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From here, try to visualize the rectangular prism coming together and realize the height is <math>x</math>, the length is <math>14-2x</math>, and the width is <math>10-2x</math>. Therefore, the volume is <math>x(14-2x)(10-2x)=x(4x^2-48x+40)= | From here, try to visualize the rectangular prism coming together and realize the height is <math>x</math>, the length is <math>14-2x</math>, and the width is <math>10-2x</math>. Therefore, the volume is <math>x(14-2x)(10-2x)=x(4x^2-48x+40)= | ||
\boxed{\textbf{(A) } 140x - 48x^2 + 4x^3}</math>. | \boxed{\textbf{(A) } 140x - 48x^2 + 4x^3}</math>. | ||
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The resulting metal piece looks something like this where the white parts are squares of length 
:
![[asy] fill((0,4)--(4,4)--(4,0)--(6,0)--(6,4)--(10,4)--(10,10)--(6,10)--(6,14)--(4,14)--(4,10)--(0,10)--cycle,grey); draw((0,0)--(14-4,0)--(10,14)--(0,14)--cycle); draw((0,0)--(0,4)--(4,4)--(4,0)--cycle); draw((10-4,0)--(10,0)--(10,4)--(6,4)--cycle); draw((0,14)--(4,14)--(4,10)--(0,10)--cycle); draw((6,14)--(6,10)--(10,10)--(10,14)--cycle); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/d/1/ad166c33a6db6a5e226685c3d04553075beb094c.png)
From here, try to visualize the rectangular prism coming together and realize the height is , the length is 
, and the width is 
. Therefore, the volume is 
.
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