document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=12558>Question 12558</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An open top box is to be made by cutting a square from each corner of an 11\" x 14\" sheet of metal and folding up the tabs.  The box is to have a volume of 80 cu inches.  Apporoximate to the nearest tenth of an inch the size of the square that must be cut out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I see it as: (14x-2x)(11-2x)(x)=80 cu in. Which results in 4x^3-50x^2+154x=80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand how to complete this?  I am not sure how to deal with the x^3.  Can you help? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6426 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><B>AdolphousC(70)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=AdolphousC><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=6426\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Factor out an x and you get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%28+4x%5E2+-+50x+%2B+154+%29+=+80+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%28+4x%5E2+-+50x+%2B+154+%29+=+80+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Factor you new quadratic, and you will have three solutions, one of them being x = 0, this one is a trivial case, since you wouldn't cut nothing from the piece of paper in order to make your box. </SPAN>\n" );
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