Math Help Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. What is the new volume of a rectangular prism that is originally 192 cubic meters and is then resized using a scale factor of one-quarter on each side length?

3 cubic meters

8 cubic meters

12 cubic meters

48 cubic meters

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Math Help Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. What is the new volume of a rectangular prism that is originally 192 cubic meters and is then resized using a scale factor of one-quarter on each side length?

3 cubic meters

8 cubic meters

12 cubic meters

48 cubic meters

kirbykirby · Answer

When you re-scale a volume... the scale factor becomes cubed.

anonymous · Answer

ok so then how would you find the new volume?

kirbykirby · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

192/ 1/4 = 48

whpalmer4 · Answer

to be a little more precise, if you scale ALL of the dimensions of a volume, the scale factor is cubed.

whpalmer4 · Answer

@Martinmelissa no, you need to multiply by (1/4)^3 because 1/4 is applied to each dimension.  What you did was the same as if we kept the length and width the same, and scaled the height only by 1/4...

kirbykirby · Answer

^ true, it applies if all dimensions are scaled.

anonymous · Answer

what does ^ mean?

kirbykirby · Answer

oh just a way to refer to the previous post (like an "up" arrow)

anonymous · Answer

ok

whpalmer4 · Answer

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