SOLUTION: Folding sheet metal A square is to be cut from each corner of an 8x11 inches. rectangular piece of copper and the sides are to be folded up to form a box shown in the figure. if

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Question 1018422: Folding sheet metal A square is to be cut from each corner of an 8x11 inches. rectangular piece of copper and the sides are to be folded
up to form a box shown in the figure. if the area of the bottom is to be 50inches^2 (square), what is the length of the side of the square to be
cut from the corner?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Base area will be, if x is side of each square to cut, %288-2x%29%2811-2x%29.

This base area value is given, so %288-2x%29%2811-2x%29=50.
Simplify and solve.