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A rectangular prism has volume 5,760 cubic meters, length 8 meters, and width 36 meters. Find its height, in meters.

User Cesar Bielich
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The volume of a rectangular prism is given as:


V=lwh

where l is the length, w is the width and h is the height. Plugging the values given we have:


5760=8\cdot36\cdot h

Solving for h we have:


h=(5760)/(8\cdot36)=(5760)/(288)=20

Therefore the height is 20 meters.

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