Question

At a warehouse, boxes of merchandise are placed in shelves in stacks that are 14 boxes high. If each box is 2 2/7 inches in height, how tall is the stack of boxes?

Answer 1

Stack of boxes is `32` inches high

Explanation:

As the stack of boxes is `14` boxes high

and height of each box is `2 2/7=(2x7+2)/7=16/7` inches

Stack of boxes is `16/7xx14` high

or `16/(cancel7^1)xxcancel14^2`

= `16xx2=32` inches