document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=992485>Question 992485</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An open box is made from a square piece of cardboard 46 inches on a side by cutting identical squares from the corners and turning up the sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Express the volume of the box, V, as a function of the length of the side of the square cut from each corner, x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the domain of V.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #612134 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=612134\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Try this with ALL variables for values.  Maybe like s=46, but keep in the variable, s.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=V=%28s-2x%29%2A%28s-2x%29%2Ax ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"V=%28s-2x%29%2A%28s-2x%29%2Ax\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; the base became  (s-2x)*(s-2x), and the height is simply, x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Show your finished function either \"simplified\" or in condensed factored form:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "OR\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make the substitution for s=46 if you really want or need it, and then simplify again. </SPAN>\n" );
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