SOLUTION: A crate contains cylindrical cans of soup for shipment. Each crate is a cube with side lengths of 14in. Each soup can is 6in tall and has a diameter of 3.5in How many soup can will

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Question 1071114: A crate contains cylindrical cans of soup for shipment. Each crate is a cube with side lengths of 14in. Each soup can is 6in tall and has a diameter of 3.5in How many soup can will fit in each crate? Use 3.14 for π. Explain how you got your answer.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Pi not needed because diameter of each can is known.

Going from one corner on the bottom to a neighboring corner, 14%2F3.5=4. The entire bottom layer of cans will be four of these; so 4%2A4=highlight_green%2816%29 cans on each layer.

Each can is 6 inches tall, and the tallness of the crate is the same 14 inches, so 6%2B6=12%3C14. The 6 inch makes for two terms of 6 to be summed, so TWO layers of cans.

16 cans per layer, 2 layers,
32 soup cans.