SOLUTION: An open top box is to be constructed out of a 85 inch by 120 inch piece of cardboard by cutting squares out of the corners and then folding the side flaps up. If the squares all ha

Question 1102119: An open top box is to be constructed out of a 85 inch by 120 inch piece of cardboard by cutting squares out of the corners and then folding the side flaps up. If the squares all have sides of 5 inches, find the volume

Answer by greenestamps(13209) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The bottom of the box will be the original piece of cardboard with a 5-inch square cut out of each corner. With a 5-inch square cut out of each corner, the dimensions of the bottom of the box will be 120-10=110 inches and 85-10=75 inches.

And when the sides are folded up, the height of the box will be the 5 inches.

So the dimensions of the box are 110x75x5, and the volume is
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