Question

What is the volume of the prism to the nearest whole unit?
23 in^3
297 in^3
318 in^3
159 in^3

Answer 1

volume = length * width * height

Answer 2

Do I multiply?

Answer 3

yes you do

Answer 4

I got 297 in^3.

Answer 5

so did I

Answer 6

:)

Answer 7

Great! Thank you so much. I wasn't sure weather to multiply or divide. Can you help with one more problem?

Answer 8

I can try

Answer 9

Okay. Here it comes.

Answer 10

What is the volume of the triangular prism to the nearest whole unit?
392 ft^3
588 ft^3
1,176 ft^3
2,352 ft^3

Answer 11

volume for a triangular prism = 1/2 base * height * length

Answer 12

The answer I got was 1,176 ft^3. But I think that's wrong.

Answer 13

you need to half the base.
so 7*4*21

Answer 14

588 ft^3! :)

Answer 15

that is what I got :)

Answer 16

Thank you! By the way, what do you mean by half the base?

Answer 17

How would I caculate to get the half base is what I'm trying to say.

Answer 18

the base would be the bottom of the triangle. In the diagram it is 14. you just half that.