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A rectangular box is to be made from a square piece of tin that measures 12 in. On a side by cutting out small squares of the same size from the four corners and turning up the side tabs. If the volume of the box is 108 in3 what should be the length of the side of the square to be cut out

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A rectangular box is to be made from a square piece of tin that measures 12 in. On-example-1
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A rectangular box is to be made from a square piece of tin that measures 12 in. On-example-3
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