An artist wants to make alabaster pyramids using a block of alabaster with a volume of 576 cubic inches. She plans to make each
pyramid with a square base area of 3 square inches and a height of 4 inches. At most, how many pyramids can the artist make from the block of alabaster?
An area ofun 3 square inches for the base is multiplied by the height 4 to equal 12. Then it is multiplied by 1/3 to equal 4 inches cubed. Take 576/4=144 square pyramids
Pyramid volume=base area times height times 1/3 or length times widht times height times 1/3 base area=3 3 times height iems 1/3 height=4 3 times 3 times 1/3=4 times 1/3 times 3=4 times 1 each pyramide=4 in volume so x pyramids =alabaster volume divide by pyramids x=alabaster/pyrimds alabaster=576 pyramids=4 divide 576/4=144 the artis can make 144 pyramids
