An open-top box is to be constructed from a 8 in by 14 in rectangular sheet of tin by cutting out squares of equal size at each corner, then folding up the resulting flaps. Let x denote the length of the side of each cut-out square. Assume negligible thickness.

An opentop box is to be constructed from a 8 in by 14 in rectangular sheet of tin by cutting out squares of equal size at each corner then folding up the result class=