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The shape of two different cartons of ice cream are similar. The height of the vanilla ice cream carton is 6 inches. The height of the chocolate ice cream carton is 8 inches. The chocolate ice cream carton holds 64 fluid ounces.



Two cylinder ice cream cartons. The smaller carton is labeled Vanilla Ice Cream. The larger carton is labeled Chocolate Ice Cream.

Question
How many fluid ounces does the vanilla ice cream carton hold?

Answer options with 5 options
A.
27 fluid ounces

B.
36 fluid ounces

C.
48 fluid ounces

D.
56 fluid ounces

E.
62 fluid ounces

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Similar solids scale by the cube of the linear scale factor. The linear scale factor is 6/8 = 3/4, so the volume scale factor is (3/4)^3 = 27/64.
Vanilla volume = 64 × 27/64 = 27 fluid ounces.

Answer: A. 27 fluid ounces