By cutting six small squares out of a rectangle, as in the picture below, one creates a pattern that can be folded to produce a box with a top and flaps (so it can be closed). If the initial piece of cardboard is 3' x 4', what is the largest volume of a box that can be produced in this way? 1

By cutting six small squares out of a rectangle, as in the picture below, one creates a pattern that can be folded to produce a box with a top and flaps (so it can be closed). If the initial piece of cardboard is 3' x 4', what is the largest volume of a box that can be produced in this way? 1

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(2) By cutting six small squares out of a rectangle, as in the picture below, one creates a
pattern that can be folded to produce a box with a top and flaps (so it can be closed).
If the initial piece of cardboard is 3' x 4', what is the largest volume of a box that can
be produced in this way?
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