Question

Find the volume of the composite solid shown below, Round answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

First you’d start off by finding the volume of the rectangular prism on the bottom. The formula for this is lwh or (length*width*height) so you’d plug in the numbers and get 4*4*5 which multiplies out to be 80inches cubed. Next you’d have to find the volume of the pyramid by using the formula lwh/3 or ((length*width*height)/3) so it would be ((4*4*6)/3) and that equals 32inches cubed. Finally, you add the 2 volumes together so 80inches cubed+32inches cubed and get 112inches cubed. Hope this helps