Two rectangular prisms have the same volume. The area of the base of the blue prism is 4 1/8 square units. The area of the base of the red prism is one-half that of the blue prism. Which statement is true?

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Christine Yu

Mathematics

28 March, 03:48

Two rectangular prisms have the same volume. The area of the base of the blue prism is 4 1/8 square units. The area of the base of the red prism is one-half that of the blue prism. Which statement is true?

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Zander · Answer 1

The height of the red prism must be twice the height of the blue prism

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The height of the red prism must be twice the height of the blue prism.

Since the height of the blue prism is twice that of the red prism, the height of the red prism must be twice as much as that of the blue prism to make the volumes equal. Volume of a prism can be calculated as the area of the base multiplied by the height.

V = b*h ...