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Lucy puts four boxes together for shipping.
The boxes are all the same size: 6 inches x 6
inches x 48 inches. She puts two loops of
heavy-duty tape around the boxes to hold
them together, as shown in the picture. How
many feet of tape does Lucy use?
4 feet
8 feet
12 feet
37 of 41 -
24 feet

Answer 1

Answer: 8 feet

Step-by-step explanation: The easiest way to solve this is to picture looking at it from the square side. What you are trying to find is the perimeter of the square side times 2 due to it having 2 loops of tape.

If one side of one box is 6 inches, and there are 2 boxes that make up one side, then the length of the squares side is 6 + 6 = 12. That makes the perimeter of the square 4*12, or 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 inches. This means one loop of tape is 48 inches long.

Because she uses 2 loops of tape, she used 48 * 2 = 96 inches, and accounting for the change in units from inches to feet: 1 ft = 12 in -> 96in/12 inches per foot = 8 feet of tape used.

Hope this helps!