SOLUTION: A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 4 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 2916 in3.

Question 1182607: A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of carboard by cutting 4 in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 2916 in3.
How big a piece of cardboard is needed?
Your answer is:
__in. by
__in.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, original both dimensions for the square material/carboard

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