SOLUTION: an open topped box is made from a rectangular piece of cardboard, with the dimensions 24 cm by 30 cm, by cutting congruent squares from each corner and folding up the sides. determ

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Question 160326: an open topped box is made from a rectangular piece of cardboard, with the dimensions 24 cm by 30 cm, by cutting congruent squares from each corner and folding up the sides. determine the dimensions of the squares to be cut to create a box with a volume of 1040cm^3
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Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
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height=x, base=24*30-4x^2=720-4x^2
x(720-4x^2)=1040
4x^3-720x+1040=0
using approximations we get x=1.47045 cm.
proof:
1.47045(720-4*1.47045^3)=1040
1.47045(720-4*3.17844)=1040
1.47045(720-12.71776)=1040
1.47045*707.28224=1040
1040~1040

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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An open topped box is made from a rectangular piece of cardboard, with the dimensions 24 cm by 30 cm, by cutting congruent squares from each corner and folding up the sides. determine the dimensions of the squares to be cut to create a box with a volume of 1040cm^3
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Let the side of the removed squares = x
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The dimension of the box will be: (24-2x) by (30-2x) by x (height)
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A volume equation, L * W * H
(24-2x) * (30-2x) * x = 1040
FOIL
(720 - 48x - 60x + 4x^2) * x = 1040
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Multiply by x;
720x - 108x^2 + 4x^3 = 1040
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4x^3 - 108x^2 + 720x - 1040 = 0
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Simplify; divide by 4:
x^3 - 27x + 180x - 260 = 0
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Graphing this would be one way to solve this
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x = 2 cm would work
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L: 30-4 = 26 cm
W: 24-4 = 20 cm
H: 2 cm
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Check the volume
(26*20*2 = 1040
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You can see there is another solution on the graph: x ~ 7.4
The dimensions for that would be
L: 30-14.8 = 15.2
W: 24-14.8 = 9.2
H: 7.4 cm
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Check vol with this: 15.2*9.2*7.4 = 1035.8 (because not an integer)