A jewelry company is packaging earrings to be shipped. The earrings are placed inside a cube-shaped box with side lengths of 1⁄3 in. These smaller boxes are then packed into a shipping box with dimensions of 9 in. × 4 1⁄3 in. × 6 1⁄3 in. a) How many earrings can be packed into the larger box for shipping? b) What is the volume of the larger box

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A jewelry company is packaging earrings to be shipped. The earrings are placed inside a
cube-shaped box with side lengths of 1⁄3 in. These smaller boxes are then packed into a shipping
box with dimensions of 9 in. × 4 1⁄3 in. × 6 1⁄3 in.
a) How many earrings can be packed into the larger box for shipping?
b) What is the volume of the larger box

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