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Find the missing value

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User Rkrzr
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well, the volume of that triangular prism will just be the area of the triangle times the length.

now, what's the area of that triangular face? well, let's say it has a base of "b" and a height of 3, whilst the prism has a length of 6, Check the picture below.


\stackrel{\textit{triangle's area}}{\cfrac{1}{2}(b)(3)}\stackrel{\textit{prism's length}}{(6)}~~ = ~~4(1)/(2)\implies 9b=\cfrac{9}{2}\implies b=\cfrac{9}{18}\implies b=\cfrac{1}{2}

Find the missing value-example-1
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