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If 2400 square centimeters of material is available to make a box with a square base and an open top, find the largest possible volume of the box.
Volume = cubic centimeters.

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A = 2400 sq.cm

Let a be the side of the square base and h be the ...

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This is a maximization problem regarding volume of a box.

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