SOLUTION: what happens to the volume of a rectangular prism if the length and with are each doubled and the height is cut in half?

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Question 588806: what happens to the volume of a rectangular prism if the length and with are each doubled and the height is cut in half?
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The volume of a rectangular prism is given by:



twice the length: , twice the width: , half the height:

Volume of new prism:



Factor:



So the volume is twice the original volume.

John

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