Question

The material used to make a storage box costs $1.25 per square foot. The boxes have the same volume. How much does a company save by choosing to make 50 of Box 2 instead of 50 of Box 1?

Box 1: Length 20in. width 6in Height:4in
Box 2: Length 15in. width 4in Height:8in

Answer 1

$120

Explanation:

First you need to multiply all the box materials in box 1 and 2 separately(each dimension once you get the answers 1200 for box 1 and 1080 for box 2 you need to subtract 1080 from 1200 to get $120