A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 6 feet, a width of 7.5 feet, and a height of 5.5 feet. The container is completely filled with contents that weigh, on average, 0.29 pound per cubic foot. What is the weight of the contents in the container, to the nearest pound?
Answers
I'd say it would be 72 pounds. Here's how I did it, if that helps.
5.5 feet times 7.5 feet times 6 feet got me to 247.5 feet, which would be the amount of cubed feet in this shipping container. Then, we multiply this number (247.5) by .29, since that's how many pounds are in a cubic foot. This gets you 71.775 pounds which you then round to 72 pounds.
Solution:
Length of right rectangular prism, L = 6 ft.
Width of right rectangular prism, B = 7.5 ft.
Height of right rectangular prism, H = 5.5 ft.
Volume of right rectangular prism, V = L * B * H = 6 * 7.5 * 5.5 = 247.5 cubic ft.
Weight of content in the container to nearest pound =>
Volume in container * Cost for per cubic foot
247.5 * 0.29
71.775 lbs
The weight of the contents in the container to the nearest pound is 71.775 lbs.
Pound is a unit of mass.
lb is symbol of pound.