Aimee is shipping a care package to her friend in college, and she ha cardboard with which to create a box. A rectangular cardboard sheet inches by 40 inches is to be used by cutting out square corners of me 120 in.
Aimee is shipping a care package to her friend in college, and she ha cardboard with which to create a box. A rectangular cardboard sheet inches by 40 inches is to be used by cutting out square corners of me 120 in.
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Aimee is shipping a care package to her friend in college, and she ha
cardboard with which to create a box A rectangular cardboard sheet
inches by 40 inches is to be used by cutting out square corners of me
120 in.
XI
20 inches
40 inches
a) In terms of x, what is the equation of the volume of the box?
height of the box3Dx inches
length of the box=D40-2x inches

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the volume of a box is given by,
volume(v)=length times width times height
=(40-2x)(20-2x)x cubic
=800x-120x^2+4x^3 cub
b) What value of x will provide the maximum volume of the box?
C) What is the maximum volume of the box?
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