document.write( "Question 1034270: Mary wants to make a box. She starts with a piece of cardboard whose length is 15 centimeters and width is 10 centimeters. Then she cuts 4 congruent squares with sides of 3 centimeters at the four corners and folded at the broken lines to make the box. What is the volume of the box? \n" ); document.write( "

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Subtract $\"+3+\"$ cm from each end of length
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+15+-+2%2A3+=+9+\"$ cm
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract $\"+3+\"$ cm from each end of width
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+10+-+2%2A3+=+4+\"$ cm
\n" ); document.write( "The height will be $\"+3+\"$ cm after the sides
\n" ); document.write( "are folded up
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+9%2A4%2A3+=+108+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The volume is 108 cm3 \n" ); document.write( "

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