SOLUTION: A fruit crate has square ends and is twice as long as it is wide. Find the volume if its width is 20 inches.

Question 10608: A fruit crate has square ends and is twice as long as it is wide. Find the volume if its width is 20 inches.
Answer by mathmaven53(29) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The width is 20 inches and is one of the sides of a square end.
So the height is 20 inches. The crate is twice as long as it is wide so the
length is 40 inches
Volume equals width times length times height
So the volume of the crate is 20*40*20 cubic inches
Do the multiplication
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