Question

The volume of a rectangular prism is 208 cm^3. If the area of one end is 16 cm^2, what is the length of the prism?

Answer 1

The length of the rectangular prism is 13 cm.

Explanation:

The formula for volume of a rectangular prism is length x width x height. We may not know width and height, but we know width x height because the area of an end of a rectangular prism is derived from width x height. Since we know volume and width x height, we can write our equation as `l * 16 = 208`. We are solving for length, so we would divide 16 on both sides. 208 divided by is 13, so 13 cm is our final answer.