Ms. collins purchased a vase in a shape of a cube that has a volume of 11 cubic feet. she wants to put it on a shelf on her wall that is 2 feet below the ceiling. will the vase fit? explain.

We'll need to find the height of that vase. Note that volume of a cube is given by



where a is a side of the cube.

It says the volume of the vase in the shape of a cube is 11 cubic feet. So 
Then  feet
Given this height, the vase won't fit since the shelf is only 2 feet below the ceiling.