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, as shown in the figure. The box is to hold 400 in3. What is the length of each side of the square piece of cardboard?

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, as shown in the figure. The box is to hold 400 in3. What is the length of each side of the square piece of cardboard?

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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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