The Berliner Lecture Room (PSB 180) at Bryn Mawr College is
approximately 42.8 feet long by 26.3 feet wide by 11.6 feet tall.
What is the volume of this room?
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What was expected?
Should the result be a larger or smaller number relative to the
size of the given dimensions?
Is the result physically meaningful?
The volume of the room is calculated to be 1.31x104
feet3.
Since the Berliner room is a large, lecture room a large number is
expected.
The answer should be larger any of the individual dimensions.
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