SOLUTION: Ted put a block if iceshaped as a rectangular prism into a cooler. It had a volume 9,000cm(cubed) The next day the length, width and height had melted to half the size of the day b

Question 609675: Ted put a block if iceshaped as a rectangular prism into a cooler. It had a volume 9,000cm(cubed) The next day the length, width and height had melted to half the size of the day before. What was the volume of the smaller block of ice
Found 2 solutions by scott8148, Earlsdon:
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
{[(9000 / 2) / 2] / 2} = 1125
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The original volume is:
Now the dimensions are cut in half, so the new volume is...
Simplify.
But so substitute:
and...
cu.cm
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