SOLUTION: A box is to be constructed from a sheet of cardboard that is 10 cm by 50 cm by cutting out squares of length x by x from each corner and bending up the sides. What is the maxim

Question 1053912: A box is to be constructed from a sheet of cardboard that is 10 cm by 50 cm by cutting out squares of length x by x from each corner and bending up the sides.
What is the maximum volume this box could have? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Height would be x.
The other two dimensions are (10-2x) and (50-2x).

Instead of continuing steps to solve, what you would do next is dv/dx, equate dv/dx=0, and find x. Figure if this is a or are max or min.
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