If a square piece of cardboard has 3-in. squares cut from its corners and then has the

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If a square piece of cardboard has 3-in. squares cut from its corners and then has the flaps folded up to form an open-top box, the volume of the box is given by the formulaimage


where x is the length of each side of the original piece of cardboard in inches. What original length would yield a box with volume 432 in.3?

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Intermediate Algebra

ISBN: 9780134895987

13th Edition

Authors: Margaret Lial, John Hornsby, Terry McGinnis

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