SOLUTION: Finding the Maximum Volume Rectangular Prism in a given Sphere
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Question 829895: Finding the Maximum Volume Rectangular Prism in a given Sphere
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's a regular cube with the long diagonal = diameter of the sphere.
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s = side length of cube
r = radius of sphere
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d^2 = 4r^2 = 3s^2
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Proving that the regular cube gives max volume takes more work.
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