Question

Kyle owns a movie theater and is figuring out how much money a large box of popcorn should be. Each box has a volume of 132 cubic inches. The height of of the box is 12 inches and length is 4 inches. What is the width of the box? If Kyle needs to pay 5 cents per cubic inch of popcorn how much money will the popcorn in each box cost him?

Answer 1

width is 2.75 and $6.60

Explanation:

first divided by 132 by 12 which gives you 11 then divided 11 by 4 and you get 2.75.

Dubble Check: to chock multiply 12 x 4 x 2.75 which gives you 132.

Cost: Multiply 132 times 5 and you get 660 then place a decimal point between 6 and 6 to get $6.60