SOLUTION: a house is 50ft long,26 ft wide, and has 8 ft high ceiling . What is the volume of the house in cubic centimeters?

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Question 468826: a house is 50ft long,26 ft wide, and has 8 ft high ceiling . What is the volume of the house in cubic centimeters?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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volume is equal to length times width times height.
you get:
50 * 26 * 8 = 10400 cubic feet.
now you want to convert this to cubic centimeters.
1 foot = 30.48 centimeters.
1 square foot = (30.48)^2 centimeters.
1 cubic foot = (30.48)^3 centimeters.
this comes out to be:
1 foot = 30.48 centimeters
1 square foot = 929.0304 square centimeters
1 cubic foot = 28316.84659 cubic centimeters.
your answer is 10400 cubic feet.
this translates to 294495204.6 cubic centimeters.
you can also do this problem a second way.
that would be by converting everything to centimeters before you do your multiplying.
start again.
length = 50 feet
width = 26 feet
height = 8 feet
convert these to centimeters by multiplying each by 30.48 to get:
length = 1524 centimeters
width = 792.48 centimeters
height = 243.84
volume is equal to length times height times width which is equal to:
1524 * 792.48 * 243.84 which is equal to 294495204.6 cubic centimeters.
you get the same answer either way, as you should.