SOLUTION: How would you change the dimensions of a prism to create a new prism with half the volume of the original?

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Question 1158035: How would you change the dimensions of a prism to create a new prism with half the volume of the original?

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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I presume that you mean you want to apply an identical factor to each of the dimensions of the prism.

The volume of the original prism is

Assume the reduction factor is represented by

Then we want:









You still need to rationalize the denominator to get a valid expression for


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it