A farmer makes hay bales that are 1m cubes. His trailer can haul 128 hay bales at once. He is going to buy a new machine that makes hay bales that are 2cm cubes. How many bales will fit on the trailer now? (Assume they all fit evenly)
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Do you mean that the new machine's bales are 2 cm cubes?
a 2m cube occupies 8 times the volume of a 1m cube. I assume the trailer is enclosed, so the volume makes a difference. So, what's 128/8?
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