An open box is to be made from a 21 ft by 56 ft rectangular piece of sheet metal by cutting out squares of equal size from the four corners and bending up the sides. Find the maximum volume that the box can have. Round your answer to the nearest integer. The maximum volume is ft?.

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An open box is to be made from a 21 ft by 56 ft rectangular piece of sheet metal by cutting out squares of equal size from the four
corners and bending up the sides. Find the maximum volume that the box can have.
Round your answer to the nearest integer.
The maximum volume is
ft?.
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