Question

A box is a cuboid with dimensions 28cm by 15cm by 20cm all measured to the nearest centimetre.

Answer 1

Answer:

The 17 disc cases would definitely fit into the box.

Step-by-step explanation:

The given cuboid box has the dimensions 28cm by 15cm by 20cm.

Disc cases are cuboid with dimensions 1.5cm by 14.2cm by 19.3cm.

volume of a cuboid = length × width × height

Volume of the box = 28 × 15 × 20

                               = 8400 cubic centimeters

Volume of each disc case = 1.5 × 14.2 × 19.3

                                           = 411.09 cubic centimeters

When the 17 disc cases are stacked it would have a volume.

The volume of 17 disc cases = 17 × volume of a case

                                               = 17 × 411.09

                                               = 6988.53 cubic centimeters

Thus comparing the volume for 17 disc cases and that of the cuboid box, the disc cases would definitely fit into the box.

i.e           =   $\frac{volume of box}{volume of 17 disc cases}$  

              = $\frac{8400}{6988.53}$

             = 1.20