A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 4-in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 100 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed?

A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 4-in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 100 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed?

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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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 39E: Kristine creates an open box by cutting congruent squares from the four corners of a square piece of...

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