SOLUTION: Find the volume of a triangular prism with a base area of 485.3 cm2 and a height of 8.5 cm. Express your answer rounded to one decimal place.

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Question 1163580: Find the volume of a triangular prism with a base area of 485.3 cm2
and a height of 8.5 cm. Express your answer rounded to one decimal place.

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Alan3354:
Answer by ikleyn(52884) About Me  (Show Source):
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The volume of a prism  (of any right prism,  not necessary triangular prism)  is the product of the base area by the height.

So all you need is to multiply the two given numbers.


Happy calculations (!)

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    - Volume of prisms
    - Solved problems on volume of prisms
in this site.

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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember, prism is where convex are kept.