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Carissa takes a square piece of cardboard and cuts 5 in. by 5 in. squares out of each corner. She folds the sides up to make a box without a top. What equation can Carissa use to determine the volume of the box, where x is the side length of the original piece of cardboard?

V=

Answer 1

The equation that Carissa should use to determine the volume of the box, where x is the side length of the original piece of cardboard is:

V = 5x^2 - 100x + 500