Question

A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 2.5 feet, a width of 11 feet, and a height of 8 feet. The container is completely filled with contents that weigh, on average, 0.36 pound per cubic foot. What is the weight of the contents in the container, to the nearest pound?

Answer 1

You can hold 188.19 or a rounded 188 pounds per cubic feet

Explanation:

First we need to find the area which is 271

I found this using the formula 2(WL+HL+HW)

If you can fit 271 square feet then you need to divide that by 4 to find cubic feet.

if you do this you get 67.75 cubic feet

next divide 67.75 by 0.36

you get 188.19