Question

You find the volume of the right rectangular prism using the formula method and want to answer using the cube method. What is the edge length of the cubes you will use? Lengths are given in inches. Provide your answer as a fraction reduced to the lowest terms.

1 1/3
1
2/3

Answer 1

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The volume of a right rectangular prism is found by multiplying the length, width, and height.

Given that the edge length of the cube used to represent the volume will be the same as the side length of the right rectangular prism, we need to determine a common factor to cube.

The dimensions of the right rectangular prism are:
Length = 1 1/3 inches = 4/3 inches
Width = 1 inch = 1 inch
Height = 2/3 inches

To find the common factor to cube, we take the least common multiple of the denominators: 3.

Therefore, the edge length of the cube we will use is 3 inches.

Alternatively, we can provide the answer in a fraction reduced to the lowest terms:
3 = 9/3
So, the edge length of the cubes is:
9/3 inches.