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the dimensions of a rectangular shipping crate are 2.5 ft, 2.5 ft, and 4 ft. if there was a similar shipping crate with a scale of 3, what would the volume of the new shipping crate be?

25 ft cubed
75 ft cubed
675 ft cubed

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Similar means linear scale factor 3, so volume scales by 3^3 = 27. Original volume = 2.5·2.5·4 = 25 ft^3, so new volume = 25·27 = 675 ft^3.