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Hello my child needs help with this problem can someone please help?Terry and Bob each have an aquarium. Terry’s aquarium is 14 cm long, 12 cm high, and 10 cm wide. Bob’s aquarium is 13 cm long, 15 cm high and 8 cm wide. Whose aquarium holds the larger volume of water? Explain how you know.

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Answer:

Terry

Step-by-step explanation:

• Terry’s aquarium is 14 cm long, 12 cm high, and 10 cm wide.

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• Bob’s aquarium is 13 cm long, 15 cm high and 8 cm wide.

To determine whose aquarium holds the larger volume of water, find the volume of each of the aquariums.


\begin{gathered} \text{ Volume of Terry's Aquarium}=14*10*12=1680\;cm^3 \\ \text{Volume of 's Aquarium}=13*15*8=1560\;cm^3 \end{gathered}

The volume of Terry's aquarium is larger, thus, Terry's aquarium holds a larger volume of water.

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