in the office there is a filling cabinet that is 1 foot wide 3 feet deep and 3 feet tall you have hundreds of file folders to put into this cabinet assuming that each folder is 12 inches wide 1 inch thick and 9 inches tall how many folders can you fit into thus cabinet

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phi · Answer

can you change the dimensions of the cabinet to inches ?

anonymous · Answer

idk

phi · Answer

they say the cabinet is 1 foot wide.  what is that in inches ?

anonymous · Answer

12 inches

phi · Answer

yes.  to change feet to inches, you multiply by 12

what about the 3 feet deep ?  how many inches is it ?

anonymous · Answer

36 inches

phi · Answer

and how tall is the cabinet in inches ?

anonymous · Answer

36 inches

phi · Answer

so the cabinet is 12 inches x 36 inches x 36   inches

can you find the volume of the cabinet using those numbers ?

anonymous · Answer

uhhhh how do i do that

phi · Answer

do you know how to find the volume of a rectangular prism ?

phi · Answer

V= Length * Height * Depth

in other words, multiply 12*36*36
to get the volume of the cabinet

anonymous · Answer

15,552

phi · Answer

now find the volume of the folder. can you do that ?

phi · Answer

folder is 12 inches wide 1 inch thick and 9 inches tall

anonymous · Answer

228

phi · Answer

the volume of the folder is 12*1*9

that is not 228