document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4463>Question 4463</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Making a box, a rectangular box is to be formed by cutting squares from each corner of a rectangular piece of tin and folding up the sides.  The box is to be 3 inches high, the length is to be twice the width, and the volume of the box is to be 96 cubic inches.  Find the legnth and width of the box?  HELP QUICK!!!!!! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #2030 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><B>rapaljer(4671)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rapaljer><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=rapaljer><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=2030\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This problem is much easier than it looks at first glance.  The part about cutting the squares from the rectangular piece of tin is actually irrelevant to the problem.  This is a VOLUME problem, plain and simple!!  V= LWH\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let H = 3 inches (given)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   x = width of rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = length of rectangle\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V = LWH<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 6.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+4+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+4+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=-4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=-4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, but x is a side of a rectangle, so it cannot be negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 4 width of the rectangle<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 8 length of the rectangle.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  Volume = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=LWH+=+8%2A+4%2A+3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"LWH+=+8%2A+4%2A+3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >= 96 cubic inches.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 at SCC<BR>\n" );
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