You have a rectangular prism on your hands. The formula for the volume of a rectangular prism is
(B/2) • l
Where B is the area of the base, and l is the length.
If you notice, you do NOT have the height of the triangle. However, you know that it is an equilateral triangle. So, you may split the triangle into two. Once you do, you can see that it is a right triangle. It’s hypotenuse is 3. If you know your triangles, you will realize that this is a 30 60 90 triangle. Therefore, the height will be 1.5 * sqrt(3)
So, to get B...
3 * 1.5sqrt(3) 4.5sqrt(3) (Divide by 2) 2.25sqrt(3) O (9sqrt(3))/4 Multiply by the length of the prism, 6
X+y=23 (x and y added equal the number of baskets made)
2x+3y=53 (since each basket is worth a certain amount of points, x and y must be multiplied by their amount of baskets and added together to get the total number of points)
