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Complete parts​ (a) through​ (c) below.

a.
A warehouse is 65 yards​ long, 32 yards​ wide, and 7 yards high. What is the area of the warehouse​ floor? If the warehouse is filled to half its height with tightly packed​ boxes, what is the volume of the​ boxes?
b.
A room has a rectangular floor that measures 27 feet by 13 feet and a flat 8​-foot ceiling. What is the area of the floor and how much air does the room​ hold?
c.
A grain silo has a circular base with an area of 155 square feet and is 23 feet tall. What is the total​ volume?

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Final answer:

The area of the warehouse floor is 2080 square yards, and with half the height filled with boxes, the volume is 7280 cubic yards. A room with a 351 square-foot floor holds 2808 cubic feet of air. The grain silo with a base area of 155 square feet and height of 23 feet has a total volume of 3565 cubic feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

a. To find the area of the warehouse floor, we multiply the length and the width: Area = Length × Width. Therefore, Area = 65 yards × 32 yards = 2080 square yards. For the volume of the boxes that fill the warehouse to half its height, we use Volume = Area × Height. Since the boxes fill half the height (7 yards / 2), the Volume of boxes = 2080 square yards × (7 yards / 2) = 7280 cubic yards.

b. The area of the rectangular room's floor is also found by multiplying length by width: Area = 27 feet × 13 feet = 351 square feet. The volume of air the room holds, which is its capacity, is found by Volume = Area × Ceiling Height. Therefore, Volume of air = 351 square feet × 8 feet = 2808 cubic feet.

c. To find the volume of the grain silo with a circular base, we use Volume = Base Area × Height. Given that the area of the base is 155 square feet and the height is 23 feet, the Volume = 155 square feet × 23 feet = 3565 cubic feet.

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