document.write( "Question 610711: What is the volume of a rectangular prism? The length is 5cm, the width is 345m and the height is 23km. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #384522 by radh(108) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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To solve a rectangular prism (or a cube), you'd use the formula $\"v=l%2Aw%2Ah\"$ . But in this case, we have dimensions that are not similar to each other. To make them similar, we'd have to choose a common measure. Let's convert everything to meters.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To convert 5cm to meters, you'd use this formula: $\"cm%2F100=m\"$ . In this case, it'd be 5/100=.05 meters.
\n" ); document.write( "To convert 23km to meters, you'd use this formula: $\"km%2A1000=m\"$ . In this case, it'd be 23*1000=23,000 meters.
\n" ); document.write( "345 meters is already in meters, so we don't have to convert that.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now, you'd plug those into the rectangular prism formula to get: .05*345*23000=396,750 meters in total. \n" ); document.write( "

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