A box with a square base and no top is to be made from a square piece of cardboard by cutting 36 in^2 out of each corner and folding up the side. The box needs to hold 1000 in^3. How big of a piece of cardboard is needed?

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when we cut 36 inch^2 from each corner, we are really cutting a 6 by 6 square from each corner

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