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A warehouse worker is stacking identical shipping boxes. Each box is exactly $16$ inches tall. If the worker creates a single stack of $3$ boxes, what is the total height of the stack in feet?

Cevap: 4 feet

Cevap

4 feet

The total height of the stack in inches is found by multiplying

16

inches by

3

, yielding

48

inches. Because there are

12

inches in

1

foot, dividing

48

12

gives the correct measurement of

4

feet.

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Calculate the total height in inches.

16 \times 3 = 48

inches

To find the combined height of all 3 boxes before converting units.

Convert the total height from inches to feet.

48 \div 12 = 4

feet

The question asks for the final height in feet, and there are 12 inches in a foot.

Anahtar Kavram

Converting US customary linear measurements (inches to feet).

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