Question

A box of cereal has a volume of 144in^ 3 . The height of the cereal box is 12 inches , and the depth is 2 inches. What is the width of the cereal box?

Answer 1

6 inches

Explanation:

Plug the known values into the equation for volume (
`V=lwh`) and solve for width.

Answer 2

The numerical answer you want is 6

Explanation:

V = L * W * H

H = 12

L = 2

V = 144

w = ?

Solution

144 = 2 * 12 * w

144 = 24 * w

w = 144/12

w = 6