Question

Imagine you are working for Hasbro making Gummy Bear containers. On a day to day basis you fillup two different size containers with gummy bears. One of the containers is 3.3 x 4.5 x 6.9 indimensions and contains 203 gummy bears. The other is 8.8 x 8.0 x 9.9 in dimensions. About howmany gummy bears would fit in the box? Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

day-to-dayImagine you are working for Hasbro making Gummy Bear containers. On a day to day basis you fill

up two different size containers with gummy bears. One of the containers is 3.3 x 4.5 x 6.9 in

dimensions and contains 203 gummy bears. The other is 8.8 x 8.0 x 9.9 in dimensions. About how

many gummy bears would fit in the box? Round to the nearest whole number.

step 1

Find out the volume of container one

V=L*W*H

substitute given values

V=3.3*4.5*6.9

V=102.465 in3

step 2

Find out the volume of container 2

V=8.8*8.0*9.9

V=696.96 in3

step 3

Apply proportion to find out the number of gummy bears in container 2

203/102.465=x/696.96

solve for x

x=(203/102.465)*696.96

x=1,381 gummy bears