Answer to Question #21846 in Geometry for Helen

Question

The toy company is determing the size of a box needed to ship 20 toys. each toy is in a cube-shaped package with a side length of 4 inches. What are the dimensions, in inches, of a box that will hold exactly 20 toy packages?

Answer 1

The only way to make 3-d block from 20 toys is to put them2 toys x 2 toys x 5 toys
From this we can find dimensions in inches
2*4 x 2*4 x 5*4
that is
8 inches x 8 inches x 20 inches