2. You are planning to make an open rectangular box from an 8 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard. You will do this by removing congruent squares from each of the 4 corners What are the dimensions of the largest box you can create? What is the volume? (5 marks)

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2. You are planning to make an open rectangular box from an 8 cm x 15 cm piece of
cardboard. You will do this by removing congruent squares from each of the 4 corners.
What are the dimensions of the largest box you can create? What is the volume? (5
marks)
Transcribed Image Text:2. You are planning to make an open rectangular box from an 8 cm x 15 cm piece of cardboard. You will do this by removing congruent squares from each of the 4 corners. What are the dimensions of the largest box you can create? What is the volume? (5 marks)
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