An open box is contructed from a 10 inch square piece of cardboard by cutting squares of length x out of each corner and folding up the sides. Express the volume of the box as a function of x and state the domain.
Can someone please explain to me how to do this?
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Word Problem: An open box is contructed from a 10 inch squar
by imanangel0356 on Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:33 am
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by stapel_eliz on Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:06 pm
For an illustrated and color-coded explanation of how to set this up, try here. 
By the way, "ten inch square" does not mean "ten square inches", but "ten inches on each side".
By the way, "ten inch square" does not mean "ten square inches", but "ten inches on each side".
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