The goal is to understand how the cross sectional area changes as a function of x, and to find the largest possible cross sectional area in order to maximize the flow of water in the gutter.
The questions for this laboratory are to be answered in eCampus. You can open a eCampus window and use it as you proceed through the computer screens of lab activities.
Click https://ecampus.wvu.edu to open an eCampus window. Log on to eCampus using your WVU MIX email name (without ".mix@wvu.edu") as your ID and the two digit day of month of your birthday along with the last 4 digits of your student number as your Password.
For example, if your WVU email is astudent@mix.wvu.edu, you were born on June 3, and your student number is 123-45-6789, then you should log on to eCampus as astudent with a password of 036789. If you don't know your WVU email name you can find it at http://directory.wvu.edu. More information about the MIX email system is available at http://www.wvu.edu/~mix/.