Question

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A box is to be formed by cutting square pieces out of the corner of a rectangular piece of a 3”x5” notecard as shown in the diagram. The sides will then be folded up along the dotted lines to form the box.
a. Write the function that expresses the area of the bottom of the box as a function of the length of the sides of one of the square pieces.



b. How large should x be in order for the area of the bottom of the box to equal 10 in2? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of an inch.
Picture of box below

Answer 1

then length of the base will be 5 - 2x
what will area of the width be?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

How did you get 5 - 2x?

Answer 4

I appreciate the help

Answer 5

well a length x is taken from each end of the side that's 5 inches long

Answer 6

and same thing is done to the side 3 ins long