Question

Rich is building a travel crate for his dog, Thomas, a beagle-mix who is about 30 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 24 inches tall. For Thomas to travel safely, his crate needs to be a rectangular prism that is about 12 inches greater than his length and width, and 6 inches greater than his height. What is volume of the travel crate that Rich should build? What do you need to find to solve the problem?

Answer 1

First you would add the 12 to 30 to find the length of the crate and 12 to 12 to find the width of the crate. Then add 6 to the height of the dog. You need that information to find the volume of the crate. Then you would multiply those numbers of the crate. (30 + 12) (12 + 12) (24 + 6) = 30,240 in^3