document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1121371>Question 1121371</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Quadratic equation for the cover of an open box with 8 cm as length and 5cm width and a volume of 240^3.Quadratic Equation that would represent the volume of the cover </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #737246 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=737246\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Something doesn't make sense.  You give the volume of the box, but not the volume of the cover.  You also don't give a depth dimension for the cover.  So perhaps the cover has no depth and is simply a two-dimensional object with no volume.  Hence representing the volume with any polynomial would be nonsense.  And finally, you cannot represent volume with a quadratic polynomial because a volume is 3-dimensional and therefore requires a 3rd degree (cubic) expression to describe it.  Quadratics are 2nd-degree polynomials.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So I'm left with the unresolvable problem of trying to figure out whether you want a 2nd-degree polynomial expression for the <b>area</b> of the cover or you actually want a <b>3rd-degree polynomial</b> expression for the volume of the cover, but that you failed to provide enough information.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It would have helped a great deal if you would have followed two of the instructions on the page where you submitted the problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.  Explain what it is that is giving you difficulty\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Show the work you have done so far.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Next time you post, please read all of the instructions and please follow all of them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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