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B has 360 cm of wire. She wants to build the wire frame of a rectangular...

B has 360 cm of wire. She wants to build the wire frame of a rectangular prism
where the length of the base is twice the width of the base. what dimensions should she use to build a wire frame for the largest possible volume? (Hint: A rectangular prism has 12
edges total)

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