SOLUTION: Jorge wants to fill-up a cold storage room with with boxes of side 2.75 m. If the volume of the storage room is 3,639m3, how many boxes can he stored?

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Question 972838: Jorge wants to fill-up a cold storage room with with boxes of side 2.75 m. If the volume of the storage room is 3,639m3, how many boxes can he stored?
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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2.75^3 is the volume of a box in m^3
=20.79 m^3 per box
Assuming the boxes can fill the area 3639 m^3/20.79 m^3/box = 174.97 boxes
round downward to 174 boxes.
174*(2.75^3) =3618.65 as a check.