Question

A museum gift shop sells popcorn in

containers shaped like the great Pyramid
at Giza. The expression 1/3 Bh represents
the volume of a pyramid in cubic inches,
where B represents the area of the base
of the pyramid in square inches and h
represents the height of the pyramid in
inches.
What is the volume of a pyramid container
if the area of its base is 100 square inches
and its height is 5 inches?

Answer 1

166.7 cubic inches

Explanation:

V = 1/3 x 100 x 5

V = 500/3

V = 166.7 cubic inches