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A piece of rectangular sheet metal is 25 inches wide. It is to be made into a rain gutter by turning up equal edges to form parallel sides. Let x represent the length of each of the parallel sides. For what value of x will the area of the cross section be a maximum (and thus maximize the amount of water that the gutter will hold)? If necessary, round to 2 decimal places.
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