Question

I don't even understand how to start...help?

A rectangular prism in 3-dimensional space has vertices with the following coordinates. What is the volume of the prism?

(16, -10, -14)
(16, 16, -14)
(16, 16, 8)
(-20, -10, -14)
(-20, -10, 8)
(16, -10, 8)
(-20, 16, -14)
(-20, 16, 8)

Answer 1

I think I know what you need to do

Answer 2

1) http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/vertices-faces-edges.html
so first thing vertices are referring to the corners of an object if you'd like, technically it's the corner that connects edges but whatever works for you

2) You are given all the vertices(corner points), so draw a rectangular prism by plotting each coordinate

3) figure out the volume of prism by the formula of prism, should be V=Area of base x Height

Answer 3

Thank you, but the problem is that I don't get the luxury of being able to plot these points during my exam..do you know of any other way?

Answer 4

look at this, it should be able to help you.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130423210436AAr0BOx