Question

The world largest ice cream cake, built in new york city on may 25, 2004, was approximately a 19 ft.long by 9 ft. wide by 2 ft.high rectangular prism if each cubic feet of volume weighed 35.3 pounds, how much did the cake weigh ?

Answer 1

here we know that cake is in shape of rectangular prism .the formula for for volume of rectangular prism.

$V=w*l*h=9*19*2=342cubic ft inches$

we know that 1 cubic ft inches =35.3 pounds

so 342 cubic inches =$342*35.3=12072.6 pounds$