A box has a volume of 144 in3 and a height of 4 1/2 in. What is the base area of the box?

Box volume can be computed by getting the base area multiplied by the total height.

in formula for volume we have,

V = Base Area x H. Given the Volume of 144 cu in and H = 4.5 in. we can solve for Base Area (BA)

Volume (144 cu in) = BA x Height (4.5 in)

BA = 144 cu in/4.5 in

Base Area = 32 square inches