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Dimensions 6 Inches, 4 Inches and 3 Inches and It Has An Inside Volume of 30 Cubic Inches. Find X

The document describes solving for the thickness (x) of a closed rectangular box given its outer dimensions of 6x4x3 inches and inner volume of 30 cubic inches. It is determined that if the box has uniform thickness x, the inner dimensions are the outer dimensions minus 2x. Setting up and solving the resulting cubic equation yields that x = 1/2 inch.

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Dimensions 6 Inches, 4 Inches and 3 Inches and It Has An Inside Volume of 30 Cubic Inches. Find X

The document describes solving for the thickness (x) of a closed rectangular box given its outer dimensions of 6x4x3 inches and inner volume of 30 cubic inches. It is determined that if the box has uniform thickness x, the inner dimensions are the outer dimensions minus 2x. Setting up and solving the resulting cubic equation yields that x = 1/2 inch.

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Question 708735: A closed rectangular box is of uniform thickness x inches.

The box has outer


dimensions 6 inches, 4 inches and 3 inches and it has an inside volume of 30 cubic inches. Find
x.

Volume (V)=Length(L)*Width(W)*Height(H) or V=LWH


If the box has a uniform thickness of x inches, then the inside
dimensions are:
L=(6-2x), W=(4-2x), H=(3-2x)
Soooo
(6-2x)(4-2x)(3-2x)=30 when we simplify this, we get:
8x^3-52x^2+108x-42=0
This is a cubic equation and there are several methods for solving
cubic equations and most all are quite involved. There are also cubic
equation calculators that allow you to plug in the coefficients and
they will calculate the answers.
But there's another way to solve this problem:
Assume x=1 inch
V=4*2*1=9 cu in----inside volume is far too small
Assume x=1/4 inch
V=(5.5)*(3.5)*(2.5)=48.125 inside volume is much too large
Assume x=3/4 inch
V=(4.5)*(3.5)*(1.5)=23.625 inside volume is too small
Assume x=1/2 inch
V=5*3*2=30 ---BINGO!!!!!
Hope this helps---ptaylor

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An aquarium with a mass of 2.5 kg measures 60 cm long, 25 cm


wide and 30 cm high. If it is filled with water, find the mass of the
aquarium and the water?
v = 60 * 25 * 30 = 45000 cu.cm
45000 cu.cm / (100*100*100) = 0.045 cu.meter
0.045 cu.meter * 1000 liter/cu.meter = 45 liter
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water density = 0.9982071 kilogram/liter


--water mass = 45 liter * 0.9982071 kilogram/liter = 44.919 kg
--Answer:
total mass of aquarium and water:
2.5 + 44.919 = 47.419 kg
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