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An open box is made from a rectangular piece of cardboard measuring 12 inches by 16 inches by cutting identical squares from the corners and turning up the sides. What are the lengths of the sides of the removed squares if the area of the bottom of the open box is 60 in square inches?

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Answer: 12 inches


Step-by-step explanation: First you add multiply then subctrtrac.t


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