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the height of a rectangular prism is 2 meters. the width of the prism is 2 times the height and the length is 2 times the width. what is the greatest number of 1 meter unit cubes that will fit into the rectangular prism.

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so hmm notice the picture below

we know the height is 2, so the width is 2h and the length is 4h

anyhow, notice the cube of 1x1x1 on the right-side?

so... how many of those can fit it the big rectangular prism?
the height of a rectangular prism is 2 meters. the width of the prism is 2 times the-example-1
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