document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=962892>Question 962892</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Carry It Company makes various size crates.  Each crate is in the shape of a topless cube with wooden handles on two sides.  IN an effort to save money on building supplies, the company reduces the length of each dimension of a crate by 7%.  What is the resulting percent decrease in surface area of each carrying crate/ </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #588309 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><B>LinnW(1048)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=LinnW><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=588309\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If s represents the length of a side of the original crate,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the external surface area of the box is 5 times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the area of squares with length s or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(s*s).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the length of a side is reduced by 7%,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the surface area of the new crate is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5((s-7% of s)(s-7% of s)) =<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(0.93s)(0.93s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 5(0.8649 s*s)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This means that (1 - 0.8649) = 0.1351 = 13.51 % reduction in surface area.\r<BR>\n" );
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