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Okay sy mash bumpers were all that measurement in this

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section and linear area and three d okay cardboard box

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measures twelve inches wide eight inches across and six inches

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tall What is its volume in cubic feet See they

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give you the inches and then they ask you the

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feet They're real tricksters here Well that's the big trap

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the length of the sides and inches wanting them then

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in cubic feet which is a little bit complicated here

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So we have two choices First convert all the inches

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defeat or find the volume in cubic inches and then

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convert that back the cubic feet All right we'll go

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with the former We're going to convert all the inches

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two feet first Well in california and in texas There

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twelve inches in a foot So the width of the

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box in feet is one that's really helpful with length

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is eight Twelves are two thirds and the height is

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well six twelves or one half right half a foot

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Multiply these suckers together Find the volume while we got

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one time to third time's a half And that gets

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us that so in two news oh that's Ah third

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The volume of the box is one third of a

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cubic foot That's it The answer is they were shmoop

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