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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?

The house shown is a composite of more than one shape. Which of these methods would-example-1
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Answer:

The method that can be used to find the volume of the house is:

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

Explanation:

In order to find the volume of the house we need to find the volume of the bottom part of the house which in the shape of a rectangular prism or cuboid and volume of the top of the house which is in the shape of a triangular prism.

Hence, the total volume of the house is:

Volume of rectangular prism+Volume of triangular prism.

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calculate the volume of the rectangular prism than calculate the volume of the triangular prism
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