Question

elijah has a flower box in the shape of a rectangular prism with interior dimensions that are 15 inches in length 8 inches in height elijah will fill the flower box three fourth full of soil. how many cubic inches of soil will be in the flower box

Answer 1

the amount of soil needed is
`90 in ^3`

Explanation:

N/B: the width is 8 in

this problem bothers on the mensuration of solid shapes, rectangular prism

Given data

length l= 15 in

width w= 8 in

height h= 3/4 in

The amount of soil need in the flower box is equivalent to the volume of the box for the given data.

`volume- of- soil= L*W*H\\\volume- of- soil= 15*8*(3/4)\\\volume- of- soil= (360)/(4) \\\volume- of- soil=90 in^3`