document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=952435>Question 952435</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the dimensions of an open box whose base is a rectangle whose length is twice its width. if its volume is 176 cubic feet and the totals surface area is 164 square feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " if its volume is 176 cubic feet and the totals surface area is 164 square feet<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Vol: L * W * h = 176<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S.A.: (L*W) + 2(L*h) + 2(W*h) = 164<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"length is twice its width.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = 2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Replace L with 2W<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Vol: 2W * W * h = 176<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2W^2*h = 176<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplif, divide by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2h = 88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=88%2FW%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"88%2FW%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S.A.: 2W^2 + 2(2W*h) + 2(W*h) = 164<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplify,divide by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( " W^2 + 2Wh + Wh = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( " W^2 + 3Wh = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "replace h with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=88%2FW%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"88%2FW%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2 + 3W(<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=88%2FW%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"88%2FW%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W^2 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=264%2FW ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"264%2FW\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > - 82 = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plot this equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+x%5E2%2B%28264%2Fx%29-82%29+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+graph%28+300%2C+200%2C+-6%2C+10%2C+-20%2C+20%2C+x%5E2%2B%28264%2Fx%29-82%29+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the integer solution: w = 4 ft is the width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then 2(4) = 8 ft is the length<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the height<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=88%2F4%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"88%2F4%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = 5.5 ft is the height<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this, find the surface area with these dimensions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8*4) + 2(8*5.5) + 2(4*5.5) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "32 + 88 + 44 = 164<BR>\n" );
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