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An open-toppped box is to be constructed from a square piece of cardboard by removing a square with side length 8 cm from each corner and folding up the edges.
\n" ); document.write( " The resulting box is to have a volume of 512 cm3. Find the dimensions of the original piece of cardboard.
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\n" ); document.write( "If it's a square box and the height is 8, all the dimensions are 8
\n" ); document.write( "8*8*8 = 512 cu/cm as it says
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\n" ); document.write( "8cm squares subtract 16 cm from the original piece dimensions; therefore
\n" ); document.write( "The cardboard dimensions: 24 by 24
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