9- A box with an open top is to be constructed from a square piece of cardboard that is 3 m wide, by cutting square from each of the four corners and bending up the sides. Find the largest volume that such a box can

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Section9.1: Prisms, Area And Volume
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9- A box with an open top is to be constructed from a square piece of cardboard that is 3 m wide, by cutting out a
square from each of the four corners and bending up the sides. Find the largest volume that such a box can have.
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