Question

Kyle has a storage box that is 2 ft. long, 3 ft. high, and has a volume of 12 ft ^3. Myla has a storage box that is 4 ft. high, 2 ft. long, and has a volume of 16 ft ^3. What are the widths of Kyle and Myla’s boxes? Explain how you know.

Answer 1

Okay, here we have this;

Considering the provided information, we are going to calculate the requested widths, so we obtain the following:

Let us remember that the volume of a box is equal to the multiplication of its three dimensions, so from the given information we obtain the following:

Kyle's box Volume=Long * High * Width

12 ft^3=2ft * 3ft * Width

12 ft^3=6 ft^2 * Width

Kyle's box Width =12 ft^3/6 ft^2

Kyle's box Width = 2 ft

Myla’s box Volume=Long * High * Width

16 ft^3=4ft * 2ft * Width

16 ft^3=8 ft^2 * Width

Myla’s box Width =16 ft^3/8 ft^2

Myla’s box Width = 2 ft

Finally we obtain that the widths of Kyle and Myla’s boxes are 2 ft.