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Old 01-22-2006, 06:07 PM   #1
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Is anyone good at Calculus?? HELP

So im struggling with Calc. Im getting hella frustrated and keep quitting since its all online and I can go back to it. I swear i have the righr answer and it keeps telling me im wrong. Anyones good with it heres the question:

A cardboard sheet has a width of 16 inches and a length of 18 inches. An open box is made from the sheet by cutting out squares W inches on a side from the four corners. Express the volume of the box as a function of W .

My answer:

V(w)= (18-2x)*(16-2x)*x

anyone know whats worng?!?!!
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