A candle is in the shape of a square prism. The candle is 16 meters high, and its volume is 960 cubic meters. Find the length of each side of the square base.

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SACHIN GOYAL · Answer 1 · 2020-03-14T16:44:43+0000

Answer:

The length of each side of the square base is
$2√(15)\ m$

Explanation:

we know that

The volume of a square prism is equal to

V=b^(2)h

where

B is the length side of the square base

h is the height of the prism

we have

$V=960\ m^(3)$

$h=16\ m$

substitute and solve for b

960=b^(2)16

b^(2)=960/16

$b=√(60)\ m$

Simplify

$b=2√(15)\ m$