A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 2 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 8712 in?. How big a piece of cardboard is needed? Your answer is: in. by in.

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A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 2 in. squares
from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 8712 in. How big a piece of cardboard is
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