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OverLord2011 [107]
2 years ago
11

An open box is to be made out of a 12-inch by 20-inch piece of cardboard by cutting out squares of equal size from the four corn

ers and bending up the sides. Find the dimensions of the resulting box that has the largest volume.
Mathematics
1 answer:
Natali5045456 [20]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Length = 15.14, width = 7.14 and height = 2.43  inches.

( correct to the nearest hundredth).

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the lengths of the squares cut out be x inches.

Then the width of the box will be 12 - 2x and the length will be

20 - 2x inches.

The height of the box is x inches.

Volume V = x(20-2x)(12-2x)

To find the value of x when V is a maximum we find the derivative and equate it to zero.

V = x( 240 - 64x + 4x^2)

V = 4x^3 - 64x^2 + 240x

dV/dx = 12x^2 - 128x + 240 = 0

4(3x^2 - 32x + 60) = 0

This won't factor so we use the formula:

x = [-(-32) +/- √((-32)^2 - 4*3*60)] / 6

= 8.24, 2.43.

So one of these gives a maximum Volume.

The second derivative

d^2V/dx^2 = 24x - 128

When x = 8.24,  this = 69.6 (positive) so this gives a minimum.

x = 2.43 gives a negative  value ( -49.7)  so this is the maximum

So the dimensions are:-

length = 20 - 2(2.43) = 15.14

width = 12 - 2(2.43) = 7.14

height = 2.43.

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