The volume of a rectangular prism is its length times width times height, or algebraically, 
. You may be used to computing volume with numbers, but remember, a variable is a stand-in for a number. So you can solve this in the same way. Substitute 
into the formula for volume. You get 
, and you multiply these factors together. As you would with ordinary fractions, multiply the numerators and denominators across. You get 
. It seems that the book wants you to simplify by bringing the 6 up to the denominator. Recall the rule 
, if n is non-negative. The opposite applies so that 
. For your final answer, you write 
. This corresponds to answer choice B.
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3 3/4 cups
Step-by-step explanation:
We need 3/4 cups of beans for 7 servings, and we need to figure out how many cups we need for <em>35 servings</em>. You'll notice that 7 times 5 is 35. We can multiply 3/4 by 5 to find the answer to our problem. This thought process looks somewhat like this:
Notice that we can multiply 5 by 3/4 to find the value of x.
So, 3/4 times 5 is equal to 15/4, or 3 3/4. So, you need 3 3/4 cups of beans for 35 servings.
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