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Webbie10000:
A right rectangular prism is 5and 1/4 in. wide, 12and 1/2 in. long, and 4 in. tall.
What is the volume of the prism?
50 in3
65and 5/8 in3
260 in3
262and 1/2 in3
8 years ago
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tigerlover:
Volume of rectangular prism = 1 1/3 x 5/6 x 2/3 = 4/3 x 5/6 x 2/3 = 20/27
Volume of cube = 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6 = 1/216
Number of cubes that will pack the rectangular prism = 20/27 / 1/216 = 160
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
answer is 160
8 years ago
tigerlover:
Sorry. I got confused. Hold on.
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
ok
8 years ago
tigerlover:
Volume = 514 * 1212 * 4
Volume = 2491872 cube inches
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Webbie10000:
thx but is that answer choice
8 years ago
tigerlover:
Oh. Hold on. Let me convert the number to inches.
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
ok thx
8 years ago
tigerlover:
I'm so sorry for all the confusion. Please stand by.
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
ok
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tigerlover:
Hold on. I figured it out. If we take \[5 \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }* 12 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 } * 4=?\]
What does this equal?
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
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8 years ago
tigerlover:
I didn't see that there were fractions. Sorry for all the false answers.
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
it ok you can help me now
8 years ago
tigerlover:
This would be \[5 \frac{ 1 }{ 4 }*12\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }*4= 262 \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }\]
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Webbie10000:
thx
8 years ago
tigerlover:
No problem! :)
8 years ago
Webbie10000:
tysm i got an B 80%
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Webbie10000:
go to my new question thing
8 years ago
tigerlover:
Where?
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