document.write( "Question 1014426: An open box is to be constructed from a a square piece of metal by removing a square of side 1 foot from each corner and turning up the edges. if the box is to hold 4 cubic feet what should be the dimensions for the sheet metal?
\n" ); document.write( " I know that the dimensions for that would be 4x4. What if the metal is a rectangle whose length is twice its width?
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Height will be 1 foot.
\n" ); document.write( "L for length, w for width, \"L=2w\".
\n" ); document.write( "Volume equation is \"1%2A%28L-2%2A1%29%28w-2%2A1%29=4\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"%28w-1%29%28w-2%29=2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w%5E2-3w%2B2=2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w%5E2-3w=0\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"w%28w-3%29=0\"\r
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