SOLUTION: A shipping box is filled with pastry boxes. Each pastry box measures 1 cubic foot. The shipping box is 3 feet high. The bottom layer of the shipping box can fit 3 pastry boxes. Wha

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Question 1080274: A shipping box is filled with pastry boxes. Each pastry box measures 1 cubic foot. The shipping box is 3 feet high. The bottom layer of the shipping box can fit 3 pastry boxes. What is the volume of the shipping box?
Is it 18 cubic feet?

Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
bottom layer = 3 pastry boxes = 3 ft^3

The volume of the shipping box is 3 * 9 = 27 ft^3.