A statue stands on a square base at the side of a garden pond. Both the base and statue are made of granite. How can the volume of the base be calculated without moving the statue?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-07T12:37:24

If you can measure the sides and height of the base without disturbing the statue, you're in business.

Since it's square all sides will be equal, say #x#
We call the height of the base #h#

Then the volume is #V=x xx x xx h=x^2h#