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 tal
l. 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?
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
