A company makes wax candles shaped like rectangular prisms. Each candle is 5cm long, 4cm wide, and 15cm tall. If the company used of wax, how many candles did they make?

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They made 17 candles out of the wax.

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If the company used 5110cm3 of wax, how many candles did they make?

What is Volume ?

Volume is the space occupied by a three dimensional object.

It is given that a candle is in the shape of a rectangular prism

The volume of the prism is given by Length * Breadth * Height

Volume of prism = 5 * 4 * 15 = 300 cu.cm

The total wax used by the company 5110 cu.cm

The total no. of candles is given by x

300 *x = 5110

x = 5110/300 = 17.03

Therefore they made 17 candles out of the wax.

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