Many famous Egyptian pyramids are rectangular pyramids. The formulas for the volume of a rectangular pyramid is V = 1/3 lwh. Solve this formula for w, the width of the pyramid

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Many famous Egyptian pyramids are rectangular pyramids.  The formulas for the volume of a rectangular pyramid is V = 1/3 lwh.  Solve this formula for w, the width of the pyramid

anonymous · Answer

Well, all we have to do is solve for w, using standard algebra.  We just need to divide and multiply until we isolate the w on one side of the equation.

V = (1/3) l w h

Divide both sides of the equation by the other factors on the right hand side of the equation until you get something that looks like...

 ... ... ... ... = w

anonymous · Answer

So, if I were to divide both sides by h.  We would get

V / h = (1/3) l w