Question

A rectangular prism is truncated removing 20% of its height. The original height of the prism was 100 inches and it has a length of 5 inches and a width of 10 inches. What is the volume of the truncated prism?

Answer 1

Hi, do you know the volume of the prism before it was truncated?

Answer 2

im guessing its 1666.67

Answer 3

How did you get that? Show me your calculations. I'm pretty sure that whatever you calculate, it will be a whole number.

Answer 4

to find the volume, its V=1/3Bh soo V=1/3(!0x5)(100)=1/3x5000

Answer 5

V = 1/3Bh is the volume of a rectangular prism? Really?

Answer 6

Are you 100% sure about that?

Answer 7

whoops .-. no wonder lol sorry

Answer 8

V= 50000

Answer 9

That's the volume of the original prism before truncation, yes

Answer 10

Do you know what to do next

Answer 11

umm remove the 20%?

Answer 12

How exactly do you plan to go about doing that?

Answer 13

so the answer is 4000?

Answer 14

5000x.2=1000 5000-1000=4000

Answer 15

yes

Answer 16

thanks!