Question

A conference room has a length of 480 inches, a width of 240 inches, and a height of 120 inches. Given that a tennis ball has a volume of 1.77 cubic inches, how many tennis balls fit in the conference room?

Answer 1

The dimensions of the conference room is given as length, width and height. This means we can actually calculate the volume of the entire room in cubic units. Then dividing this by the volume of one tennis ball will give you the number of tennis balls that can fit into the conference room.

`\begin{gathered} \text{Length}=480 \\ \text{Width}=240 \\ \text{Height}=120 \\ \text{Volume}=\text{Length}* Width* Height \\ V=480*240*120 \\ V=13824000inches^3 \\ Number\text{ of tennis balls that can fit into the conference room} \\ No\text{ of balls=}\frac{Volume\text{ of room}}{Volume\text{ of ball}} \\ No\text{ of balls=}(13824000)/(1.77) \\ No\text{ of balls=7,810169.49} \\ No\text{ of balls}\approx7,810,169 \end{gathered}`