SOLUTION: A large box of cereal is 3 inches wide, 14 inches high and 8 inches long. The cereal inside fills 3/4 of the box. How many cubic inches of cereal are in the box.
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Question 438740: A large box of cereal is 3 inches wide, 14 inches high and 8 inches long. The cereal inside fills 3/4 of the box. How many cubic inches of cereal are in the box.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
Let's find the volume first of the box.
3*14*8=336
Now let's multiply that times 3/4
3/4*336=252 cubic inches
Make sense?
RJ
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