Question

Chocolate Box Company is going to make open-topped boxes out of 7 × 19-inch rectangles of cardboard by cutting squares out of the corners and folding up the sides. What is the largest volume box it can make this way? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

Answer 1

hint: try drawing a 7 x 19 rectangle with the corners cut out. then label what the length, width, and height would be. use variables if you need to.

Answer 2

This problem is much more involved than just labeling length, width, and height and variables are not optional. At least one variable MUST be used for this.

Answer 3

I'm aware of that, it's just a hint to help them get started