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A type of cracker, rectangular in shape, is stored in a vertical column with all of the crackers stacked directly on top of each other. Each cracker measures 2 inches in length by One and one-half inches in width. The volume of the column is 15 inches cubed. If there are 40 crackers in the column, what is the height of each individual cracker?

StartFraction 3 Over 40 EndFraction inch
One-eighth inch
One-fifth inch
Three-eighths inch

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Each cracker's base area = 2 × 1.5 = 3 in². Total height = volume / area = 15 / 3 = 5 in. Height per cracker = 5 / 40 = 1/8 in.

Answer: One-eighth inch.