Expert: Steve Holleran - 12/31/2007

Question
How do I figure out what size room I need to hold boxes that with their combined measurements have a total of 219.091435……… cubic feet?

Answer
Hi Andy,

Well, you've kind of left the question wide open, since you don't state whether there are any constraints on the dimensions of the room, but here's one way you could approach it:

Let's round the cubic footage up to 220.

Now, 220 = 22 * 10 = 2 * 11 * 2 * 5

so, using these factors, any grouping of them into three numbers would give you acceptable dimensions.  Examples:

L = 22 W = 2 H = 5

L = 10 W = 11 H = 2

L = 4 W = 11 H = 5  etc.

I'm not sure this is what you were looking for, but it's the closest I could figure.

Steve