What is the volume of a rectangular based cone?

1 Answer
Mar 8, 2017

See the explanation

Explanation:

Volume = base area xx 1/3 height

Let width of the base be W
let the length of the base be L

Let volume be v
Let area of base be a
Let height of pyramid be h

So v=1/3ah

But a=LW giving:

v=1/3LWh

LW=(3v)/h

To solve this you must have only 1 unknown so you would need to So the only unknown has to be one if W" or "L" or "h