Find the maximum volume of a rectangular open (bottom and four sides, no top) box with surface area 75 m^2.

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anonymous · Answer

You have 5 sides on a box (so each side will have the same area)
SO you take the total surface area and divide it by 5 = 15 per side
since each side is some value x^2 the best action would be to $$\sqrt{15} = 3.8729...$$
then cube your result $$3.8729...^{3} \approx 58.0948$$

anonymous · Answer

meters cubed of course

anonymous · Answer

martinez, this is not how you solve it. You cannot assume that the surfaces have the same area.

anonymous · Answer

You're right I just read it and I noticed it wasn't a square box. Disregard my earlier statement.

anonymous · Answer

im sure youre correct

anonymous · Answer

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If you are in a  calculus class then it will be simple optimization from there.. if not assume my first answer was correct.