The answer can be found by subtract the volume of the small box from the volume of big box.
Volume of the small box:
12*8*4= 384 inches cube
Volume of the big box:
20*15*9= 2700 inches cube
The space left:
2700 - 384 = 2316 inches cube
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
We can first solve for the face diagonal. That is 
. Notice this will form a right triangle with the vertical side. We get that the face diagonal = 
. Now, we can use Pythagorean theorem again to get the straw length:
where s = the straw length.
We can solve that s = 
We can solve this by multiplying those two numbers but we place them in improper fraction.
2 1/2 x 2 1/4
becomes
5/2 x 9/4
for fraction multiplication, just multiply numerator by numerator and denominator by denominator
5/2 x 9/4 = 45/8
we can simplify this into mixed fraction while numbers in whole numbers and remainder in numerator
5 5/8 is the answer
You know that you need two already to make one hexagon. So, if you multiply, or add two four times, 2+2+2+2, you would get eight.
