Question

The house shown is a composite of more than one shape. Which of these methods would you use to find the volume of the house?

Answer 1

Calculate the volume of the rectangular prism than calculate the volume of the triangular prism

Answer 2

Answer:

The method that can be used to find the volume of the house is:

 Add the volume of a rectangular prism to the volume of the triangular prism.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the volume of the house we need to find the volume of the bottom part of the house which in the shape of a rectangular prism or cuboid  and volume of the top of the house which is in the shape of a triangular prism.

        Hence, the total volume of the house is:

  Volume of rectangular prism+Volume of triangular prism.