Question

A pyramid is placed inside a prism as shown. The pyramid has the same base area, B, as the prism but half the height, h, of the prism. Which expression gives the volume of the pyramid?

Answer 1

keep in mind that \(\bf \textit{volume of a prism}={\color{brown}{ B}}h\qquad
\textit{volume of a pyramid}=\cfrac{1}{3}{\color{brown}{ B}}h
\\ \quad \\
{\color{brown}{ B}}\to \textit{area of the base}\)

"as shown" ? where?