In order to make a box, James cut out four small 2 by 2 squares from each corner of a square piece of cardboard. If the volume of the box he made is 50 inches cubed, what is the length of a side of the original square?

Please help, thanks.

9 inches.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the length of the square cardboard =x inches

If James cut out four small 2 by 2 squares from each corner of a square piece of cardboard.

In the attached diagram, the box is folded along the green dotted line.

Therefore:

Volume of a rectangular prism=LWH

Volume =50 inches cubed

Therefore:

2(x-4)(x-4)=50

Divide both sides by 2

Therefore, the length of the original square is 9 inches.

80x^8−68x^6+16^5−20x^4−4x^3+8x^2

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look at the picture i have filled out a table for it. hope this .