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MOLE3 Hand-In Assignment Instructions: Open a new word processing document and provide your response to the problem presented below. You may use any of the calculation methods introduced in this LE to support your work. Be sure to show your work clearly. Remember to save your work when done as you will be submitting it to your teacher for assessment. The Problem You are given a piece of cardboard that is 6 inches by 4 inches. You would like to cut equal-sized squares out of each of the 4 corners and fold the cardboard in such a way to make an open-top rectangular box. 4 inches 6 inches Part A: Complete the table below: Length of Box (inches) Width of Box (inches) Volume of Box, V (cubic inches) Length of Square Cut, I (inches) 0.25 0.50 0.90 1.40 1.80 Part B: Questions Consider the function that is defined to be the volume, V, of the box created from cutting the cardboard corners into squares of length I. 1. What are the possible values of I? 2. What is the dependent and independent variable? 3. Using I and V, find a cubic function of best fit. 4. To maximize the volume of the box, what should be the side length of the corner squares? Save your work using the filename: M6LE3_assign_username.docx (Change the word username to your Blackboard username).