Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 14 - Section 14.8 - Lagrange Multipliers - 14.8 Exercise - Page 978: 37

Answer

$\dfrac{8r^3}{3\sqrt 3}$

Work Step by Step

Volume of a rectangular box is given by $V=abc$ which has general equation: $x^2+y^2+z^2=4r^2$ This implies $z=\sqrt{4r^2-x^2-y^2}$ This gives $V_x=0, V_y=0$ and $a=b=c=\dfrac{2r}{\sqrt 3}$ Hence, the maximum volume of a rectangular box will be $V=abc=(\dfrac{2r}{\sqrt 3})^3=\dfrac{8r^3}{3\sqrt 3}$
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