SOLUTION: A box is made without a lid by notching out equal sized squares from the four corners of a poster board and folding up the sides. The poster board measures 18in. X 15in. The leng
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Question 166245: A box is made without a lid by notching out equal sized squares from the four corners of a poster board and folding up the sides. The poster board measures 18in. X 15in. The length of the side of the notch is 3in. What is the volume of the box?
I thought that I should multiply 18X15X3, but I think this is wrong. I'm not sure why. Can you help? Thanks...John Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The first thing you need to do is draw the dimentioned board, notch out the four corners THEN write the formula.
(18-2*3)(15-2*3)3=volume of the box.
vol=(18-6)(15-6)3
vol=12*9*3
vol=324 in.^3 answer.
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