A watch company is developing packaging for its new watch. The designer uses octagons with a base area of 30 in2 and rectangles with a length of 10 in to create a prototype for the new package. What is the volume of the prototype?

140 in3
200 in3
240 in3
300 in3

Question

A watch company is developing packaging for its new watch. The designer uses octagons with a base area of 30 in2 and rectangles with a length of 10 in to create a prototype for the new package. What is the volume of the prototype?

140 in3
 200 in3
 240 in3
 300 in3

Mercury · Answer

It's not explicitly stated in the problem, but I would presume the packaging is something like this?|dw:1618020373911:dw|

where the bases are octagons and the sides are rectangular?

in that case, the volume would simply be base*height as with any prism.