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Mr. lin received a box of books in the shape of a rectangular prism. the volume of the box is 486 inches cubed. what is the width of the box?

a box has a length of 18 inches and a height of 3 inches.

use the formula w = startfraction v over l h endfraction, where l is the length of the prism, h is the height, v is the volume, and w is the width.

User Yuday
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Answer:

9 inches

Explanation:

Volume = length * height * width

486 = 18 * 3 * w

w = 486 / (18*3)

= 486 / 54

= 9 inches.

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