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document.write( "Write the volume V of the box as a function of x. Leave it as a product of factors, do not multiply out the factors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "V = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If we write the domain of the box as an open interval in the form (a,b), then what is a =?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and what is b =?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = <BR>\n" );
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