Solve.A square piece of cardboard is to be formed into an open-topped box by cutting  squares from the corners and folding up the sides. The volume of the resulting box is given by the formula  where x is the original length of each side of the piece of cardboard. Rewrite this volume equation by factoring completely.

A. (x - 8)2
B. 4(x - 8)(x + 8)
C. 4(x + 8)2
D. 4(x - 8)2


Answer: D

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