Joe owns a toy car collection. Each car is stored in a box that is 3 in long,2 in high, and 2.5 in wide. He has 40 cars and wants to pack them in a large box. Estimate the volume of a box that would be enough to hold the rp toy cars.
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hartnn (hartnn):
find the volume of small box first.
do u know how to ?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
um.....3*2*2.5?
hartnn (hartnn):
exactly!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
12 in^3?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yay!:)
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
12*40?
hartnn (hartnn):
now the big box contains 40 such small boxes, so the volume of big box is 40 times volume of small box.
Exactly again!
hartnn (hartnn):
how did u get 12 ??
OpenStudy (anonymous):
um i did 3*2*2.5
hartnn (hartnn):
that is not 12.....
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
i mean 15
OpenStudy (anonymous):
600
hartnn (hartnn):
then the volume of large box is 40 times 15
yes.
OpenStudy (anonymous):
thanku:)
hartnn (hartnn):
600 what ?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
in^3
hartnn (hartnn):
yes, now its complete :)
welcome ^_^
OpenStudy (anonymous):
yess:)
OpenStudy (anonymous):
im grateful. thanks a very lot
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ill leave ya now...if u wish.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
ive one more left....imma go look for some one else to tag.tnx again:)