Question

The right rectangular prism below is made up of 8 cubes each cube has an edge length of 1/2 inch what is the volume of this prism

Answer 1

1 cubic inches

Explanation:

No of cubes = 8

Edge length of each cube = 1/2 inch

Volume of cube is given
`edge ^3` where edge is the edge length

Thus volume of cube with Edge length is calculated as explained below

`edge ^3\\=> (1/2)^3 = 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2\\=> 1/8 cubic \ inches`

Question states that there are 8 such cubes joined to make a right rectangular prism. Thus volume of right rectangular prism will be sum of volume of 8 such cubes.

volume of right rectangular prism = 8 times the volume of 1/2 inched cubes

= 8* 1/8 = 1 cubic inches

Thus volume of right rectangular prism is 1 cubic inches.