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Question 954546: i am stuck on an assessment question and no one has helped me. "the volume of a triangular prism is 540cm cubed. what might its dimensions be?"
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of a triangular prism:

V+=+%28b%2Ah%2Ad%29%2F6

b and h are the base and height of the triangle
d is the depth of the overall prism


V+=+%28b%2Ah%2Ad%29%2F6

540+=+%28b%2Ah%2Ad%29%2F6

540%2A6+=+b%2Ah%2Ad

3240+=+b%2Ah%2Ad

So you can pick any 3 positive numbers you want for b,h,d as long as they multiply to 3240.

Example:
b = 2, h = 4, d = 405
b*h*d = 2*4*405 = 3240

There are infinitely many ways to do this.
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