From a 10-inch-by-16-inch piece of cardboard, 2.5-inch-square corners are cut out, as shown in the figure below, and the resulting flaps are folded up to form an open box. Find the volume and the external surface area of the box.   (a) the volume  in3 (b) the external surface area  in2

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From a 10-inch-by-16-inch piece of cardboard, 2.5-inch-square corners are cut out, as shown in the figure below, and the resulting flaps are folded up to form an open box. Find the volume and the external surface area of the box.

 
(a) the volume
 in3

(b) the external surface area
 in2
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