What Are the Dimensions of a Cereal Box with Given Proportions and Volume?

[anonymous12]

Homework Statement

The cereal box is a rectangular prism with a volume of 2500cm^2. The box is 4 times as wide as it is deep, and 5 cm taller tan it is wide. What are the dimensions of the box.

Homework Equations

v = l x w x d
l = w + 5

The Attempt at a Solution

My problem is that I don't understand the wordings of the part I made italics. Does that part mean that the width is 4 times the depth or the depth is 4 times the width?

 

[Mark44]

Homework Statement

The cereal box is a rectangular prism with a volume of 2500cm^2. The box is 4 times as wide as it is deep, and 5 cm taller tan it is wide. What are the dimensions of the box.

Homework Equations

v = l x w x d
l = w + 5

The Attempt at a Solution

My problem is that I don't understand the wordings of the part I made italics. Does that part mean that the width is 4 times the depth or the depth is 4 times the width?

The box is 4 times as wide as it is deep
Rephrasing this sentence slightly - The width of the box is 4 times as large as its depth.