Question

Help please! Algebra 1

Answer 1

Dan poured 5 cups of water into a rectangular container measuring 8 inches by 6 inches by 7 centimeters.

[1 cup = 14.44 cubic inches; 1 inch = 2.54 cm]

Part A: What is the maximum volume of water that the rectangular container can hold? Show your work. (3 points)

Part B: How many cubic inches of water was poured into the container? (3 points)

Part C: What was the height of the water in the container? Show your work. (4 points)

Measurement is given as length by width by height.

Answer 2

volume is found by multiplying length times widdth times height, so 8 * 6 * 7 = 336 inches cubed.

Answer 3

if 1 cup is 14.44 cubic inches and he poured in 5 cups, then he poured in 5 * 14.44 which is 72.2 cubic inches of water.

Answer 4

The 8 & 6 is in inches the 7 is centimeters tho

Answer 5

oh that changes everything. Let me redo.

Answer 6

total volume in centimeters is 2167.74

Answer 7

or in inches it would be 132.28 cubic inches.

Answer 8

That's part A in both cubic centimeters and cubic inches. take your pick.

Answer 9

Part B remains unchanged.

Answer 10

Now for part C...

Answer 11

How did you figure out Part A? I need to show work

Answer 12

I did a conversion from inches to centimeters like this: