SOLUTION: The volume of a cube is 144 cubic meters. What is the volume of the square based pyramid with the same side length and height?

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Question 318260: The volume of a cube is 144 cubic meters. What is the volume of the square based pyramid with the same side length and height?
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Volume of a rectangular prism:



Where is the area of the base and is the height.

Volume of a pyramid:



Where is the area of the base and is the height.

So divide the volume of the cube by 3.

John