An artist makes necklaces. She packs each necklace in a small jewelry box that is134inches by 214 inches by 34 inch. A departmen
t store ordered 270 necklaces. The artist plans to ship the necklaces to the department store using flat-rate shipping boxes from the post office. Which of the flat-rate boxes should she use to minimize her shipping cost?
Since she sells necklaces we can assume that the question is missing spaces and the actual dimensions are 1 3/4inch by 2 1/4 inch by 3/4 inch. This being the case she can use the Small flat rate box from the local post office for her necklaces. This is the smallest flat rate packaging available aside from envelopes, but since the artist needs a 3dimensional box the envelopes would not work. This small flat rate box has the following dimensions 8 11⁄16″ x 5 7⁄16″ x 1 3⁄4″ it also can hold up to 70lbs which far exceeds the weight of the necklaces.
