Question

FAN AND MEDAL
A candy bar box is in the shape of a triangular prism. The volume of the box is 3,240 cubic centimeters.

Answer 1

Part A: What is the height of the box? Show your work.

Part B: What is the approximate amount of cardboard used to make this candy box? Explain how you got your answer.

Answer 2

do you want to know how to do it?

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

well do you know the formula

Answer 5

volume of prism = length * area of triangular cross section
area of the triangle = (1/2)* height* length of base

Answer 6

so plug in the values given
height = 15 , base = 24 and length = 30