document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=613640>Question 613640</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Could someone please explain to me?  Please walk me through it. The \"cubed\" part confusses me!<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 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?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.  1407.6 feet cubed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B.  140.76 feet cubed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C.  14.076 feet cubed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D.   7.5 feet cubed </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #386102 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><B>vleith(2983)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=vleith><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=386102\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The volume of water the trough can hold is given by the volume of the 'box' formed by the sides of the trough.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Volume+=+Length+%2A+Width+%2A+Height ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Volume+=+Length+%2A+Width+%2A+Height\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also note that any volume has 'units' associated with it. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Volume+=+3.4feet+%2A+2.3feet+%2A+1.8feet ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Volume+=+3.4feet+%2A+2.3feet+%2A+1.8feet\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Volume+=+3.4+%2A+2.3+%2A+1.8+%2Afeet+%2A+feet+%2A+feet ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Volume+=+3.4+%2A+2.3+%2A+1.8+%2Afeet+%2A+feet+%2A+feet\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Volume+=+3.4+%2A+2.3+%2A+1.8+%28feet%29%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Volume+=+3.4+%2A+2.3+%2A+1.8+%28feet%29%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=Volume+=+14.076+%28feet%29%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"Volume+=+14.076+%28feet%29%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The term <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28feet%29%5E3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28feet%29%5E3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is pronounced as 'feet cubed' ... also known as cubic feet   </SPAN>\n" );
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