a welder received an order to make a 1 million liter cube - shaped tank . if he has only 2 x 3 meter sheets of metal that can be cut , how many metal sheets will be required for this order ? ( 1 cubic meter = 1000 liters )
the question say : a welder received an order to make a 1 million liter cube - shaped tank . ( 1 cubic meter = 1,000 liters ) in other words , the tank is going to have a volume of 1000 cubic meters . that would equal 1 million liters . a cube with a volume of 1000 cubic meters must be ( 10 meters ) x ( 10 meters ) x ( 10 meters ) . the question does n ' t specify whether this tank should have a closed top or an open top . ( the real gmat is good about specifying things like that . ) here , we are going to assume a closed top , only because if the top is open , we do n ' t use enough metal - - - we get an answer smaller than any of the answer choices . a closed - top cube , a full cube , has 6 sides , each of which is ( 10 meters ) x ( 10 meters ) . that ' s a total surface area of 600 sq m . the question tells us : he has only 2 x 3 meter sheets of metal that can be cut . each sheet has an area of 6 sq m . how many of these need to fill up 600 sq m ? 600 / 6 = 100 . he needs 100 sheets . answer = e
divide(multiply(multiply(2, 3), const_100), multiply(2, 3))