Question

Can someone tell me the formula of this shape so that i can solve it and would it be the ² or the ³ and last what number in this problem do i not use thank u

Answer 1

660 ft³

Explanation:

The way I'm thinking of it, we can think of it as a triangle and then extruding out from that triangle for the length.

First, the triangle:

area = base * width / 2 = 12 * 10 / 2 = 60 ft²

volume = the triangle for the length

the length is 11 feet,

so we extrude that triangle for 11 feet to get

60 ft² * 11 ft = 660 ft³

we multiply 10 ft by 12 ft by 11 ft. there are 3 instances of ft, so the corresponding exponent is therefore ³.

another way to think of the extrusion is like a rectangular prism, the formula for a rectangular prism's volume is length * width * height. we're extruding from the bottom rectangle for the whole of the height, so we multiply the area of the bottom triangle (length * width) by height.

this might be confusing so let me know if you have any questions!