A farmer has a feed trough in the shape of rectangular prism with a height of 40 cm and a base that is 30 cm wide by 200 cm long.

During the course of one week, the trough needed to be filled 2 times.

How many cubic centimeters of feed were needed during the week?

240,000 cm³

480,000 cm³

720,000 cm³

960,000 cm³

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Issac Medina

Mathematics

11 July, 05:58

A farmer has a feed trough in the shape of rectangular prism with a height of 40 cm and a base that is 30 cm wide by 200 cm long.

During the course of one week, the trough needed to be filled 2 times.

How many cubic centimeters of feed were needed during the week?

240,000 cm³

480,000 cm³

720,000 cm³

960,000 cm³

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Darien Anthony · Answer 1

To get the volume of the rectangular prism trough we will use the formula

Volume = l x w x h

where

l = 200 cm

w = 30 cm

h = 40 cm

Volume = 240,000cm^3

Trough is filled twice a week

Total volume of feed is multiplied by 2

Total feed volume in a week = 480,000 cm^3