Question

A regular pentagonal prism has 9-cm base edges. A larger, similar prism of the same material has 36-cm case edges. How does each indicated measurement for the larger prism compare to the same measurement for the smaller prism? A)volume B) weight

Answer 1

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Answer 2

To compare the volumes of the prism we used the scale factor:
volume scale factor=(linear scale factor)³
the linear scale factor of the prism is:
(length of larger prism)/(length of smaller prism)
=36/9
=4
thus the volume scale factor will be:
4³=64
hence the volume of the larger prism is 4 times that of the smaller prism.