Question

A cookie company packages its cookies in rectangular prism boxes designed with square bases that have both a length and width of 4 inches less than the height of the box. Find the dimensions of the box if its volume is 128 cubic inches.

Answer 1

Answer:

length and width=4

height=8

Step-by-step explanation:

Hello to solve this problem we must propose a system of equations of 3x3, that is to say 3 variables and 3 equations.

Ecuation 1

Leght=Width

.L=W

Ecuation 2

To raise the second equation we consider that the length and width of 4 inches less than the height of the box

H-4=W

Ecuation 3

To establish equation number 3, we find the volume of a prism that is the result of multiplying length, width, and height

LxWxH=128

From ecuation 1(w=h)

$HW^2=128$

solving for  H

$H=\frac{128}{W^2}$

Using ecuation 2

H-4=W

$\frac{128}{W^2}-4=W\\W^3+4W^2-128=0$

Now we find the roots of the equation, 2 of them are imaginary, and only one results in 4

W=4in

L=4in

to find  the height we use the ecuation 2

H-4=W

H=4+W

H=4+4=8

H=8IN