document.write( "Question 1133295: The volume of a 15-oz cereal box is 180.4 in.3. The length of the box is 3.2 in. less than the height, and its width is 2.3 in. Find the height and length of the box to the nearest tenth.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V=180.4in%5E3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The length \"L=h-+3.2in\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " its width is\"W=+2.3in\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Find the height \"h\" and length \"L+\" of the box to the nearest tenth.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"V=L%2AW%2Ah\" ...substitute \"L\" and \"W\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L%2AW%2Ah=180.4in%5E3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28h-+3.2in%292.3in%2Ah=180.4in%5E3\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28h-+3.2in%29%2Ah=180.4in%5E3%2F2.3in\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h%5E2-+3.2in%2Ah=78.44in%5E2\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h%5E2-+10.6in%2Ah%2B7.4in-78.44in%5E2=0\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28h%5E2-+10.6in%2Ah%29%2B%287.4in%2Ah-78.44in%5E2%29=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"h%28h-+10.6in%29%2B7.4in%28h-10.6in%29=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%28h+-+10.6in%29+%28h+%2B+7.4in%29+=+0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"%28h+-+10.6in%29++=+0\" => \"h=10.6in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if \"++%28h+%2B+7.4in%29+=+0\"=> \"h=-7.4in\"=> disregard negative solution\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, the height is \"10.6in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=h-+3.2in\" plug in \"h\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=10.6in-+3.2in\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"L=7.4in\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The length is \"7.4in\"\r
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