How do I solve problem if it's inches? The case of water is 10.2in.tall, 15.1 in.long, 8.3 in . wide. Truck trailer is 45 ft.long, 8.5 ft.wide and 9 ft.tall. how many bottles of water can be transported and how much extra space is there?
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I tried to submit my answer but something went wrong. The answer I worked out was the number of cases that could be accommodated in the trailer is 4,550.
Dimensions of trailer in inches: 45' long=540in; 8.5' wide=102in; 9' tall=108in.
Volume=5,948,640 cu in.
Volume of case=1,278.366 cu in. Theoretical max no. of cases=4,653.
Packing arrangements: 10*10.2=102in=width of trailer.
7*15.1=105.7in. Height of trailer=108in.
65*8.3=539.5in. Length of trailer=540in.
Best fit of cases is 10*7*65=4,550.
Total volume of cases=4550*1278.366=5,816,565.3 cu in.
Unused space=5948640-5816565.3=132,074.7 cu in=76.43 cu ft approx. (1,728 cu in=1 cu ft)
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