when greenville state university decided to move its fine arts collection to a new library , it had to package the collection in 20 - inch by 20 - inch by 12 - inch boxes . if the university pays $ 0.50 for every box , and if the university needs 2.4 million cubic inches to package the collection , what is the minimum amount the university must spend on boxes ?
"the volume of each box is 20 * 20 * 12 = 4800 cubic inches . number of boxes = 2 , 400,000 / 4800 = 500 boxes total cost = 500 × $ 0.5 = $ 250 the answer is a ."
multiply(divide(multiply(2.4, multiply(const_1000, const_1000)), multiply(multiply(20, 20), 12)), 0.50)