Question

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

A triangular prism is shown with base of triangle labeled 24 cm, sides of the triangle labeled 15 cm, and length of the box equal to 30 cm.

Part A: What is the height of the box? Show your work. (5 points)

Part B: What is the approximate amount of cardboard used to make this candy box? Explain how you got your answer. (5 points)

Answer 1

Please help me and explain the answer

Answer 2

@Michele_Laino

Answer 3

lol your doing this on android ?

Answer 4

Lol yea lololl

Answer 5

@Michele_Laino. Can you explain the answer

Answer 6

VOLUME = 1/2 base x height x length

Answer 7

the area of the base of your prism, is the area of a triangle whose base and height are 24cm and 15 cm respectively.
SO the area of the base of your prism is:
A=(24*15)/2=...cm^2

Answer 8

So*

Answer 9

Thats the answer for a and b ?

Answer 10

it is the first step for part A

Answer 11

Whats B?

Answer 12

Ok whats the next step for part A

Answer 13

what is the base area? please continue my computation

Answer 14

Ok so wait is is 180^2cm ?? Right

Answer 15

ok!

Answer 16

now we can write:
volume = base area x height of prism
so, we get:
\[3240 = 180 \times H\]
what is H?

Answer 17

24cm

Answer 18

are you sure?
24*180=4320

Answer 19

15cm?

Answer 20

what is:
3240/180=...?

Answer 21

180 @Michele_Laino

Answer 22

@I ment its 18

Answer 23

ok! So the height of your prism is H=18 cm

Answer 24

Ok so i have to do 180x18?