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Cereal box has a height of 32 cm. It has a base with an area of 160 square centimeters. What is the volume, in cubic centimeters, of the cereal box.

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A cereal box is basically a rectangular prism. The volume formula for a rectangular prism is:
V=wlh
where

V is the volume of the rectangular prism

w is the width

l is the length

h is the height

Notice that for our formula we can infer the the base of the prime will have area
width times
length. Since we already know the area of our rectangular prism
(160cm^(2)), the only thing we need to do is multiply that area by the
height:

V=(160cm^(2))(32cm)

V=5120cm^(3)

We can conclude that the volume of the cereal box in cubic centimeters is
5120cm^(3).
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