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A tent is shaped like a triangular prism with the dimensions shown. If the volume of the tent is 12.6 cubic meters, what is the center height of the tent? The dimensions are 2.8m for the base and 4.5 for the height that connects the bases.

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Answer:

2 m

Explanation:

You want the height of the triangular base of a triangular prism that has a volume of 12.6 m³. The base of the triangle is 2.8 m, and the height of the prism is 4.5 m.

Volume

The volume formula for the triangular prism is ...

V = Bh . . . . the product of the triangle area and the base–base distance

12.6 = B·4.5

2.8 = B . . . . . . . area of the triangular base

Area

The area of the triangular base is given by ...

A = 1/2bh

The area is shown above to be 2.8 m², and the base of the triangle is given as 2.8 m, so we have ...

2.8 = 1/2(2.8)h

2 = h . . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 1.4, the coefficient of h

The center height of the tent is 2 meters.

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Additional comment

If you combine the formulas, you see that a triangular prism has half the volume of a rectangular prism with the same overall dimensions.

V = 1/2LWH

12.6 = 1/2(4.5)(2.8)h = 6.3h

2 = h . . . . meters

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