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Question

What is the volume of a square prism measuring 6 km along each edge of the base and 2 km tall. 

Answer 1

The base is square, the length of the sides of the base are 6km, so the area of the base is (6km)×(6km) = 36 km².

The volume of any prism is the area of the base multiplied by the height of the prism above the plane of the base, which is (36 km²)×(2 km) = 72 km³.