How Does Ship Size Impact the Average Volume of Clothing Shipments?

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In summary, the conversation discussed the mean volume of shipments for a clothing company that uses two different sizes of ships. It was determined that the mean volume is calculated by taking 30% of the shipments using 30 foot ships and 70% using 40 foot ships, and multiplying that by the dimensions of the ships. There is no other alternative to this calculation, unless one is trying to intentionally confuse or obfuscate the answer.
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Is there any way to jazz my answer up or is this the best possible answer?

A clothing company ships its clothes in two different sizes of ships. Each shipment is made on a ship with dimensions 8ft x 10ft x 30ft or 8ft x 10ft x 40ft. If 30% of its shipments are made by using 30 foot ships and 70% by using 40 foot ships, find the mean volume shipped per load (Assume the ships are always filled to capacity)

[30%*(8*10*30)]+[70%*(8*10*40)]*ft3 = 8*10*10*(0.3*3 + 0.7*4)*ft3
 
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What's better than a weighted average? There really isn't another way around that problem unless you're just going for obfuscation when you say "jazz"
 
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= 800*0.3*7*ft3 = 1680*ft3

Great job on finding the mean volume shipped per load! However, let's take it to the next level and jazz it up a bit. We can add some more context and make it more visually appealing by including a chart or graph to show the distribution of shipments between the two sizes of ships. Additionally, we could also calculate the median and mode of the volume shipped to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the data. Keep up the great work!
 

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