Question

Jay has made a foam ramp for his pet dog, as shown below.

a prism is drawn. The base of the prism is a rectangle with length 5 feet and width 1.5 feet and height of the prism is 2 feet.

What is the volume of foam, in cubic feet, required to make the ramp?

15

7.5

31

2.8

Answer 1

do you know how to find the volume if it was a cube?

Answer 2

i dont remember

Answer 3

it is length x width x height

Answer 4

oh yea yea yea. i remember

Answer 5

from just a visual perspective, I would think the 'triangle' prism would have half the volume of the full 'rectangular' prism. don't you think?

Answer 6

so it wud be 7.5

Answer 7

that's what I would think. nice job.

Answer 8

thanks