Volume of Rectangular prisms

Question

a rectangular prism has a volume of 72 cubic centimeters. the base has the length of 3 and the height of 3. what's the height

Answer 1

You're asking for the height, but you have stated that the height is 3.

 

The volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying its length by its width by its height:

V=(L)(W)(H)

 

If you know any 3 of these values, then you can easily solve for the unknown.

 

For example, lets pretend that your rectangular prism with a volume of 72cm³ has a length of 3cm and a width of 3cm. We can plug these into the above equation and solve for the unknown height, H.

 

V=(L)(W)(H)

72=(3)(3)H

72=9H

H= 8cm