Question

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Answer 1

if you were to fold up the flaps, you'd get something that looks like this

Answer 2

ie an open top box

the sides of the bottom of the box are x units long

Answer 3

and the height is 3 units

Answer 4

Okay

Answer 5

what would the volume expression be?

Answer 6

hint: volume of box = length * width * height

Answer 7

Ummmm..

3*x*x ???

Answer 8

which becomes 3x^2, yes

Answer 9

Yeah

Answer 10

the box must have a volume of 300 cubic inches. This is given in the instructions

Answer 11

so 3x^2 = 300 which means x = ??

Answer 12

x=10

Answer 13

correct

Answer 14

Okay

Answer 15

Then I plug the 10 into the original problem right? Or no?

Answer 16

yeah into the box since that's the answer

Answer 17

length = width = x

Answer 18

Okay

Answer 19

Finally my last problem number 23...

Answer 20

if we look head-on we see this shape

Answer 21

the base is 25-2x