How many shipping containers can the cargo ship carry if the total volume is 374,970 cubic meters?

To determine how many shipping containers a cargo ship can carry based on the total volume of 374,970 cubic meters, we need to know the typical volume of a standard shipping container. The most commonly used shipping container is a twenty-foot container, which usually has a volume of approximately 33.2 cubic meters.

To find the number of containers that can fit into the cargo ship, we divide the total volume of the ship by the volume of one container:

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\text{Number of containers} = \frac{\text{Total volume}}{\text{Volume of one container}} = \frac{374,970 \text{ cubic meters}}{33.2 \text{ cubic meters/container}} \approx 11,285 \text{ containers}

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However, if we consider a twenty-foot container, which generally is about 2.4 times larger than a smaller container (often termed as 10-foot), the capacity reduces accordingly.

If we instead assume a different standard size for containers, such as a forty-foot container with a volume of about 67.5 cubic meters, we can do a slightly adjusted calculation. For example, dividing the total volume by 67.5 cubic meters yields approximately 5,560