AM/GM Basic

Problem - 3129
Use the Arithmetic Mean-Geometric Mean Inequality to find the maximum volume of a box made from a 25 by 25 square sheet of cardboard by removing a small square from each corner and folding up the sides to form a lidless box.

Let $x$ be the lengths of the corner being cut. \begin{align} V &= x(25-2x)(15-2x)\\ &= \frac{1}{4}(4x)(25-2x)(15-2x)\\ &\le \frac{1}{4}\cdot\Big(\frac{4x+25-2x+15-2x}{3}\Big)^3\\ &= \boxed{\frac{1}{4}\cdot\Big(\frac{50}{3}\Big)^3} \end{align}

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