Question

What is the height of a rectangular prism that has a volume of 280 cubic meters,a length of 8 meters, and a width of 7 meters? Show how you found your answer.

Answer 1

When looking at a rectangular prism, we know that Volume = length * width * height

If we are given that the volume of the prism is 280 cubic meters (m^3), the length is 8 meters, and the width is 7 meters, we can fill in our equation.

280 = 8 * 7 * height
280 = 56 * height

Because we are solving for the height, we divide both sides by 56

280/56 = height

height = 5 meters