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Homework Statement
Imagine you have a rectangular piece of cardboard measuring 3 feet by 4 feet. You know that if you cut a square out of each corner, you can fold the pieces together and tape them together to make an object that looks like a shoe box:http://www.omahamathtutor.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shoebox.png
What is the outside surface area of this shoe box shape that maximize the volume?
Homework Equations
2ab + 2bc + 2ac
The Attempt at a Solution
Not sure where to start