SOLUTION: Hans has a sheet of tin 52 cm by 90 cm. He plans to make a box by cutting squares out of each of the 4 corners and folding up the remaining edges. How large a square should he cut

Question 563859: Hans has a sheet of tin 52 cm by 90 cm. He plans to make a box by cutting squares out of each of the 4 corners and folding up the remaining edges. How large a square should he cut so that the finished box will have a length that is twice its width?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The squares should be 7 cm x 7 cm
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