SOLUTION: Give the dimensions of a rectangular box that have the same volume as the cylindrical can. (cylindrical can is 8 centimeters high and has a radius of 2 centimeters.)

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Question 443911: Give the dimensions of a rectangular box that have the same volume as the cylindrical can. (cylindrical can is 8 centimeters high and has a radius of 2 centimeters.)
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There are an infinite number of possibilities. The only thing you can say for sure is:

Let , , and represent the length, width, and height of the rectangular box. Then .

One possibility is , , and . But there are an infinite number of other possibilities.


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