SOLUTION: A manufacturer fills various size boxes with flour. Today, the boxes are 12 inches tall, 8 inches wide and 3 inches deep. They adjust the filling machine so it only fills the box

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Question 1180970: A manufacturer fills various size boxes with flour. Today, the boxes are 12 inches tall, 8 inches wide and 3 inches deep.
They adjust the filling machine so it only fills the box until the product is 1.5 inch from the top of the box. How many cubic inches of flour will they save by not filling the box to the top?
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52798)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Specially for tutor @greenestamps. 

    Thanks for your explanations.


    I used to think that these combinations of dimensions are normal/allowable


        - length, width, height;

        - tall, wide, long;

        - long, wide, deep.


    But when I see this combination (tall, wide, deep), my eyes become squared.



Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Complete Fill



1.5 Inch Less from Top


The difference, how much space is saved,...,..!
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


For tutor @ikleyn....

In English, the dimensions of a rectangular box are often described in terms of tall, wide, and deep.

There is nothing absurdist about the post, or about the response from the other tutor.
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