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A rectangular prism has a length of 20 in., a width of 2 in., and a height of 3 1/4 in. The prism is filled with cubes that have edge lengths of 1/4 in. How many cubes are needed to fill the rectangular prism? Enter your answer in the box. To fill the rectangular prism, _______ cubes are needed.

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8320 cubes. he is right

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Answer: 8320 cubes.

Explanation:

1. Calculate the volume of the rectangular prism:


V_1=l*w*h

Where l is the lenght, w is the width and h is the height.

Substitute values.

(You can convert 3 1/4 to decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator of the fraction and add this to the whole part: 3+0.25=3.25)

Then:


V_1=20in*2in*3.25in=130in^(3)

2. Calculate the volume of a cube:


V_2=s^(3)

Where s is the lenght of any side.

Then:


V_2=((1)/(4)in)^(3)=(1)/(64)in^(3)=0.0156in^(3)

3. To calculate the number of cubes that are needed to fill the rectangular prism (which you can call n) , you must divide the volume of the prism by the volume of a cube. Then:


n=(V_1)/(V_2)=(130in^(3))/(0.0156in^(3))=8320 cubes

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