Speedy Shippers had to ship 850 boxes, each with the dimensions: 2ft. long*3ft. wide*4ft. high. The trailer trucks in their fleet have the following storage dimensions: 8 feet wide, 48 feet long, and 9 feet high. The boxes cannot be turned on end, since the items in the boxes are breakable. Use the information above to respond to the following: What is the greatest number of boxes that can be shipped in one truck? How many trucks would it take to complete the entire shipment?

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calculusxy · Answer

Do you have any multiple choices?

anonymous · Answer

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calculusxy · Answer

I am not sure whether or not that this will work but I can give you a way in which I think of it as. 

I multiplied two feet by three feet by four feet to get twenty four feet. I then multiplied this by 850 and got 20,400. I divided 20,400 by the volume of the trailer and got around 5.90..., which rounded to 5 (since there won't be space for the sixth box). So I guessed that 5 boxes should go in one trailer. 

To find how many trucks, I divided 850 by 5 which will get to be 170.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you soo much!!!