SOLUTION: You construct an open box with a square base (see figure) from 189 square inches of material. The height of the box is 3 inches. What are the dimensions of the box? (Hint: The surf

Question 1123176: You construct an open box with a square base (see figure) from 189 square inches of material. The height of the box is 3 inches. What are the dimensions of the box? (Hint: The surface area is S = x2 + 4xh.)
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If x is the base length, h is 3, then

and you could try to find two factors differing by 12 whose product is 189.

Boxes dimensions are 9 by 9 by 3.
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