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The length of the base of a rectangular pyramid is tripled, the width of the base remains the same, and the height of the pyramid is divided by 7. What volume formula reflects these changes?

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The volume of a rectangular pyramid can be found using the formula V = (1/3)*A*H where A is the area of the rectangle base, and H is the height of the pyramid

The length of the base is tripled and the width of the base remains the same. Then, the new area of the base is 3 times the old one.

The height of the pyramid is divided by 7. Then, the new height is the old one divided by 7.

Replacing this in the formula:

V = (1/3)*A*H

V' = (1/3)*(3*A)*(H/7)

V' = A*(H/7)

where V' is the volume of the new pyramid. Notice that, A and H refer to the original pyramid.

The relationship between these volumes are:

V/V' = [(1/3)*A*H]/[ A*(H/7)] = 7/3

(3/7)*V = V'

So, the volume of the new pyramid is 3/7 times the old one.

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Th volume that reflects these changes will be: 3/21 (L*W*H), hope that helps.
User Anton Danilov
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