SOLUTION: The width of a box is 12 cm. The length of the box is two times the width. The height is 10 cm longer than the length. What is the volume of the box? (V = lwh)
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Question 976363: The width of a box is 12 cm. The length of the box is two times the width. The height is 10 cm longer than the length. What is the volume of the box? (V = lwh)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The length is twice the width, so 
The height is 10 greater than the length, so 
Substitute in 
:
\ =\ (2w)(w)(2w\ +\ 10))
Simplify:
\ =\ 2w^2(2w\ +\ 10))
\ =\ 4w^3\ +\ 20w^2)
Now all you have to do is the arithmetic to evaluate
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John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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