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The house shown is a composite of more than one shape. Which of these methods would you use to find the volume of the house?

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Answer:

find the area on one shape and the area of the other and add the shapes areas to get your answer

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Answer: Add the volume of a rectangular prism to the volume of a triangular prism.

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A. Find the volume of a pyramid.

Neither of the shapes shown are a pyramid and there should be two shapes added together.

B. Find the volume of a rectangular prism.

There should be two shapes being added together, however this is one of the shapes shown.

C. Add the volume of a rectangular prism to the volume of a triangular prism.

This is the answer because the bottom shape of the house is a rectangular prism since there are six faces all with four sides. The top shape is a triangular prism because two of the faces are triangles and the other three are rectangles. This shape would not be a pyramid because in order for it to be categorized that way it would need at least four triangular faces that connect at a point.

D. Add the volume of a rectangular prism and a pyramid.

The triangular prism is shown, however the shape used to represent the roof of the house would be classified as a rectangular prism.

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