Answer:
A) Volume of prism: 4 * 8 * 9 = 288 cubic units
B) Area of shaded base: 4 * 8 = 32 squared units
Volume of prism: 32 * 9 = 288 cubic units
Step-by-step explanation:
The volume of a prism can be calculated by multiplying its length, width, and height. The length of the prism is 8, the width is 4, and the height is 9. Thus, we get 8*4*9 = 288 cubic units. (cubic units because we are dealing with volume)
The area of the shaded base can be found by multiplying its length by its width. The length is 8 and the width is 4. Thus, 4*8 = 32 squared units (squared because we are dealing with area)
The volume of the prism using the area of the shaded base can be calculated by multiplying the area of the shaded base by the height, this is because the area of the shaded base is already the length * width and thus we only need to multiply by the height which is 9. Therefore we get 32 (area of shaded region) * 9 (height) = 288 cubic units.
