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1) An open-top box is to be constructed from a 4 foot by 6 foot rectangular cardboard by cutting out equal squares at each corner and the
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Question 67627: Please Help!!! I cant figure this out.
1) An open-top box is to be constructed from a 4 foot by 6 foot rectangular cardboard by cutting out equal squares at each corner and the folding up the flaps. Let x denote the length of each side of the square to be cut out.
a) Find the function V that represents the volume of the box in terms of x.
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b) Graph this function and show the graph over the valid range of the variable x..
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c) Using the graph, what is the value of x that will produce the maximum volume?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1) An open-top box is to be constructed from a 4 foot by 6 foot rectangular cardboard by cutting out equal squares at each corner and the folding up the flaps. Let x denote the length of each side of the square to be cut out.
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a) Find the function V that represents the volume of the box in terms of x.
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The dimensions of the box will be (4-2x) by (6-2x) by x
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FOIL (4-2x)(6-2x) and you have: 24 - 20x + 4x^2, mult that x,
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V(x) = 4x^3 - 20x^2 + 24x
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b) Graph this function and show the graph over the valid range of the variable x..
Show Graph here.
c) Using the graph, what is the value of x that will produce the maximum volume?
Answer.
It looks like that about x =.75 ft will produce max volume (8.4 cu ft)
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You can find out exactly for x = .75: (4-1.5) * (6-1.5) * .75 = 8.4375
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My Ti83 gave the max at x = .78475 produces a max vol of 8.45 cu ft
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