Question

Linda is filling the mold above with water and freezing it for an ice project. If a = 10 cm and b = 9 cm, what will be the volume of the frozen figure?

1,045 cu cm
1,450 cu cm
1,000 cu cm
1,900 cu cm
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@k_lynn

Answer 1

what's the volume of the cube on the bottom?

Answer 2

1,000

Answer 3

how about the triangular prism on top?

Answer 4

90?

Answer 5

no

Answer 6

I don't know

Answer 7

Wait is it 45?

Answer 8

how about the area of this triangle

Answer 9

That is 45

Answer 10

how did you get 45

Answer 11

yes it is 45

Answer 12

you take the area of this triangle and multiply it by the height of the prism

Answer 13

volume of prism = (area of base)*(height of prism)

Answer 14

I got 90 and then I remembered when I get the area you have to make it 1/2 of the number you got.

Answer 15

I gotcha

Answer 16

Is B the height?

Answer 17

the triangle face is the base

Answer 18

Oh so 45 times 1,000?

Answer 19

think of it like this

Answer 20

Ok