Question

A shipping container is in the shape of a right rectangular prism with a length of 6.5 feet, a width of 9 feet, and a height of 14.5 feet. The container is completely filled with contents that weigh, on average, 0.58 pound per cubic foot. What is the weight of the contents in the container, to the nearest pound?

Answer 1

Answer:

$491.99Pounds$

Step-by-step explanation:

$Length=6.5\\\\Width = 9 feet\\\\Height =14.5 feet$

Volume of a rectangular prism:

                                               $=Length*Width*Height\\\\=6.5 * 9 * 14.5\\\\=848.25 feet^3$

Weight filled in the container per cubic foot is 0.58 pound

Weight in the container for 848.25 cubic feet =$0.58* 848.25=491.99$ Pounds