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A box is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. Vince uses 720 cubic feet of packing material to fill the half. What is the height of the box?

User Ali Safari
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V/2=720, so V=1440 and V=8*12*h=96h

Since V=V

96h=1440

h=15 ft
User Arnis Juraga
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8 times 12 is 96 and 720 divided by 96 is 7.5. Your answer is 7.5
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