Q. An open topped box is to be constructed by removing equal squares from each corner of a by rectangular sheet of aluminium and folding up the sides. The largest volume of such a box is

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Solution:

Let be the length of a side of the removed squares. Then, the height of the box is , length is and breadth is . If is the volume of the box, then

Therefore,



Now, gives . But
Thus, we have . Now .
Therefore, is the point of maxima, i.e., if we remove a square of side from each corner of the sheet and make a box from the remaining sheet, then the volume of the box such obtained will be the largest and it is given by

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