SOLUTION: The surface area of a rectangular crate used to ship a sculpture is 672 square inches. If the base of the crate is a square with sides of length 8 inches, find the height of the cr

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Question 988174: The surface area of a rectangular crate used to ship a sculpture is 672 square inches. If the base of the crate is a square with sides of length 8 inches, find the height of the crate.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, how tall or "long" is the box.
Top area, 8*8
Bottom area, 8*8
Any one side area, 8x
All four sides, 4*8x

Surface Area Accounting:
2%2A8%2A8%2B4%2A8x=672

The rest is just arithmetic.