SOLUTION: an open-top box with a square base is to have a volume of 900 cubic feet.express the surface area of the box as a function of the length of one of the sides of the base?
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Question 652470: an open-top box with a square base is to have a volume of 900 cubic feet.express the surface area of the box as a function of the length of one of the sides of the base? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! an open-top box with a square base is to have a volume of 900 cubic feet.
express the surface area of the box as a function of the length of one of the sides of the base?
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let x = length of one side of the base
let h = the height of the box
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Find h in terms of x
x^2 * h = 900 cu ft
h =
:
Surface area:
SA = x^2 + 4(xh)
replace h with
SA = x^2 + 4(x*)
Cancel x
SA = x^2 + 4()
SA = x^2 +
