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Rafael Ibasco · Answer 1 · 2021-03-05T16:37:08+0000

Answer:

3 feet

Explanation:

GIVEN: A filing cabinet has a height of
$6\text{ feet}$ and a length of
$2\text{ feet}$ . The volume of the filing cabinet is
$36\text{ feet}^3$ .

TO FIND: What is the width of the filing cabinet.

SOLUTION:

Let the width of filing cabinet be
$x\text{ feet}$

length of filing cabinet
$=6\text{ feet}$

height of filing cabinet
$=2\text{ feet}$

Volume of filing cabinet
$=\text{length}*\text{height}*\text{width}=36\text{ feet}^3$

putting values,

6*2* x=36

12* x=36

x=3

Hence the width of filing cabinet is 3 feet.

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