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Explanation:

The volume is 296 cm^3 and the height of the box is 8 cm

The area of the top is 296/8 = 37 cm^2. I'm using the idea that

volume of box = (area of base)*(height)

The area of the top is 37 cm^2. Apply the square root to get sqrt(37) = 6.08276 cm which is the approximate length of each side along the top. This only works if the top is a square.

Multiply this by 4 to get 4*6.08276 = 24.33104

The perimeter along the top is roughly 24.33 cm

The next task we have to do is convert from inches to centimeters

Multiply by 2.54 to do this.

24 & 1/4 inches = 24 + 1/4 = 24 + 0.25 = 24.25 inches

24.25 * 2.54 = 61.595 cm

The measurement 24 & 1/4 inches converts to about 61.595 cm

This means Adam has about 61.595 cm of ribbon

To recap, we found these two facts:

Since the amount he has (61.595) exceeds the perimeter (24.33), this means he does have enough ribbon.

In fact, he has enough ribbon to do 2 boxes because 61.595/24.33 = 2.53 approximately and that rounds down to 2. We don't round to 3 even though we're closer to it.