Question

John is digging a rectangular hole. The area of the rectangle is 8 square feet. John digs 4 feet down into the ground. What is the volume of John's hole in cubic feet?

Answer 1

32 cubic feet

Explanation:

The volume of a rectangular prism is given by;

Length*width*Height

or, Area*height

Height = 4 feet

Area= 8 square feet

Conversion to Cubic feet is given by;

(cubic feet) = (square feet) × (height in feet)

Therefore,

Cubic feet = 8 square feet*4 feet

= 32 cubic feet.

Answer 2

32 cubic feet

Explanation:

To know the volume of a figure we have to calculate the area of its "base" and then multiply it by its height.

In this case we have a rectangular hole that has an area of 8 square feet.

As we said before:

Volume = Area x height.

If we substitute the value of the area of the rectangle and the height (or depth in this case) we would get:

Volume = 8 x 4 = 32 cubic feet.

Thus, the volume of John's hole is 32 cubic feet.