<PRE><B>Question 939641</B>
A box is to be made from a sheet of cardboard 24 inches long and 18 inches wides by cutting squares from each corner and then folding be cut out of each corner if the bottom of the box is to have an area of 265 square inches.
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Cut squares x by x
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(24 - 2x)*(18 - 2x) = 265
4x^2 - 84x + 167 = 0
*[invoke solve_quadratic_equation 4,-84,167]
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x =~ 2.22 inches
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