Question 1207436
Make a drawing according to the description and label the parts.  Form your necessary equation based on that.


A shaped piece square will be removed at each corner of the original piece of sheet metal.


Say the length of the sheet metal square before taking off the corners is x.
Then the AREA of the sheet is x^2.  Unit is square feet.


Next is cut off 1 foot by 1 foot at each corner;


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