Question

Two fish tanks are shown below, one in the shape of a right rectangular prism and one in the shape of a right pentagonal prism. (The base of the right pentagonal prism is a regular pentagon, where all five sides have the same length.)

a.
tank holds the most water. (right rectangular prism or right pentagonal prism)

It holds
in3 more water than the other tank. (use mixed number or decimal as your answer)

b. If both fish tanks have tops, the
tank has the larger surface area. (right rectangular prism or right pentagonal prism)

Answer 1

Answers:

a. The pentagonal prism tank holds 151.2 in^3 more than the rectangular prism tank

b. The rectangular prism tank would have a larger surface area, if it had a top.

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