Question

2inch squares are cut from each corner of a square peice of sheet metal and then folded up to create an open top box. if the volume of the box is 200in^3 what are the dimentions of the sheet metal

Answer 1

vol = 200 = 2 * x^2
x = 10
so side of original square = 10 + 2 = 12 ins

Answer 2

the answer is 14x14 though

Answer 3

oh yes - my mistake its 10+2+2 = 14
sorry

Answer 4

the above (not very good) drawing illustrates this

Answer 5

welli still dont get how you figured it out :/