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I am learning how to find the volume of prisms, and I am working on the triangular prism, and I have watched the video, only in the video it shows 3 sides to multiply. In the problem, it has 4!! HALP!!!!!!  (sides are B=12, H=16, L=4, ??=26) I will be BESTEST friends with the person with a good answer, THX!

 Oct 16, 2014

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The volume of a prism is length x width x height.

Does 'B' stand for the length of the base?

If so, the volume = 12 x 16 x 4  =  768.                    (if height = H = 16  and length = L = 4)

If 26 is the width, then the volume is 4 x 26 x 16  =  1664 

 Oct 16, 2014
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The volume of a prism is length x width x height.

Does 'B' stand for the length of the base?

If so, the volume = 12 x 16 x 4  =  768.                    (if height = H = 16  and length = L = 4)

If 26 is the width, then the volume is 4 x 26 x 16  =  1664 

geno3141 Oct 16, 2014

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