Question

What is the new volume of a rectangular prism that is originally one hundred twelve cubic meters and is then resized using a scale factor of one-half on each side length?

seven cubic meters

fourteen cubic meters

twenty-eight cubic meters

fifty-six cubic meters

Answer 1

Each dimension is being reduced by 1/2 so the volume will decrease by a factor of
.5 * .5 * .5 =.125
So the new volume will be .125 times smaller than the original.

.125 * 112 cubic meters =

14 cubic meters