Canned sardines are packed in boxes that are 13 3/4 inches high.If the storage compartment of a delivery van is 7 feet high,what is the most number of boxes that can be stacked together in one vertical pile inside the compartment?
We just need to divide 7 feet by 13 3/4 inches.
Recall that there are 12 inches in 1 foot, so 7 feet is 7*12= 84 inches.
Now 13 3/4 = 55/4 inches. Then 84 / (55/4) = 84*4/55 = 336 / 55 = 6.11.
But, of course we cannot include 0.11 boxes of canned sardines. So our answer has to be a natural number (positive integer). This means our final answer is 6 boxes.
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