document.write( "Question 768286: please help me solve this problem.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "an open box is to be contracted from a square piece of sheet metal be removing a square side 3 feet from each corner and turning up the edges. if the box is to hold 243 cubic feet, what should be the dimensions of the sheet metal? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you turn up 3 feet, then the depth of the box has to be 3 feet, so the area of the bottom of the box is 243 cubic feet divided by 3 ft. The square root of the area of the bottom of the box is the dimension of the square bottom of the box, which is 6 feet shorter than the original piece of square metal.\r
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