Question

A company makes wax candles shaped rectangular prisms. each candle is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide, and 11 cm tall. if the company used 5940 cm^3 of wax, how many candles did they make?

A. 5 candles
B. 10 candles
C. 15 candles
D. 20 candles

Answer 1

To find the number of candles made, calculate the volume of one candle and divide the total volume of wax used by it. The company made 27 candles.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the number of candles made, we need to calculate the volume of one candle and then divide the total volume of wax used by the volume of one candle.

The volume of a rectangular prism can be calculated by multiplying its length, width, and height.

So, the volume of one candle is 5 cm × 4 cm × 11 cm = 220 cm³.

To find the number of candles, we divide the total wax volume (5940 cm³) by the volume of one candle (220 cm³).

5940 cm³ ÷ 220 cm³ = 27 candles.

Therefore, the company made 27 candles.