Question

O PERIMETER, AREA, AND VOLUME

Word problem involving the volume of a rectangular prism
A company makes wax candles shaped like rectangular prisms. Each candle is 5 cm long, 4 cm wide, and 11 cm tall. If the company used 5,940 cm
of wax, how many candles did they make?
candles
X
CD 0:3
5

Answer 1

aprox 27 candles

Explanation:

To find the number of candles made by the company, we calculate the volume of each candle by multiplying its length, width, and height. Then, by dividing the total wax used by the volume of one candle, which is 220 cm³, we find that the company made approximately 27 candles.