Question

What is the volume of a triangular prism with a height of 7 meters and a base that is an equilateral triangle with sides of 2 meters?

Answer 1

Remember that an equilateral triangle is one where the sides are all of equal length. What does that mean about the angles? How is the area for a triangular prism defined?

Answer 2

Im unsure.

Answer 3

The area of a triangle?

Answer 4

OH A=1/2 BxH

Answer 5

So then imagine you have 7 of those triangles (assumed thickness of 1) stacked on top of each other. What might that volume be?

Answer 6

1/2 2 x 7??

Answer 7

No..

Answer 8

1/2 6 x 7?

Answer 9

No. Im stumped.

Answer 10

Draw a diagram.