Question

Sam is stacking cans of vegetables at the store his shelf is 10 in tall and 10in wide and the cans are 4 in tall and each has a volume of 50.24in how many cans will fit on the shelf?

Answer 1

Answer:

7 cans

Step-by-step explanation:

-The number of cans that can be fitted is obtained by dividing the volume of the shelf by the volume of an individual can.

-Volume of the shelf is calculated as below:

$V_{shelf}=lwh\\\\=10\times10\times4\\\\=400\ in^3$

#We then divide by the volume of a can:

$No \ of \ cans=\frac{V_{shelf}}{V_{can}}\\\\=\frac{400}{50.24}\\\\=7.96\approx 7\ cans$

We round down since the 8th can cannot properly fit.

Hence, only 7 cans will fit in the shelf