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Ryan finds that the volume of a rectangular box is 4080 cubic centimeters. The length of the box is 15 centimeters and the height is 17 centimeters, find the width of the box

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The colume of a rectangular box (rectangular prism) is given by the next formula:


V=l\cdot w\cdot h

As you need to fidn the width, solve w in that formula:


w=(V)/(l\cdot h)

Use the given measures and calculate the width:


\begin{gathered} w=\frac{4080cm^3}{15\operatorname{cm}\cdot17\operatorname{cm}} \\ \\ =(4080cm^3)/(255cm^2) \\ \\ =16\operatorname{cm} \end{gathered}Then, the width of the rectangular box is 16 centimeters
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