A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 7 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 11200 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed?

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A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 7 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 11200 in3. How big a piece of cardboard is needed?

Your answer is: _____in. by______ in.

 

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