A roll of wrapping paper measures 25 in. × 405 in. The boxes being wrapped are 16 in. × 14 in. × 6 in. How many complete boxes can be wrapped with one roll of wrapping paper?
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To wrap one box, we need the following amount of wrapping paper:
The length for one box is 16 in., so we will need 16 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
The width for one box is 14 in., so we will need 14 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
The height for one box is 6 in., so we will need 6 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
Adding up the three measurements, we get $16\text{ in.}+14\text{ in.}+6\text{ in.}=36\text{ in.}$
Therefore, we can wrap one box with three feet of wrapping paper.
A roll of wrapping paper measures 405 in., and we can wrap one box with 36 in. of wrapping paper.
Therefore, we can wrap $\tfrac{405\text{ in.}}{36\text{ in.}}=\boxed{11}$ complete boxes with one roll of wrapping paper.
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The answer is that one roll of wrapping paper can wrap 11 complete boxes.
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Apologies for the mistake in my previous response. Let's calculate the correct answer.
The length of the wrapping paper roll is 405 in. To wrap one box, we need to cover its length, which is 16 in. So, the wrapping paper used for one box's length is 16 in.
The width of the wrapping paper roll is 25 in. To wrap one box, we need to cover its width, which is 14 in. So, the wrapping paper used for one box's width is 14 in.
The total wrapping paper used for one box's length and width is 16 in + 14 in = 30 in.
Since the wrapping paper roll is 405 in, we can wrap 405 in / 30 in = 13.5 boxes.
However, we can only wrap complete boxes, so we have to round down the number of wrapped boxes to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, one roll of wrapping paper can wrap a total of 13 complete boxes.
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Apologies for the confusion caused by my previous responses. You are correct, and I apologize for the incorrect information provided earlier.
Given that the wrapping paper roll measures 25 in. × 405 in., and the boxes are 16 in. × 14 in. × 6 in., we need to determine how many complete boxes can be wrapped with one roll of wrapping paper.
To wrap one box, we need to cover its length, width, and height:
Length: Each box has a length of 16 in., so we would need 16 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
Width: Each box has a width of 14 in., so we would need 14 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
Height: Each box has a height of 6 in., so we would need 6 in. of wrapping paper to cover it.
Adding up the measurements, we find that we need 16 in. + 14 in. + 6 in. = 36 in. of wrapping paper to wrap one box.
Given that the wrapping paper roll measures 405 in., we can calculate the number of complete boxes that could be wrapped:
Number of complete boxes = 405 in. / 36 in. = 11.25 boxes.
Since we cannot have a fraction of a box, we round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, one roll of wrapping paper can wrap 11 complete boxes.
Apologies for the incorrect information provided earlier, and thank you for pointing it out.
Apologies for the continued confusion. Let's recalculate the answer correctly.
The length of the wrapping paper roll is 405 in. and the amount needed to wrap one box in length is 16 in.
So, the number of complete lengths that can be cut from the roll is 405 in / 16 in = 25.3125.
Since we can only have complete lengths, we will round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, we can cut 25 complete lengths from the roll.
The width of the wrapping paper roll is 25 in. and the amount needed to wrap one box in width is 14 in.
So, the number of complete widths that can be cut from the roll is 25 in / 14 in = 1.7857.
Again, we can only have complete widths, so we will round down to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, we can cut 1 complete width from the roll.
To wrap a box, we need one length and one width of wrapping paper.
Therefore, we can wrap a total of 25 complete lengths * 1 complete width = 25 boxes with one roll of wrapping paper.
The answer is that one roll of wrapping paper can wrap 25 complete boxes.