SOLUTION: Find the volume of air in a greenhouse. The length of the building is 40 ft. long, the width is 20 ft. long, and it is 8 ft from the ground to the gable. The triangular prism on t
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Question 1070423: Find the volume of air in a greenhouse. The length of the building is 40 ft. long, the width is 20 ft. long, and it is 8 ft from the ground to the gable. The triangular prism on top, the height of the triangle is 7 ft.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of a rectangular prism is 
Volume of a triangular prism is 
Area of the triangular base is 
where 
The volume of the entire greenhouse is the sum of the two parts. You can do your own arithmetic.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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