An open box is to be made from a square piece of married by cutting  4 cm squares from each corner and turning up the sides. The volume of the finished box is to be 324 cm³ . Find the size of the original piece of material

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Chapter9: Surfaces And Solids
Section9.1: Prisms, Area And Volume
Problem 33E: When the length of each edge of a cube is increased by 1 cm, the volume is increase by 61 cm3. What...
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An open box is to be made from a square piece of married by cutting  4 cm squares from each corner and turning up the sides. The volume of the finished box is to be 324 cm³ . Find the size of the original piece of material 

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