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A rectangular box without a top (a topless box) is to be made from 12 of cardboard. Find the maximum volume of such a box.
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1 of 4The thing we want to maximize is the volume, hence our function to be maximized is , such that , and are the box dims.
And the constraint we have is the lateral area plus the base area is restricted to be 12 ft, hence , such that the base dims are and .
Hence our problem is to maximize under the constraint
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