Question

Angela makes a pillow in the shape of a wedge to use for watching TV. The pillow is filled with 121212 feet^3 3 start superscript, 3, end superscript of fluffy material. What is the length of the pillow?

Answer 1

Answer:

The question is incomplete, the complete question is Angela makes a pillow in the shape of a wedge to use for watching TV. The pillow is filled with 12 ft³ of fluffy material. The base is 3 ft, the height is 2 ft, what is the length of the pillow?

The length of the pillow is 4 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula of the volume of the wedge is $V=\frac{1}{2}bhl$ , where

• b is the base of it
• h is the height of it
• l is the length of it

∵ The pillow in the shape of a wedge

∵ The pillow is filled with 12 ft³ of fluffy material

∴ The volume of the wedge = 12 ft³

∵ The base = 3 feet

∵ The height = 2 feet

- Use the formula of the volume above to find its length

∵ $V=\frac{1}{2}(2)(3)l$

∴ V = 3 l

∵ V = 12 ft³

- Equate 3 l by 12

∴ 3 l = 12

- Divide both sides by 3

∴ l = 4 feet

∴ The length of the pillow is 4 feet