A box of cereal is shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 20 centimeters long and 30 centimeters high. It's volume is 3600 cubic centimeters. Find the width of the box.

So basically I need the width using length height and volume.

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Will Burton

25 December, 10:52

A box of cereal is shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 20 centimeters long and 30 centimeters high. It's volume is 3600 cubic centimeters. Find the width of the box.

So basically I need the width using length height and volume.

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Liliana Terry · Answer 1

With a rectangular prism with a length of 20 cm, height of 30 cm, and volume of 3600 cm, first set up the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism.

V=bwh

Then, plug in your known numbers

3600=20*30*w

Simplify

3600=600w

Use inverse operations to solve for w

3600/600=6

The width is 6 cm

A box of cereal is shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 20 centimeters long and 30 centimeters high. It's volume is 3600 cubic centimeters. Find the width of the box.So basically I need the width using length height and volume.

A box of cereal is shaped like a rectangular prism. The box is 20 centimeters long and 30 centimeters high. It's volume is 3600 cubic centimeters. Find the width of the box.

So basically I need the width using length height and volume.