SOLUTION: An open-top box will be made from a square piece of cardboard of length 26-inch by cutting 2-inch squares from the corners and folding up the sides. Find the volume of the box.

Question 150816: An open-top box will be made from a square piece of cardboard of length 26-inch by cutting 2-inch squares from the corners and folding up the sides. Find the volume of the box.
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An open-top box will be made from a square piece of cardboard of length 26-inch by cutting 2-inch squares from the corners and folding up the sides. Find the volume of the box.
:
After removing the 2" squares on the corners:
length and width = 26 - 4 = 22"
Height = 2"
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vol = 22 * 22 * 2 = 968 cu/in

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