Question

A company makes wax candles shaped like rectangular prisms .Each candle is 5cm long ,4 cm wide ,11 can tall.If the company used 5940cm3 of wax how many candles can they make

Answer 1

`Answer:`

`5940\ {\rm cm}^3\ of\ wax\ will\ make\ 27\ candles`

`Given:To\ Data`

`To\ Find:solve`

`Solution:`

`Each\ candle\ is\ 5\ cm\ long\ 4\ cm\ wide\ 11\ cm`

`tall`

`To\ know\ the\ space\ they\ cover,\ we\ divide\ it`

`with\ their\ volume\ and\ since\ they\ are\ in`

`rectangular\ prism`

`Volume\ is\ length` ×
`width` ×
`height`

`5*4*11`

`20*11`

`220\ cm`

`1\ candle=220\ cm`

`What\ number\ of\ candle\ is\ represented\ as=x`

`1\ candle\ comprises\ of\ 220\ cm\ wax`

`x=5940`

`220\ x=5940`

`x=5940/220`

`x=27`

`5940{\rm cm}^3\ of\ wax\ will\ make\ 27\ candles`

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