SOLUTION: a metal worker wants to make an open box from a sheet of metal, by cutting equal squares from each corner. Write an expression for the length, width, height, for the open box. Th

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Question 1081774: a metal worker wants to make an open box from a sheet of metal, by cutting equal squares from each corner. Write an expression for the length, width, height, for the open box. The sheet metal is 16 inches wide and 12 inches long.

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Draw this out with equal length dotted lines at each corner (x) intersecting to make little perpendiculars. When those dotted lines are cut out, the original length is l-2x, the width is w-2x, and the height is x.
The volume is (l-2x)(w-2x)(x)