Your answer is the first option, “The cylinder had the greater volume”.
We can find the volume of the rectangular prism simply by doing 2 × 2 × 8, as the area of a square is just base × height, and then we multiply that by the depth of the prism. This makes 32 in³.
The volume of the cylinder can by found by finding the area of the circle and multiplying it by the height of the cylinder. The area of a circle is found by πr², which means we can do π × 1.5² × 8 to get the volume. This gives us 18π, or approximately 56.5 in³, which is much greater than the rectangular prism.
I hope this helps!
