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Find the volume of the L shaped composite prism, show clearly how you got your answers

Find the volume of the L shaped composite prism, show clearly how you got your answers-example-1
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Answer:

510 cm³

Explanation:

The overall height of the front face is 9+2 = 11 cm.

The overall width of the front face is 6+4 = 10 cm.

Out of that 11 cm by 10 cm rectangle, a cutout is made in the upper right corner. The area of that cutout (in the plane of the front face) is 2 cm high by 4 cm wide.

Then the area of the front face is ...

(11 cm)(10 cm) -(2 cm)(4 cm) = 110 cm² -8 cm² = 102 cm²

The volume of the prism can be found using the formula ...

V = Bh

where B is the area of the "base" of the prism, and h is its height. Here, the "base" is the front face, and the height is the dimension marked 5 cm. The volume is ...

V = (102 cm²)(5 cm) = 510 cm³

The volume of the prism is 510 cm³.

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