Question

Travertine at the Getty. After the large slabs of travertine were mined in Italy, they were cut into smaller blocks that were used to construct the Getty Museum. According to the website www.getty.edu, on the average each block at the Getty Center is 76 × 76 centimeters and weighs 115 kilograms, with a typical thickness of 8 centimeters. Find the volume of an average block of travertine.

Answer 1

To compute the average volume we multiply the dimensions of an average block:

Answer: The volume of the average block is 46208 cubic centimeters.