Real World Problems

Question

A company produces a cardboard box in the shape of a rectangular prism. The surface area of the box is represented by S = 10x^2, where x is the length of the base. Find the inverse by solving for x without switching the variables.

Answer 1

S = 10x^2

S/10 = x^2

+or-sqrt(S/10) = x

+or- sqrt(S10)/10 = x

so

S_inverse = +or-sqrt(10x)/10