The exterior of a refrigerator is shaped like a rectangular prism, and measures #2 2/3# feet wide by #5 1/2# feet high by #2 1/2# feet deep. What amount of space does the refrigerator take up?
1 Answer
Feb 12, 2018
Explanation:
a rectangular prism is a cuboid.
volume of a cuboid = length * width * depth
or, in this case, volume is width * height * depth.
all measurements have the same unit, so nothing needs to be converted into other units.
to make calculation easier, it may be worth converting mixed numbers into fractions:
the volume of the cuboid is
the space taken by the rectangular prism (the refrigerator) is