A farmer stacked hay bales. The length and width of each hay bale are shown below. 1 1/3 ft 4 ft The volume of each hay bale is 10 2/3 cubic feet. The farmer stacked eight hay bales on top of one another. What is the height, in feet, of the stacked hay bales? Show your work.
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We are given the length and width of each hay bale, which are 1 1/3 feet and 4 feet, respectively. We are also given the volume of each hay bale, which is 10 2/3 cubic feet. The problem asks us to find the total height of eight such hay bales stacked on top of Show more…
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