V L W H The box to be made has the following dimensions. The length of a piece of cardboard is five inches more than the width. Add the volume of the parts together to find the volume of complicated shapes.
So the volume as a function of x is given by V x x 25 - 2 x 20 - 2 x.
I want to call this expression Vx V for volume and x for the sides of the square removed. A box is to be made out of a 6 by 16 piece of cardboard. The resulting box will have a base which is a square which all of whose sides will have length 12 - 2x. For example if I need to find the volume of an L shaped box there are more than three sides to measure.