SOLUTION: An open box is made from a 30-cm by 40-cm piece of tin by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the edges. The area of the resulting base is 336 cm2. What is the l
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Question 1147501: An open box is made from a 30-cm by 40-cm piece of tin by cutting a square from each corner and folding up the edges. The area of the resulting base is 336 cm2. What is the length of the sides of the squares?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Base length, 40-2x
Base width, 30-2x
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