Question

Paul made a wooden box to store his garden tools. It had two chambers shaped as rectangular prisms with a lid on each as shown below.

A prism resembling a two-step box is composed of two rectangular solids of different heights and aligned lengthwise. The combined width is 28 inches and the length of the smaller box is shown as 15 inches. The height of the taller box is 17 inches and its width is 14 inches. The top face of the smaller box is 8 inches below the top face of the taller box.

What is the total volume of Paul’s garden tool box?

5222 cubic inches

5595 cubic inches

56