MHB Therefore, the volume of the rectangular prism is 84 units cubed.

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What is the answer to this question. The surface area of a rectangular prism is 136 square units. Some edge measurements are 6 and 2.What is the volume?

 

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What is the answer to this question. The surface area of a rectangular prism is 136 square units. Some edge measurements are 6 and 2.What is the volume?

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I got the answer 84units3 (or cubed)

 

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What is the answer to this question. The surface area of a rectangular prism is 136 square units. Some edge measurements are 6 and 2.What is the volume?

I got the answer 84units3 (or cubed)

The dimensions are length $\ell$, width $w$ and height $h$. Suppose we know $\ell$ and $w$ to be 6 and 2 respectively. A rectangular prism (cuboid) has 3 pairs of matching faces, and it surface area $A$ is given by:

$$A=2(\ell w+\ell h+wh)$$

Using the given surface area and $\ell$ and $w$, we may state:

$$136=2(6\cdot2+6h+2h)$$

$$68=12+8h$$

$$h=7$$

And so the volume $V$ (in units cubed) is given by:

$$V=\ell wh=6\cdot2\cdot7=84\quad\checkmark$$