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Find the maximum volume that a rectangular box can have if the length is twice the...

Find the maximum volume that a rectangular box can have if the length is twice the width, and the total surface area is 12 square feet. Include diagram. Recall the surface area means the sum of the areas of all the sides, top, and bottom of the box

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In this question first we find the volume function in term of single variable using the given condition and then maximize the volume function to find the dimension. Hope you understand the solution.

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