SOLUTION: Could someone please explain to me? Please walk me through it. The "cubed" part confusses me! Paul and his wife have made a watering trough for their four horses. What will be

Question 613640: Could someone please explain to me? Please walk me through it. The "cubed" part confusses me!
Paul and his wife have made a watering trough for their four horses. What will be the volume of the trough (ignoring the thickness of the walls) if: The length is 3.4 feet, the width is 2.3 feet and it is 1.8 feet high?
A. 1407.6 feet cubed
B. 140.76 feet cubed
C. 14.076 feet cubed
D. 7.5 feet cubed
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume of water the trough can hold is given by the volume of the 'box' formed by the sides of the trough.
That is
Also note that any volume has 'units' associated with it.

The term is pronounced as 'feet cubed' ... also known as cubic feet
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