SOLUTION: you have to make a square-bottomed, unlidded box with a height of three inches and a volume of approximately 42 cubic inches. You will be taking a piece of cardboard, cutting corne

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Question 793004: you have to make a square-bottomed, unlidded box with a height of three inches and a volume of approximately 42 cubic inches. You will be taking a piece of cardboard, cutting corners, and folding up the edges. What should be the dimensions of the cardboard, to the nearest quarter inch?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We want to start with a square piece piece of cardboard,
with dimensions x inches by x inches




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6+√14 ≈ 9.741657387 ≈ 9%263%2F4 inches.

Edwin