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What is the formula used to determine the volume of a prism?

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It varies between different ones. But generally, the basic formula for a rectangular prism is just length * width * height.

However, if you change it into something like a triangular prism, would just length * height * width all divided by 2.

Other prisms would have different formulas as well.
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area of the base times the height
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