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2.8 APPLICATIONS OF POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS

Example 1

An open topped box can be made from a sheet of aluminium measuring 50cm by 30cm by cutting
congruent square from the four corners and folding up the sides. Determine a polynomial function to
represent the volume of such a box and determine the range of side lengths that are possible for each
square that is cut out and removed that result in a volume greater than 4000cm3.
g

30cm
k it
x ne
Tx x'T 5
50cm Let xrepresent theside of
thesquareremoved
Lx W h
4000 x 502 130234
40 X 1500 160k14K
3
160 44 f4
4000 1500
2
23 40 1375K 1000 0
57 0
PC Cx 5 is a factor

5 is 40 375
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175100
g 35 zoo O
5 sci35 2007 0
x
354352M
or 2
35th
a
or2
toobig

5 or x 7.6cm
2 cm