Question

A candy bar box is in the shape of a triangular prism. The volume of the box is 2,400 cubic centimeters.

A triangular prism is shown with base of triangle labeled 16 cm, sides of triangles labeled 17 cm, and length of the box equal to 20 cm.

Part A: What is the height of the box?

Answer 1

Derive a formula for the volume of this prism. Note that the ends are isosceles triangles. It may be that you need only determine the height of one triangular end to answer this question.

Have you considered sketching this prism?

Answer 2

Please help

Answer 3

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