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                Find the largest volume of the open box to be made from cutting equal squares from 3m by 8m sheet then folding it up.
            
            
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    size of cut-out squares: 
x by x m
V = x(3-2x)(8-3x), 0 < x < 3/2
= x(24 - 25x + 6x^2)
= 24x - 25x^2 + 6x^3
dV/dx = 24 - 50x + 18x^2
= 0 for a max of V
9x^2 - 25x + 12 = 0
by formula I got x = .617 and 2.16 , reject the 2.16 since it will
produce a negative dimension
Sub that into V = ...
to find that max volume
check my arithmetic
    
x by x m
V = x(3-2x)(8-3x), 0 < x < 3/2
= x(24 - 25x + 6x^2)
= 24x - 25x^2 + 6x^3
dV/dx = 24 - 50x + 18x^2
= 0 for a max of V
9x^2 - 25x + 12 = 0
by formula I got x = .617 and 2.16 , reject the 2.16 since it will
produce a negative dimension
Sub that into V = ...
to find that max volume
check my arithmetic
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