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A rectangular piece of card measures 16cm by 10cm.

The four shaded squares of side length xcm are to be cut away, and the card will be folded along the dashed lines to form a cuboid-shaped tray.

Find the largest possible volume of the tray, and the value of x for which this occurs.

Justify, using the second derivative test, that the volume you have found is a maximum.


After folding the card, the tray looks like this:


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