SOLUTION: A company makes wax candle shaped like rectangular prism‘s. Each candle is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide, and 15 cm tall. If the company used 5100 cm³ of wax, how many candles did they m

Question 1155782: A company makes wax candle shaped like rectangular prism‘s. Each candle is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide, and 15 cm tall. If the company used 5100 cm³ of wax, how many candles did they make?
Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Calculate the volume of each single candle.

Then divide the given total volume by the volume of one single candle.

     = 17 candles.    ANSWER

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