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how many boxes on the shape of 1-meter cubes could you fit on a shipping container that has the dimensions 2 meters wide by 10 meters long by 3 meters high?A: 40boxes but how much material is needed to make this shipping container

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The container can hold
(2 x 10 x 3) = 60 of the cubes.
To build the container, you take ...
2 panels that are 2 x 10 m
2 panels that are 2 x 3 m
and
2 panels that are 3 x 10 m.
Then you tape um all together.
User ManzoorWani
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