Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH 180/December 2017/Question 12 (a)
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Question 12 (a) |
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Suppose you wish to construct an enclosed box of maximal volume out of an square sheet of cardboard by removing the shaded areas below and folding along the dotted lines. (Each unshaded region will form exactly one side of the box.) (a) Write down an expression for the volume of the box. |
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Denote the length and width of the enclosed box by and , respectively. Then, using the given information, write them in terms of the height of the box and the length of the square sheet. |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. By the Hint, we first denote the length and width of the enclosed box by and , respectively. Its height is given by . Then, the volume of the box is .
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On the other hand, the height of the square sheet is same with the summation of double of height of the box and double of the width of the box, so that .
Therefore, and can be expressed as and . Plugging these into the volume formula, we get .
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