In the macy's thanksgivingday parade, 2000, there was a new float, the cheerios'bee, buzbee. the jar of honey it was holding contained 36,763L of helium. the honey jar was 1/10 of the body size. What is the volume of the entire float?

Question

In the macy's thanksgivingday parade, 2000, there was a new float, the cheerios'bee, buzbee. the jar of honey it was holding contained 36,763L of helium. the honey jar was 1/10 of the body size.  What is the volume of the entire float?

Steve · Answer

ignoring all the excess verbiage, you are told that 36763L was 1/10 of the volume of the body. So, the body was 367630L and the whole thing was 36763+367630 = 404393L