A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 36 m. From each of its corners, a square is cut off so as to make an open box. If the length of the square is 8 m, the volume of the box (in m3) is:
A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 36 m. From each of its corners, a square is cut off so as to make an open box. If the length of the square is 8 m, the volume of the box (in m3) is:
Answers (1)
The length cut of is 8+8=16 m
So the length of the box is (l) = 48-16 = 32 m
The breadth of the box is (b) = 36-16 = 20 m
height of box becomes (h) = 8 m
The volume of box = l×b×h=32×20×8=5120 m3