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Fruit snacks are Becky's favorite treat, but she especially loves the grape ones! A jumbo box

of fruit snacks has a volume of 157 cubic inches. It is 5 inches long and 3 inches wide.
How tall is the box?
Write your answer as a whole number, proper fraction, or mixed number.

2 Answers

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Answer:

10 1/2 inches

Explanation:

User Calendarw
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Answer:

10
(7)/(15) in

Explanation:

Use the volume formula for a rectangular prism, V = lwh

Plug in the volume, length, and width, then solve for the height

V = lwh

157 = (5)(3)(h)

157 = 15h

10
(7)/(15) = h

So, the box's height is 10
(7)/(15) in

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