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The volume of a rectangular prismis 1800 cubic feet. Its length is 12feet and its width is 15 feet. Findthe height.

User Mike Sand
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The volume of a rectangular prism is given as:


V=lwh

Plugging the values we have and solving for h:


\begin{gathered} 1800=(12)(15)h \\ h=(1800)/((12)(15)) \\ h=(1800)/(180) \\ h=10 \end{gathered}

therefore the height of the prism is 10 ft.

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