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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Length Of An Edge Of A Polyhedron
If we have a regular (the triangles are equilateral) triangular prism of volume and the side length of the triangle on either face is
, what is the length of the prism? Write your answer in terms of a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Not enough information to decide.
The volume of a triangular prism can be simply stated as V = A*L, where A is the area of the triangular face and L is the length. We have the volume already and we need to figure out the area of the triangle from the side length.
The area of a triangle is b*h/2, and we are given the base/side length: 3 in. We also have a formula for the height of an equilateral triangle, . Calculating the area of the triangle we get 2.5981 in^2, so now we just have to plug our numbers into the volume formula.
And that is the final answer.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
Roberto has a swimming pool that is in the shape of a rectangular prism. His swimming pool is meters wide,
meters long, and
meters deep. He needs to fill up the pool for summer, and his hose fills at a rate of
cubic meters per hour. How many hours will it take for Roberto to fill up the swimming pool?
First, find the volume of the pool. For a rectangular prism, the formula for the volume is the following:
For the swimming pool,
cubic meters
Now, because the hose only fills up cubic meters per hour, divide the total volume by
to find how long it will take for the pool to fill.
It will take the pool hours to fill by hose.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
Matt baked a rectangular cake for his mom's birthday. The cake was inches long,
inches wide, and
inches high. If he cuts the cake into pieces that are
inches long,
inches wide, and
inches high, how many pieces of cake can he cut?
First, find the volume of the cake. For a rectangular prism,
Next, find the volume of each individual slice.
Now, divide the volume of the entire cake by the volume of the slice to get how many pieces of cake Matt can cut.
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
A cube has a surface area of . What is its volume?
First, find the side lengths of the cube.
Recall that the surface area of the cube is given by the following equation:
, where
is the length of a side.
Plugging in the surface area given by the equation, we can then find the side length of the cube.
Now, recall that the volume of a cube is given by the following equation:
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
The volume of the right triangular prism is . Find the value of
.
The volume of a right triangular prism is given by the following equation:
Now, for the given question, the height is .
Since the area of the base is a right triangle, we can plug in the given values to find .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
The tent shown below is in the shape of a triangular prism. What is the volume of this tent in cubic feet?
The volume of a right triangular prism is given by the following equation:
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
The height of a box is twice its width and half its length. If the volume of the box is , what is the length of the box?
For a rectangular prism, the formula for the volume is the following:
Now, we know that the height is twice its width. We can rewrite that as:
We also know that the height is half its length. That can be written as:
Now, we can plug in the values of the length, width, and height in terms of height to find the height.
The question wants to find the length of the box. Plug in the value of the height in the earlier equation we wrote earlier to represent the relatioinship between the height and the length.
Example Question #7 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
In cubic inches, find the volume of a tetrahedron that has a surface area of .
First, we will need to find the length of a side of the tetrahedron.
We can use the surface area to find the lengh of a side. Recall that the formula to find the surface of a tetrahedron:
, where
is the side length.
Now, recall the formula to find the volume of a tetrahedron:
Example Question #8 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
Susan bought a chocolate bar that came in a container shaped like a triangular prism shown below. If the container is completely filled with chocolate, in cubic inches, what volume of chocoate did Susan buy?
The volume of a right triangular prism is given by the following equation:
Example Question #9 : How To Find The Volume Of A Polyhedron
Troy's company manufactures dice that are shaped like cubes and have side lengths of . If the plastic needed to make the dice costs
per cubic centimeter, how much does it cost Troy to make one die?
First, find the volume of the die. For a cube, the volume has the following formula:
Because it costs for each cubic centimeter, you will need to multiply this number by
to get the cost of each die.
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