SOLUTION: Nathan has sheet of metal which is a 8 cm by 8cm square. He wants to cut out identical square which are x cm by x cm from the corners. He will then bend the sheets along the dashed

Question 1177622: Nathan has sheet of metal which is a 8 cm by 8cm square. He wants to cut out identical square which are x cm by x cm from the corners. He will then bend the sheets along the dashed lines to form an open container. Write a polynomial function V(x) modeling the volume of the box. What is the maximum possible volume of the box?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39629) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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You could look for derivative of V, and set derivative equal to 0, to help find maximum volume.
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