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A tissue paper box must have a volume of 144 ??3 and two of the vertical...

A tissue paper box must have a volume of 144 ??3 and two of the vertical sides must be squares. IF the material for the square sides costs twice as much as the rest (because of folding and overlap), what are the dimensions of the cheapest box?

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