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A rectangular solid has a volume of 150 cubic centimeters.

If it is 5 centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide, how many centimeters tall is it?


Transcript

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Okay Maths members No one for you A rectangular solid

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has a volume of one hundred fifty cubic centimeters if

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it is five centimeters long and five centimetres wide Well

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how many centimetres tall is it Don't think about this

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Take off your shoes and stand up straight little rectangular

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solid there We're going to see how tall you are

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Or we can just work backwards from well what we

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know about this problem and the formula for the volume

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of a rectangular solid right The volume of rectangular solid

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is length times width times height and were given that

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one hundred fifty is five times five times height equal

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twenty five times the height of the solid Then must

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be one hundred fifty divided by twenty five equals wass

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Yeah six centimetres That's it That's easy The answer is

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