Question

can someone help me find the surface area of 3 juice cartons

Answer 1

Do you have the shape and dimensions?

Answer 2

no cause my teacher didn't give me any pictures so idk what the length or the width is but i know the fluid ounces.

Answer 3

OK, how many fluid ounces?

Answer 4

Can we assume some measures?

Answer 5

I guess so.

Answer 6

Ok.
Let's do it this way.
We'll start with the pint container.

Answer 7

There are 8 pints in a gallon.

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

Also, a gallon (U.S.) is 231 cubic inches.

Answer 10

If you divide 231 cu in. by 8, you get the volume of a pint in cu in.
1 pint = 231 cu in./8 = 28.875 cu in.

Answer 11

Since we need to assume some dimensions, let's assume that the pint container has a square base (as you mentioned above) with a side of 2.5 in.

Answer 12

I'm not trying to find the volume I'm trying to find out which carton conserves resources the best. I'm trying to find out how much cardboard it takes for each carton.

Answer 13

We're working on that, but we need to start with the volume to find the dimensions, so we can find the area.

Answer 14

Okay.

Answer 15

Ok. We have a pint container with a volume of 28.875 in^3.
The base is a square with 2.5-in. side.
The area of the base is 2.5 in. * 2.5 in. = 6.25 in^2

Answer 16

Now we divide the volume by the area of the base to find the height.
28.875 in^3/6.25 in^2 = 4.62 in.