document.write( "Question 586245: Consider the situation where squares of side x cm are cut from the 21 cm square piece of paper. Suppose that the sides are folded up to form a box of height x cm.work out the length and breadth of the box in terms of x. Please help me \n" ); document.write( "
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Consider the situation where squares of side x cm are cut from the 21 cm square piece of paper. Suppose that the sides are folded up to form a box of height x cm.work out the length and breadth of the box in terms of x.ch
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\n" ); document.write( "Draw a square and label the sides \"21 cm\".
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\n" ); document.write( "Sketch a square inside each of the 4 corners.
\n" ); document.write( "Label the side of each of the 4 squares as \"x cm\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Imagine cutting out those 4 small squares.
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\n" ); document.write( "Imagine folding up the 4 flaps to form a box (with no top).
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\n" ); document.write( "The length of the baee of the box is (21-2x) cm
\n" ); document.write( "The width of the base of the bos is (21-2x) cm
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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