document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=204403>Question 204403</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An open box is to be made from a flat square piece of material 14 inches in length and width by cutting equal squares of length x from the corners and folding up the sides.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the volume V of the box as a function of x. Leave it as a product of factors; you do not have to multiply out the factors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we write the domain of the box as an open interval in the form (a,b), then what is a?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a =\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and what is b?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b =  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the volume V of the box as a function of x. Leave it as a product of factors; you do not have to multiply out the factors. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = x(14-2x)(14-2x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we write the domain of the box as an open interval in the form (a,b), then what is a? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and what is b? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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