Question

An open box is made from an 8 by ten-inch rectangular piece of cardboard by cutting squares from each corner and folding up the sides. If x represents the side length of the squares, which of the following is a function giving the volume of the box of terms x

Answer 1

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Let x represent the side length of the squares.

We have been given that an open box is made from an 8 by ten-inch rectangular piece of cardboard by cutting squares from each corner and folding up the sides. We are asked to find the volume of the box.

The side of box will be $8-x-x=8-2x$ and $10-x-x=10-2x$.

The height of the box will be $x$.

The volume of box will be area of base times height.

$\text{Volume of box}=(8-2x)(10-2x)\cdot x$

Now we will use FOIL to simplify our expression.

$\text{Volume of box}=(80-16x-20x+4x^2)\cdot x$

$\text{Volume of box}=(80-36x+4x^2)\cdot x$

Now we will distribute x.

$\text{Volume of box}=80x-36x^2+4x^3$

$V(x)=80x-36x^2+4x^3$

Therefore, the volume of the box would be $V(x)=80x-36x^2+4x^3$.