document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=498016>Question 498016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 4 inch squares from each corner and folding up the sides. The box is to hold 100 in cubed. How big a piece of cardboard is needed. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We are cutting 4 inches from each corner, so the length and width will each be <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The height will be 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100 = 4* (x - 8)* (x - 8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25 = (x - 8)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 = x - 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "13 inches= x. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The piece of cardboard needed will be 13 by 13 inches.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cleomenius. </SPAN>\n" );
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