Cutting out a cylinder of maximum possibe size from a cube

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A cylinder of maximum possible size is cut out from a solid wooden cube. How much material is lost in the process?

What I could think is as follows:

Suppose the cube is of a side $a,$ so the volume is $a^3$. However that cylinder cut out from it must be having a height of $a$ but what about the radius?