Find the width of a cereal box that has a volume of 5,568 cm3 and is 29 cm long and 48 cm high.

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Perty asked May 28, 2023

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Find the width of a cereal box that has a volume of 5,568 cm3 and is 29 cm long and 48 cm high.

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Perty asked May 28, 2023

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$\textit{volume of a rectangular prism}\\\\ V=Lwh~~ \begin{cases} L=length\\ w=width\\ h=height\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ L=29\\ h=48\\ V=5568 \end{cases}\implies \begin{array}{llll} 5568=(29)w(48)\implies \cfrac{5568}{(29)(48)}=w \\\\\\ 4=w \end{array}$