Question

a shipping crate carrying e readers has a length of 19 1/3 feet, a width of 7/23 feet, and a height of 7 5/6 feet. Whaat is the volume of the shipping crate? Show your work.

i know V=lwh , but I'm getting the wrong answer! Please help.

Answer 1

Let's simplify this by changing those awkward fractions to decimals.

19 1/3 = 19.33333
7/23 = 0.3043
7 5/6 = 7.8333

V = 46.0843 cubic feet

Answer 2

it would be better if you showed your work -- as it is, we have no idea where you went wrong.


I assume 7/23 is a typo for 7 2/3, so

v = (19 1/3)(7 2/3)(7 5/6)
= (58/3)(23/3)(47/6)
= (58*23*47)/(3*3*6)
= 62698/54
= 31349/27
= 1161 2/27 ft^3
= 1161.074074...