SOLUTION: A Square prism has base measurements of 20mm and a vertical height of 25mm. What is the volume?

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Question 1002258: A Square prism has base measurements of 20mm and a vertical height of 25mm. What is the volume?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
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Which way you mean the dimensions is not clear. The prism as not really described as square, but only one of the cross sections is square.

This may be dimensions of sizes x, x, and y.
The volume would be x%5E2%2Ay.

One way to view the description could be that y is the height and x is the base for a cross section area x%5E2=20%2A20=400%2Amm%5E2. In this view, volume is 20%5E2%2A25=400%2A25=10000%2Amm%5E3.