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Using common sense, either the people are very very small or the dimensions of the box is wrong!

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Q: When inflated a rubber lifeboat takes the form of a rectangular box of dimensions 2 m x 1.5 m x 40 cm Without any load it floats how many 60 kg people can it carry before water flows into it?
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