ISSUES IN SOLUTION

It is probably wise to make several cut out models for students. This will help them visualize what the cuts mean and the folding really is. Make some exaggerated cases, indeed, some cuts which do not even give rise to solids. Have some of the models ready for destruction, writing on them, and drawing lines and labeling variables on them. Students will tend to assume quantities incorrectly, the height of the formed box being the most common .

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