SOLUTION: Eliana wants to make a diorama or an art contest contest. SHE starts with a rectangular sheet of a cardboard box is 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. SHE PLANS to make the diorama

Question 1120426: Eliana wants to make a diorama or an art contest contest. SHE starts with a rectangular sheet of a cardboard box is 12 inches long and 8 inches wide. SHE PLANS to make the diorama box baby cute cutting identical squares from the corners and folding the sides to create a box with an open frontan open box front.
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a rectangular sheet of a cardboard box is 12 inches long and 8 inches wide.
cutting identical squares from the corners and folding the sides to create an open box.
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let x = side of the the squares that are removed
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The dimensions of the box
(12-2x) by (8-2x), x = the depth of the box
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Choose the depth of the required box (x), this will determine the dimensions of the box.
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the constraints: x will have to be less than 4" because of the dimension (8-2x)
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For example, assuming x=2" then dimensions: (12-2(2)) by (8-2(2)) by 2
which is: 8" by 4" by 2"
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