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Hi....I am the mom of a 9th grader and I am having a difficult time helping her with her homework. I am trying to learn all this myself so I can be of assistance to her but it has been soooooo many years I cannot remember geometry at all. Not to mention math was never my strong suit. I`d appreciate your help with a couple of questions if you don`t mind. Thanks so much.
a) The volume of a pyramid is 4.7m3. The height is 1.5m. Find base area.
b) The volume of a prism is 450cm3. Its base area is 150cm2. Find the height.
Hi Sharon,
The volume of a pyramid is one-third of the product of the area and the height.
V=Ah/3
(4.7)=A(1.5)
A=...
The volume of a prism is the product of the base area and the height.
V=Ah
(450)=(150)h
h=...
Thanks for asking,
Azeem
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Azeem Hussain
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I can answer mostly any kind of question dealing with of Math 536 and below, my forte being in parabolic functions and analytical geometry.
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Drop-in tutor at Champlain College since 2010.
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