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The triangular prism has a volume of 252 yd³. What is the height, h, of the prism? ​

The triangular prism has a volume of 252 yd³. What is the height, h, of the prism-example-1

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Answer:

The height of the prism is 9yd.

Explanation:

The volume of the prism is

Vol

= BaseArea×height

The area of the base is the area of the triangle.

Area_triangle

= 1/2 b•h

= 1/2•8•7

= 28

28 is the BaseArea of the prism.

Again the volume of the prism is:

Vol = BaseArea•h

This h is the height of the prism. That is what we are looking for.

Fill in what we know or calculated already.

252 = 28•h

Divide by 28

9 = h

The height of the prism is 9yd.

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