SOLUTION: sam built a rectangular box with a volume of 54 cubic inches and the base had an area of 18 square inches. What is the height of the box?
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Question 447899: sam built a rectangular box with a volume of 54 cubic inches and the base had an area of 18 square inches. What is the height of the box? Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hello,
Since we know the formula for volume is width times height times length, we can plug the known factors in to make:
18x=54
Divide both sides by 18:
x=3 inches for the height
Make sense?
RJ
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