document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=182850>Question 182850</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a rectangular piece of cardboard is 4times as long as it is wide. you make a box by cutting squares with side length x from the corners of the cardboard and turning up the resulting flaps. write an expression involving x and the original width of the cardboard w that represents the perimeter of the base of the box. then simplify the expression. explain what the possible values of x can be. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "length=4w<BR>\n" );
document.write( "side of square=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after turning the sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the length of base=4w-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width=w-2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "perimeter= 2(L+W)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(4w-2x+w-2x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(5w-4x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=10w-8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "possible values of x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10w-8x>0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10w>8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10w/8>x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5w/4>x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "or <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x<5w/4 </SPAN>\n" );
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