A food company is designing boxes for several products. Each box is a rectangular prism. The company makes a single serving cereal box that contains 1.2 ounces of cereal. They plan to make an extra large box for school cafeterias. The extra large box will be a dilation of the single serving box using a scale factor of 4. How many ounces of cereal will the extra large box contain? Explain or show your reasoning.

A food company is designing boxes for several products. Each box is a rectangular prism. The company makes a single serving cereal box that contains 1.2 ounces of cereal. They plan to make an extra large box for school cafeterias. The extra large box will be a dilation of the single serving box using a scale factor of 4. How many ounces of cereal will the extra large box contain? Explain or show your reasoning.

Mathematics For Machine Technology

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337798310

Author:Peterson, John.

Publisher:Peterson, John.

Chapter62: Volumes Of Prisms And Cylinders

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 60A: Find the length of a piece of bar stock with a regular hexagon cross section with 0.875-inch sides....

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