Question

A company makes wax candles shaped like rectangular prisms. Each candle is 7 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 10 cm tall. If the company used 5740 cm of wax, how

many candles did they make?

Answer 1

They made 41 candles.

Explanation:

v=l×w×hv=10×7×2v=140 cm cubedlastly I divided 5740 by 140 ( the volume of one candle)therefore I got 41 candles were made from 5740 cm cubed of wax