Asked by karl

find 3 positive real numbers whose sum is 500 and whose product is as large as possible.

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Answered by Steve
this is the same as finding the volume of the largest brick with given sum of edges or given surface area.

As with the area of a rectangle, max is achieved for a square.

Max volume is achieved with a cube of side 500/3.
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