Question

A hospital supply company needs to ship a customer an order of 1000. mL IV bags of saline solution. Their preferred shipping boxes have dimensions 15" x 15" x 25". How many IV bags can be shipped in this box? [1 mL = 1 cmˆ3 (exactly)]

a) 375 IV bags
b) 625 IV bags
c) 1000 IV bags
d) 92 IV bags

Answer 1

To find the number of IV bags that can be shipped in the box, divide the volume of the box by the volume of one IV bag. In this case, the answer is 92 IV bags.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out how many IV bags can be shipped in the box, we need to calculate the volume of one IV bag and the volume of the shipping box.

Given that 1 mL is equal to 1 cm³, we know that each IV bag has a volume of 1000 cm³.

The shipping box has dimensions of 15 inches by 15 inches by 25 inches, which is equivalent to 38.1 cm by 38.1 cm by 63.5 cm.

To find the volume of the box, we multiply these dimensions together: 38.1 cm * 38.1 cm * 63.5 cm = 93043.275 cm³.

Now, to find the number of IV bags that can fit in the box, we divide the volume of the box by the volume of one IV bag: 93043.275 cm³ / 1000 cm³ = 93.04.

Since we cannot have a fraction of an IV bag, we round down to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the answer is 92 IV bags.