Question

Raymond want to make a box that has a volume of 360 cubic inches.He wants the height to be 10 inches and the other two dimensions to be whole numbers of inches.How many different-sizes boxes can he makes?

Answer 1

Let's cal the two unknown dimensions n and m, then 10nm=360 hence n*m=36

36=3*3*2*2 hence there are 5 ways to choose the dimensions.