document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=373559>Question 373559</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangular shaped box is 12 cm more than the height, and the width is 3 cm less than the height.  The volume is 324 cm^3.  Find the length, width, and height. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "h= x cm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L=x+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = x-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume V = 324 cm^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume V = L*W*H<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+12)(x-3)=324<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x^2+9x-36)=324<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^3+9x^2-36x-324=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-6)(x+6)(x+9)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take the positive root<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L= 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W=3<BR>\n" );
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