SOLUTION: A box that holds an expensive pen has square ends, and its length is 13 cm longer than its width. The volume of the box is 60cm^3. Determine the dimensions of the box.

Question 378488: A box that holds an expensive pen has square ends, and its length is 13 cm longer than its width. The volume of the box is 60cm^3. Determine the dimensions of the box.
Answer by nyc_function(2741) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It has square ends, so the height is equal to the width. Let W be the width.

Then height is W too. The length is W+13. The volume is the length times width

times height: W * W * (W+13) = 60

Solve this for W, then you'll have two of the dimensions. The third one is W+13.

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