SOLUTION: Mary wants to make a box. She starts with a piece of cardboard who's the length is 15 cm in width is 10 cm. Then she cuts for congruent squares with sides of 3 cm at the four corn

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Question 1079708: Mary wants to make a box. She starts with a piece of cardboard who's the length is 15 cm in width is 10 cm. Then she cuts for congruent squares with sides of 3 cm at the four corners and folded at the broken lines to make the box . What is the volume of the box? Show your work
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Base area, %2815-2%2A3%29%2810-2%2A3%29=%2815-6%29%2810-6%29=9%2A4=36%2Acm%5E2

height, 3%2Acm, the same as the side of the squares that have been removed


Volume: 36cm%2A3cm=highlight_green%28108cm%5E3%29