Question

A candle is in the shape of a square prism. The candle is 16 meters high, and its volume is 960 cubic meters. Find the length of each side of the square base.

Answer 1

Answer:

The length of each side of the square base is $2\sqrt{15}\ m$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

The volume of a square prism is equal to

$V=b^{2}h$

where

B is the length side of the square base

h is the height of the prism

we have

$V=960\ m^{3}$

$h=16\ m$

substitute and solve for b

$960=b^{2}16$

$b^{2}=960/16$

$b=\sqrt{60}\ m$

Simplify

$b=2\sqrt{15}\ m$