Question

A manufacturer is shipping a certain material in boxes which are 24 inches long, 16 inches wide and 12 inches high. The boxes, when they are full of the material, weigh 005 pounds per cubic inch. If the entire shipment contains 450 of these filled boxes, what is the total weight of the shipment?

Answer 1

10,368 pounds.

Explanation:

The volume of each box = 24*16*12 = 4608 in^3.

Total weight of the shipment = 450 * 4608 * 0.005

= 10,368 pounds.