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A toy company uses the box shown below to package wooden cubes 5 ft 3 ft 2 ft each wooden cube has a volume of 1/8 cubic foot in total how many wooden cubes will fit in the box

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volume of the package is given by the formula:
volume=length×width×height
volume=5×3×2=30 ft³
volume of wooden cube is 1/8 ft³
thus the number of cubes than can be fitted in the box will be:
number of cubes=(volume of the box)/(volume of wooden cubes)
=30/(1/8)
=240 cubes
Answer: 240 cubes
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