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How Do You Find the Volume of a Rectangular Prism?

Find the volume of the following rectangular prism.

Summary

  1. Volume is how much three-dimensional space an object occupies.
  2. l=length
  3. w=width
  4. h=height

Notes

    1. The formula for volume of a prism is V=Bh, where B is the area of the base and h is the height of the prism
    1. The variables in this equation are the length, width and height of the rectangular prism.
    1. Plug the corresponding variables for the length, width and height into the formula.
    1. Volume is equal to the Base (length times width) times the height.
    2. When the units are multiplied together (yd times yd times yd), your units become cubed.