An open box is to be made from a square piece of married by cutting  4 cm squares from each corner and turning up the sides. The volume of the finished box is to be 324 cm³ . Find the size of the original piece of material

A pile of snow is plowed into the shape of a right cone. How many trucks with a capacity of 10 yd3 per truck will be needed to move a pile?

Find the dimensions of the open rectangular box of maximum volume that can be made from a sheet of cardboard 14 in. by 9 in. by cutting congruent squares from the corners and folding up the sides. Then find the volume. (Round to the nearest 100th.)

A box is to have a square base, no top and a volume of 108 cubic centimeters. What is the smallest possible total surface area in square centimeters?

A company manufactures candies in the shape of small cubes that measure 2 centimeters on each side. The candies are stacked on top of each other to fit snugly inside a package. If the volume of the package is 96 cubic centimeters, how many candies fit in each package?