Question

A rectangular prism has volume 5,760 cubic meters, length 8 meters, and width 36 meters. Find its height, in meters.

Answer 1

The volume of a rectangular prism is given as:

$V=lwh$

where l is the length, w is the width and h is the height. Plugging the values given we have:

$5760=8\cdot36\cdot h$

Solving for h we have:

$h=\frac{5760}{8\cdot36}=\frac{5760}{288}=20$

Therefore the height is 20 meters.