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suppose a candy bar is 8 cm long, 1 cm high, and 5 cm wide. how many whole candy bars will you be able to fit in a box with a volume of 300 cm3?

User Ketan
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Volume of one bar = 8*1*5

= 40cm^3

How many bars in the box:

300/40

= 7.5

This means you can fit 7 whole bars in the box.
User Dieter Gribnitz
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