Question

The rectangular prism below has a base area of 38 units^2. and a height of 11.3 units. Find its volume.

Answer 1

Solution:

The volume of a rectangular prism is expressed as

$volume\text{ = base area }\times\text{ height}$

Given the rectangular prism below:

where

$\begin{gathered} base\text{ area = 38 units}^2 \\ height\text{ = 11.3 units} \end{gathered}$

The volume of the rectangular prism is evaluated as

$\begin{gathered} volume\text{ = base area }\times\text{ height} \\ =38\text{ units}^2\times11.3\text{ units} \\ \Rightarrow volume\text{ = 429.4 units}^3 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the volume of the rectangular prism is

$429.4\text{ units}^3$