Lorene plans to make several open-topped boxes in which to carry plants. She makes the boxes from rectangular sheets of cardboard from which she cuts out 7-in squares from each corner. The length of the original piece of cardboard is 14 in more than the width. If the volume of the box is 357 in3, determine the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard.

Let the width of the cardboard= x in So, length of the cardboard= (x+14) in So width of the box=…

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Lorene plans to make several open-topped boxes in which to carry plants. She makes the boxes from rectangular sheets of cardboard from which she cuts out

squares from each corner. The length of the original piece of cardboard is

more than the width. If the volume of the box is

357

in3

, determine the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard.

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