SOLUTION: a peice of 8.5 by 11 inches cardboard has identical square cuts from its cornors. it is then folded into a box with no lid. the volume of the box in cubic inches is 4c to the third
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Question 590258: a peice of 8.5 by 11 inches cardboard has identical square cuts from its cornors. it is then folded into a box with no lid. the volume of the box in cubic inches is 4c to the third power minus 39c to the second power plus 93.5c. where c is the side length of the missing squares in inches.
thank you :) Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The blue squares are the corners cut off. The red rectangle is the base of the box, which will have a height c.
The surface area of the base is
The volume of the box is the surface area of the base times the height of the box:
Volume =
