SOLUTION: closed box with lid outside dimesions are l=25 in, w=16 in, and h=11 in. The material wall is (0.5) in thick. A. Determine the inside volume of box in cubic inches? B. Determine

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Question 1055089: closed box with lid outside dimesions are l=25 in, w=16 in, and h=11 in. The material wall is (0.5) in thick.
A. Determine the inside volume of box in cubic inches?
B. Determine the inside volume of box in cubic centimeters?

Answer by ikleyn(52847)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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closed box with lid outside dimesions are l=25 in, w=16 in, and h=11 in. The material wall is (0.5) in thick.
A. Determine the inside volume of box in cubic inches?
B. Determine the inside volume of box in cubic centimeters?
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A. = (25-2*0.5)*(16-2*0.5)*(11-2*0.5) = 24*15*10 cubic inches.


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Comment from student: thank you ma'am you have helped me a lot.
Excuse me ma'am could you explain why you subtracted two from each number then multiplied by .5?
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My response

25-2*0.5, 16-2*0.5 and 11-2*0.5 are the dimensions of the empty interior space inside the box.

Read the condition.


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