Problema Solution
Milky Way candy bar is approximately 1 inch wide, ¾ inch high and 5 inches long.
a. Estimate how many Milky Way candy bars will fill a room that is 12 yards long by 11 yards
wide and is 9 feet high.
b. Determine, using mathematical formulas, how many Milky Way candy bars will fill this room
Answer provided by our tutors
The volume per candy bar is:
V1 = 1*(3/4)*5
V1 = 15/4 in^3
The volume of the room is:
V2 = (12*36)*(11*36)*(9*12) (since 1 yd = 3 ft = 3*12 in = 36 in)
V2 = 18,475,776 in^3
The number of candy bars is:
V2/V1 = 18475776/(15/4) = 69,284,160 candy bars will fill the room