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The back of Nico’s truck is 7.5 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet tall. He has several boxes of important papers that he needs to move. Each box of papers is shaped like a cube, measuring 2.5 feet on each side. How many boxes of papers can Nico pack into the back of his truck? Show your work.

User Qoomon
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation: so

l*w*h
7.5ft*4ft*8ft

that would be 240ft^3

Then 2.5^3

would be 15.625^3

So then u would do

240ft^3/15.625ft^3 = 15.36 boxes of paper


So u could fit abt 15 boxes of paper in the back of his truck

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