Question

Ms. McCormick keeps a rectangular recycling bin for used paper in her classroom. The area of the bottom of the bin is 400 square inches. Paper completely fills the bin to a height of 17 inches. What is the volume of paper in the recycling bin?

Answer 1

According to the dimensions given, the volume of paper in the recycling bin is of 6800 cubic inches.

What is the volume of a rectangular prism?

It is given by the multiplication of the base area by the height, that is:

$V = S_bh$

In this problem, we have that the measures in square inches and inches, respectively, are given by:

$S_b = 400, h = 17$

Hence:

$V = 400 \times 17 = 6800$

The volume of paper in the recycling bin is of 6800 cubic inches.

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