Question

PLZ HELP! A candy bar box is in the shape of a triangular prism. The volume of the box is 3,240 cubic centimeters. A triangular prism is shown with base of triangle labeled 24 cm, sides of the triangle labeled 15 cm, and length of the box equal to 30 cm. Part A: What is the height of the box? Show your work. (5 points) Part B: What is the approximate amount of cardboard used to make this candy box? Explain how you got your answer. (5 points)

Answer 1

3,240 = 1/2 * base * height * length = 1/2 x 24 * height * 30 = 360 * height
height = 3,240/360 = 9
so the hieght would be:height = 9cm