True or False. An artist plans to construct an open box from a 15 in. by 20 in. sheet of metal by cutting squares from the corners and folding up the sides.

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Cristopher Watson

28 June, 07:16

True or False. An artist plans to construct an open box from a 15 in. by 20 in. sheet of metal by cutting squares from the corners and folding up the sides.

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Pranav Petty · Answer 1

True.

Step-by-step explanation:

The artists is using simple math. When cutting squares from the corners he uses the same measure for each side of the figuer (because is a square) and the remaining sides thatare folded havethe same measures as the squares.

Cutting each side with the correct percent of the total surface in order to go from 20 in to 15 in.