The Open Box Problem.

... Third Problem,The Open Box Problem In this investigation, I will be investigating the same as I did in the 'Second Investigation'. This will be the maximum volume, which can be made from a certain size rectangle piece of card, with different size sections cut from their corners. The type of cuboids I will be using are opened topped boxes. I will keep one side the same all of the time. The size sections that I will be cutting from the rectangle piece of card will all be the same size. The section sizes will go up to the maximum length possible for the piece of card. Prediction During this investigation, I will not account for the `tabs', which would normally be needed to hold the box sides together. I still predict that to obtain the largest volume from a certain size, Rectangle, piece of card; the length of the

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