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The volume of a tetrahedron is one-sixth of the volume of a parallelepiped because a tetrahedron can be thought of as a pyramid with a triangular base. When a tetrahedron is inscribed within a parallelepiped, it occupies one-sixth of the space defined by the parallelepiped's volume. Since a parallelepiped can be divided into six such tetrahedra, this means the volume of the tetrahedron is 1/6 of the parallelepiped. However, if the parallelepiped is defined by its full height and includes the whole base area, the tetrahedron's volume is one-sixteenth of the total volume when considering the full dimensions of the parallelepiped.

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