SOLUTION: An 18-inch by 20-inch sheet of cardboard is cut and folded to make a box for the GreatPeacan Company. write an polynomial function to model the volume of the box(v=lwh)

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Question 384615: An 18-inch by 20-inch sheet of cardboard is cut and folded to make a box for the GreatPeacan Company. write an polynomial function to model the volume of the box(v=lwh)
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let the length cut in the corners be x
Length of box will be 20-2x
width will be 18-2x
height = x
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Volume V of the box = (18-2x)(20-2x)*x
V=(360-76x+4x^2)*x
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