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A rectangular box has its length and width doubled and its height tripled. The volume of the new box will be

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Answer:

volume of the new box = 12 x volume of the initial rectangular box

Explanation:

Let the length, width and height of the rectangle be represented by l, w and h respectively.

The volume of a rectangle is given as;

volume = l x w x h

= lwh

From the given question, the dimension of the rectangle are:

new length = l + l = 2l

new width = w + w = 2w

new height = h + h + h = 3h

So that, the volume of the new box is given as;

volume of the new box = 2l x 2w x 3h

= 12 (lwh)

Therefore,

volume of the new box = 12 x volume of the initial rectangular box

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