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What is the height of the triangular base? Show your work.

and What is the approximate amount of cardboard used to make the candy box?

What is the height of the triangular base? Show your work. and What is the approximate-example-1
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Answer:

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Explanation:

The volume of a triangular prism shaped box is 2,400 cubic centimeters.

Base of the triangle = 16cm

Sides of the triangle = 17cm

Length of the box = 20cm

Triangular prism

A triangular prism is a three-sided prism made of a triangular base and a corresponding side.

A. To find the height of the base = 3 x the volume divided by the base area = 15cm.

B. The approximate amount of card board used to make the candy box:

Using the lateral prism as the sides will be:

Lateral area = Perimeter of triangle X height of the prism

Lateral area = (16 + 17 + 17) X 20

Lateral area = 50 X 20

Lateral area = 1,000 cm2

Therefore, the answer is 1000cm2.

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