SOLUTION: A container has a length four times its height,which is half of its width.If its volume is 1000 cubic meters, what is the length of the container ?

Question 966858: A container has a length four times its height,which is half of its width.If its volume is 1000 cubic meters, what is the length of the container ?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= height of the container, in meters.
= length of the container, in meters.
= width of the container, in meters.
"A container has a length four times its height" means .
The fact that the height of the containers "is half of its width" means that
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The container seems to be box-shaped (a right rectangular prism),
so its volume would be calculated by multiplying its three dimensions:
, so .
substituting and , we get
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