A piece of sheet metal is 2.5 times as long as it is wide. It is to
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A piece of sheet metal is 2.5 times as long as it is wide. It is to be made into a box with an open top by cutting 3-in. squares from each corner and folding up the sides. Let x represent the width (in inches) of the original piece.
(a) Represent the length of the original piece of sheet metal in terms of x.
(b) What are the restrictions on x?
(c) Determine a function V that represents the volume of the box in terms of x.
(d) For what values of x (that is, original widths) will the volume of the box be between 600 and 800 in.3?
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a The length of the original piece of sheet metal would be 25x b The length of the box is 25x 6 and ...View the full answer
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College Algebra
ISBN: 978-0134697024
12th edition
Authors: Margaret L. Lial, John Hornsby, David I. Schneider, Callie Daniels
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