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Question 1120163: Eliana wants to make a diorama for an art contest. She starts with a rectangular sheet of cardboard that is 12 in. long and 8in. wide. She plans to make the diorama box by cutting identical squares from the corners and folding the sides to create a box with an open front.
Write expressions for the length and width of the back of the diorama box. Use your expressions to find a polynomial in standard form that represents that area of the back of the box. Classify the polynomial by degree and number of terms. Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):