Question

Sam is stacking cans of vegetables at the store his shelf is 10 in tall and 10in wide and the cans are 4 in tall and each has a volume of 50.24in how many cans will fit on the shelf?

Answer 1

7 cans

Explanation:

-The number of cans that can be fitted is obtained by dividing the volume of the shelf by the volume of an individual can.

-Volume of the shelf is calculated as below:

`V_(shelf)=lwh\\\\=10*10*4\\\\=400\ in^3`

#We then divide by the volume of a can:

`No \ of \ cans=(V_(shelf))/(V_(can))\\\\=(400)/(50.24)\\\\=7.96\approx 7\ cans`

We round down since the 8th can cannot properly fit.

Hence, only 7 cans will fit in the shelf