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a box of 60 tissues has a length of 11 cm , a width of 10.5 cm and a height of 13.5 cm. find the volume of the box of tissues . a similar box contains 100 tissues . the ratio of corresponding linear measures of the two boxes is 3 to 5 . find the volume of the larger box

 Mar 1, 2017
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Volume of the smaller box  = 11 * 10.5 * 13.5  =  1559.25 cm^3

 

The volume of the larger box will be the volume of the smaller box times the cube of the scale factor =     1559.25 *   (5/3)^3    = 7218.75 cm^3

 

 

 

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 Mar 1, 2017

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