Question

To help vegetables stay fresh longer, Liam’s family maintains storage near their home. The total volume of the root cellar is 951 cubic feet (ft3). Use the fact that 1 foot is approximately equal to 0.3048 m to convert this volume to m3

Answer 1

To help vegetables stay fresh longer, Volume of storage of 951 cubic feet is equal to 26.929 $m^3$

Solution:

Given that to help vegetables stay fresh longer, Liam’s family maintains storage.

Total volume of root cellar that is storage is 951 cubic feet.

Also given that 1 foot = 0.3048 meters

need to find the volume of storage in cubic meter that is $m^3$

$\begin{array}{l}{\text { As } 1 \text { foot }=0.3048 \mathrm{m}} \\\\ {\Rightarrow 1 \text { foot } \times 1 \text { foot }=0.3048 \mathrm{m} \times 0.3048 \mathrm{m}} \\\\ {\Rightarrow 1 \text { foot } \times 1 \text { foot } \times 1 \text { foot }=0.3048 \mathrm{m} \times 0.3048 \mathrm{m} \times 0.3048 \mathrm{m}} \\\\ {=1 \mathrm{foot}^{3}=0.0283 \mathrm{m}^{3}} \\\\ {\Rightarrow 1 \text { cubic feet }=0.0283 \mathrm{m}^{3}}\end{array}$

$\text { So } 951 \text { cubic feet }=951 \times 0.0283 \mathrm{m}^{3}=26.929 \mathrm{m}^{3}$

Hence volume of storage of 951 cubic feet is equal to 26.929 $m^3$