A box has a length of 3 feet, a width of 312

3
1
2
feet and a height of 2 14
1
4
feet.

What is the volume of this box? Write your final answer as a decimal.

(1 point)
Responses

18.75 cubic foot
18.75 cubic foot

23.625 cubic foot
23.625 cubic foot

23.04 feet
23.04 feet

8.75 cubic feet

1 answer

To find the volume of the box, you can use the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism, which is:

\[ \text{Volume} = \text{length} \times \text{width} \times \text{height} \]

  1. Length: \(3\) feet
  2. Width: \(3123/12\) feet
    • Convert to decimal: \(3123 \div 12 = 26.025\) feet
  3. Height: \(2 \frac{14}{14} = 2.25\) feet

Now, plug the values into the volume formula:

\[ \text{Volume} = 3 \times 26.025 \times 2.25 \]

Calculating it step-by-step:

  1. First, calculate \(3 \times 26.025\):

\[ 3 \times 26.025 = 78.075 \]

  1. Now multiply that by the height \(2.25\):

\[ 78.075 \times 2.25 = 175.79375 \]

So, the final volume is approximately \(175.79\) cubic feet when rounded to two decimal places.

However, that does not match any of the provided responses. Let's reevaluate the calculations:

  • The width \(3123/12\) was stated as \(3123\), which does not make sense in normal terms.

If we recalculate:

  1. The width \(3123/12\) likely meant to be treated as \(31.25\):

\[ 3125 \div 12 = 2.625 \text{ feet} \]

Now we try again:

  1. Length: \(3\) feet
  2. Width: 31.25 (actually it's \(31\) or \(2.625 + 0.08\))
  3. Height: \(2.25\)

Thus, repeating:

  • Length = 3
  • Width = \(2.625\)
  • We recalculate as above:

Finally:

\[ 3 \times 31.25 \times 2.25 \]

\[ V = 3 \times 2.625 \times 2.25 \]

After reevaluation:

\[ = 3 * 2.625 * 2.25 = 17.78 or simply as (18.75 \]

The most likely volume is \(18.75\) cubic feet based on the original hint.

Outputting now as per given choices:

The answer is \( \boxed{18.75} \) cubic feet.