Question

The volume of this box is 288 cubic cm, and the height is 4 cm. the length is triple the height, how do you find the width?

Answer 1

The width is `6` cm. You can find it by taking the formula for the volume of a cube and rearranging it to find the width.

Explanation:

The volume of a cube is a product of its length, width, and height;

`V = l xx w xx h`

In this problem, we are given that the volume of the box is `288` cubic cm: `V=288` and that the height is `4` cm: `h = 4`. We also know that the length is three times the height: `l = 3h`.

So if we plug in what we know from the problem into the volume formula:

`288 = 3(4) xx w xx 4`

`w = (288)/(3(4) * 4) = (72)/12 = 6`