SOLUTION: If Casey removes a cube with the side length of 4 cm from each corner of the solid( rectangular prism). What will be the volume of the solid. L=20, w=16,h=19

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Question 764143: If Casey removes a cube with the side length of 4 cm from each corner of the solid( rectangular prism). What will be the volume of the solid. L=20, w=16,h=19
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You could go to a good deal of trouble calculating the volume of this odd shape formed by taking the cubes out of the corners, but a much easier method would be to calculate the volume of the original rectangular prism, and then subtract 8 times the volume of one of the 4 X 4 X 4 cubes.

John

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