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An inbox tray has 3 walls and an open side on one of the longer sides.

Determine the maximum area of the tray if all three walls total to a length of 812 mm. Show your formula.

 Dec 3, 2014

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Let the 2 short sides be x and the long side be y

2x+y=812y=8122xArea(A)=xyA=x(8122x)A=812x2x2dAdx=8124xd2Adx2=4$Thismeansthatanystationarypointwillbeamaximum$$findstatpoint$dAdx=00=8124x4x=812x=203$Thetraywillbeofmaximumareifthesidesare20.3cmby40.6cm$

 Dec 3, 2014
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Best Answer

Let the 2 short sides be x and the long side be y

2x+y=812y=8122xArea(A)=xyA=x(8122x)A=812x2x2dAdx=8124xd2Adx2=4$Thismeansthatanystationarypointwillbeamaximum$$findstatpoint$dAdx=00=8124x4x=812x=203$Thetraywillbeofmaximumareifthesidesare20.3cmby40.6cm$

Melody Dec 3, 2014

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