A pizza box is formed from a 20-cm by 40-cm rectangular piece of cardboard by cutting out

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A pizza box is formed from a 20-cm by 40-cm rectangular piece of cardboard by cutting out six squares of equal size, three from each long side of the rectangle, and then folding the cardboard in the obvious manner to create a box. See Fig. 11. Let x be the length of each side of the six squares. For what value of x will the box have greatest volume?

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Calculus And Its Applications

ISBN: 9780134437774

14th Edition

Authors: Larry Goldstein, David Lay, David Schneider, Nakhle Asmar

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