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A certain company has records stored with a record storage [#permalink] New post   23 Dec 2009, 18:39
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A certain company has records stored with a record storage firm in 15-inch by 12-inch by 10-inch boxes. The boxes occupy 1.08 million cubic inches of space. If the company pays $0.25 per box per month for the record storage, what is the total amount that the company pays each month for record storage?

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b. 300
c. 600
d. 1,200
e. 2,400
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Re: Math Question Help [#permalink] New post   23 Dec 2009, 19:24
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volume of 1 box is 15*12*10 cubic inches

volume avaible=1.08*10^6 cubic inches

no. of box=1.08*10^6/(15*12*10)=600

cost for 1 box=.25
for 600 box=600*.25=150 A
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Re: Math Question Help [#permalink] New post   26 Nov 2012, 19:53
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Answer choices aren't really close to each other in value, so non-dramatic rounding wont hurt.

1800 cu in = 2000 cu in

1,080,000= 1,000,000 cu in

1000 / 2 = 500 * .25 = $125

only thing in ball park is $150.

Answer is A
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Re: A certain company has records stored with a record storage [#permalink] New post   05 Apr 2015, 18:41
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It isn't too hard to figure out how to do this, but the traditional method takes time:

(1) Do 15 x 12 x 10 to get 1800
(2) Divide 1,080,000 by 1800
(3) Multiply by .25

I don't think I can do the graphics here, but the numerator would be 1.08 x 10^6, which I could change to 108 x 10^4.

The denominator would be 15 x 12 x 10 x 4.

The 4 in the denominator takes care of multiplying by .25 at the end.

Then just reduce the way you usually reduce fractions, and it will be easy
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A certain company has records stored with a record storage [#permalink] New post   18 May 2015, 08:56
Volume Per Box: 15x12x10 = 1,800

Total Volume: 1,080,000

Number of Boxes: Total Volume / Volume Per Box = 1,080,000 / 1,800 = 600

Price Per Month: Number of Boxes * Price Per Box = 600 * 0.25 = 150

Answer: A
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