A box is to be made from a rectangular sheet of cardboard 70cm by 150cm by
cutting equal squares out of the four corners and bending four flaps to make
the sides of the box. (The box has no top.) What is the largest possible
volume of the box?

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anonymous · Answer

it is 96234.08959 cc (approx)

anonymous · Answer

how did you come up with that? :) need help on the method, thanks

anonymous · Answer

if a is  the value of each side of the box,
5a^2=70*150
a=45.82575695
so,a^3=96234.08959