Question

The Right Move home-moving company has a variety of cardboard packing boxes available for use. The packing boxes shown here are similar figures. What is the volume of the larger box? Show your work and explain how you arrived at your answer by applying the scale factor rule of volume.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

can someone help me please

Answer 3

I cant see the figure~

Answer 4

oh 1 minute

Answer 5

here is the website http://learn.flvs.net/webdav/assessment_images/educator_math2/v9/07_08c_53_001.jpg

Answer 6

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Answer 7

one minute ill attach the photo

Answer 8

hey that's easy
you have to proportionate it
as 2ft became 6 ft.
same 0.5 wil become 1.5
and 1 wil become 3
and by volume's formula 6x1.5x3 is your answer :)

Answer 9

got it?

Answer 10

can you explain how you arrived at your answer by applying the scale factor rule of volume.

Answer 11

dear that's what it is about.
scale factor is about pattern
as its length has increased from 2 to 6 ,it has become larger 3 times,
so wil its width and height. 0.5x3 =1.5 and 1x3=3
that's scale factor rule~check your books

Answer 12

than you!!

Answer 13

you are welcome :)