Question

A family wants to send supplies to a hospital via a suitcase they want to fill it up with as many supplies as possible. Their suitcase height is 5 ft and length 4 ft and width 4 f. Each supply has a base area of 9. And they can put 5120 supplies in the trunk. what is the height of each supply?

Answer 1

approximately 0.0018 feet, or about 0.0216 inches.

Explanation:

The volume of the suitcase is:

V_suitcase = height x length x width

V_suitcase = 5 ft x 4 ft x 4 ft

V_suitcase = 80 cubic feet

The volume of each supply is:

V_supply = base area x height

We know that the base area of each supply is 9 square feet. Let's assume that the height of each supply is h.

So, the total volume of all the supplies that can be put in the suitcase is:

V_total_supplies = V_supply x number of supplies

V_total_supplies = (9 ft^2 x h) x 5120

We want to find the height of each supply, so we can rearrange the equation above to solve for h:

h = V_total_supplies / (9 ft^2 x 5120)

Substituting the values we know:

h = (80 ft^3) / (9 ft^2 x 5120)

Simplifying, we get:

h = 0.0018 ft

So the height of each supply is approximately 0.0018 feet, or about 0.0216 inches.