Question

Jeff stacked 5 boxes in a storage room. Each box is 3.75 feet high. The first box was placed on a platform so that the bottom of the box was a foot above the floor of the storage room. The boxes are stacked one on top of the other with no space between the boxes. The top of the last box is... feet from the ceiling of the storage room. What is the height of the storage room from the floor to the ceiling?

a) 21.25 feet
b) 18.75 feet
c) 17.5 feet
d) 20 feet

Answer 1

To calculate the height of the storage room, add up the heights of all the boxes and the space between them. The total height of the boxes is 18.75 feet. The total height of the storage room is 19.75 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the height of the storage room, we need to add up the heights of all the boxes and the space between them. Each box is 3.75 feet high and there are 5 boxes in total, so the total height of the boxes is 3.75 x 5 = 18.75 feet. There is a space of 1 foot between the bottom of the first box and the floor, so the total height of the storage room is 18.75 + 1 = 19.75 feet.