Homework Help: MATH

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:17pm.

Grady has designed a wooden storage cabinet for his CD's amd DVd's. The cabinet has wooden door that can be closed. It is in the shape of a rectangular prism.

a) calculate volume of rect. prism.

So I go l*w*h?

b? Grady has decided to keep the length and width of the cabinet the same but he wants to reduce the height by one quarter. Estimate volume.

I don't get how to do B.

MATH - Anonymous, Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:18pm
Oh sorry, forgot to provide all information. The width of the cabinet is 3ft. The length is 30 in. and the height is 6ft.
MATH - Christina, Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:20pm
Make the ft into ins. (12 in. in a foot) and muilitpy length *width *height.
MATH - Anonymous, Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:25pm
Alright thanks, but I jst don't get how to do Part b)
MATH - Christina, Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 8:28pm
One quarter is 1/4 or .25 so *
.25 * 6= ?
Then do the same thing you did for A and there you go (:

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