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Andreyy89
4 years ago
6

An open box with a square base is to be constructed from 84 square inches of material. The height of the box is 2 inches. What a

re the dimensions of the box? (Hint: The surface area is S = x^2 + 4xh.)

Mathematics
1 answer:
riadik2000 [5.3K]4 years ago
6 0
Your surface area is: S=x^2+4xh=84 square inches and h=2 inches; so you get:
x^2+(4×2)x=84
x^2+8x-84=0 qhich is a quadratic equation. Using the quadratic formula you get two results for x:
x1=-14 and x2=6
choose the second (positive)
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