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OpenStudy (shaleiah):
@brill
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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
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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?
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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 :)
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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
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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
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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 :)