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 1352 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed? Your answer is: in. by in.

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 1352 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed? Your answer is: in. by in.

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337614085

Author:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Publisher:Alexander, Daniel C.; Koeberlein, Geralyn M.

Chapter9: Surfaces And Solids

Section9.1: Prisms, Area And Volume

Problem 40E: As in Exercise 39, find the volume of the box if four congruent squares with sides of length 6 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 1352 in3.
How big a piece of cardboard is needed?
Your answer is:
in. by
in.

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