A sheet of paper 38 cm-by-50 cm is made into an open box (i.e. there's no top), by cutting x-cm squares out of each corner and folding up the sides. Find the value of x that maximizes the volume of the box. Give your answer in the simplified radical form. x= is the max.

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A sheet of paper 38 cm-by-50 cm is made into an open box (i.e. there's no top), by cutting x-cm squares
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