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The volume of a rectangular prism is its cross-section area times its length.

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Q: What is volume when speaking about rectangular prisms?
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Who created formula for volume of rectangular prisms?

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Is it possible for two rectangular prisms to have the same volume but not the same measurements?

Two different rectangular prisms can both have the same volume of 72 cm3


How many different rectangular prisms can you make with the volume of 24cm?

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How are rectangular prisms are alike?

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Why is the volume of rectangular prisms important to the world?

Rectangular prisms are shapes which are easy to stack. As a result. many goods are transported in the form of rectangular prisms, or shapes approximating them: eg six packs of cans, ream of printer paper, bundle of newspapers. Furthermore, they are bundled together on palettes, into shipping containers, etc which are also rectangular prisms.


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How many different rectangular prisms can you make with a volume of 18 cubic units?

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How many different rectangular prisms can you make with a volume of 36 cubic units?

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Can two rectangular prisms have the same surface area but different volume?

Yes, they can. They can also have the same surface area, but different volume.


How do dimensions and volumes of rectangular prisms compare?

Dimensions are linear measures whereas the volume is a cubic measure.


Why Are so Many Products Packed In Rectangular Prisms?

This is because there is no limit on rectangualar prisms and most boxes can hold cube or rectangular prisms not triangular pyrimids or prisms or hexagonal prisms.


How many types of prisms are there?

There are many types of prisms such as rectangular prisms,polyganic prisms crossed prisms and etc.