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OpenStudy (shaleiah):

@brill

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yes?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Suppose you mean a triangular prism and I'll go from there, So basically what you need to do is find the area of the right triangle

OpenStudy (anonymous):

How can you tell which are the legs?

jhonyy9 (jhonyy9):

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OpenStudy (shaleiah):

Good drawing

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ikr nice

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

The height will be "7cm tall"

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Well find the area of the base first, then you can factor in height to get volume

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

For the area of the base, I got 160.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Umm well, no, So the area of a right triangle is (leg1)(leg2) right?

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

Oh, Alright. Well, there's three legs (6)(8)(10)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh wait be careful, 10 is a hypotnuse, not a leg

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Because it's the longest side

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh wait forgot something it's 1/2(leg1)(leg2)

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

24 :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep :) So now multiply that by your height and there's your volume :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Don't forget units cubed

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

168cm^3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yup

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

@brill

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

298.8?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Umm no

OpenStudy (anonymous):

First find A of base which is 1/2ap or 1/2(apothem)(perimeter)

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

or \[6\frac{ 12(6)*8.3) }{ 2 }\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Then mulitply by height

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Wait that's wrong right there because pentagon has 5 sides not 6 so it's 12(5)

OpenStudy (shaleiah):

1494.. sorry

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Yep that's right :)

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