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A pool table supply company is making a cardboard box to package new cubes of pool cue chalk. Each cube of chalk is 1 cubic inch. The company considers all the ways to arrange 16 cubes of the chalk. (Which arrangement of chalk would require the most cardboard for the box?)
16 inches by 1 inch by 1 inch
8 inches by 2 inches by 1 inch
4 inches by 4 inches by 1 inch
4 inches by 2 inches by 2 inches

User Goufalite
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16 inches by 1 inch by 1 inch

Your answer would be D
User Tomblue
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Answer:

-they all require the same amount of card board because if you take all of the numbers times eachother they all come out as 16

-Soo 16 inches by 1 inch by 1 inch

Step-by-step explanation: Hope this help :D

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