SOLUTION: Mary wants to make a box. She starts with a piece of cardboard whose length is 15 centimeters and width is 10 centimeters. Then she cuts 4 congruent squares with sides of 3 centim

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Question 1034270: Mary wants to make a box. She starts with a piece of cardboard whose length is 15 centimeters and width is 10 centimeters. Then she cuts 4 congruent squares with sides of 3 centimeters at the four corners and folded at the broken lines to make the box. What is the volume of the box?
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, addingup:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract cm from each end of length
cm
Subtract cm from each end of width
cm
The height will be cm after the sides
are folded up
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The volume is 108 cm3
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
15-3-3 = 9 is the length of the box
10-3-3 = 4 is the width of the box
And the walls are 3 high
Area = Length*Width*Height
Area = 9*4*3 = 108 cm^3
John
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