Question

Three boxes are shipped on a truck,. Each box has a base of 16 square feet. Two of the boxes have a height of 3 feet and one box has a height of 5 feet. What is the total volume, in cubic feet, of the three boxes?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is 176 cubic feet

Answer 2

Supposing the three boxes are in the shape of cuboid.

Area of base of each box = 16 square feet

Height of two boxes which are identical = 3 feet

Height of third box= 5 feet

Volume of Box = Area of Base × Height

Total Volume of three boxes = 16 × 3+16 ×3 +16 × 5

= 48 +48 +80

=96 +80

= 176 cubic feet