Homework Help: precalculus

Posted by Liz on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 12:17pm.

Find the dimensions of a square cardboard box (open top) that holds 100 cubic inches and is 4 inches deep?

precalculus - Reiny, Thursday, October 14, 2010 at 12:21pm
base ---- x inches by x inches
so 4x^2 = 100

solve for x

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