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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A rectangular box which is open at the top can be made from a 18 by 12 inch piece of metal by cutting a square from each corner and bending up the sides. Find the dimensions of the box with greatest volume?? (this is optimization)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the volume will be in this equation: x(18-2x)(12-2x)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

your volume is x(18−2x)(12−2x) multiply out, take the derivative, set it equal zero and solve

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