Question

A pile of 15 boxes is 3 metres high. What is the depth of each box?

Answer 1

Answer:

15 boxes=3m=300cm

1 box=300cm÷15

=20cm

Answer 2

Answer:

Each box is 1/5 metres or 0.2 metres deep.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 15 boxes, total height is 3 meters

Depth of each box:

$15 \: boxes = 3 \: meters \\ 1 \: box = \{ \frac{(1 \times 3)}{15} \} \: meters \\ \\ = \frac{3}{15} \: m \\ \\ { \boxed{ \boxed{= \frac{1}{5} \: metres}}} \: \: or \: \: { \boxed{ \boxed{ = 0.2 \: m}}}$