An open box, no more than 5 cm in height, is to be formed by cutting four identical squares from the corners of a sheet of metal 25 cm by 32 cm, and folding up the metal to form sides. The capacity of the box must be 1575 cm^3. What is the side length of the squares removed?

Question

im getting the length of the square to be 9.1 but it says im wrong..

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Thanks!

Answer 3

You're welcome.