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An illustration shows a triangle with its base as 20 feet and its perpendicular height as 6 feet.

A prism and a pyramid both have this triangular base. If both shapes have the same height and the volume of the prism is 600 ft.3 , what is the volume of the pyramid?

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Responses

600 ft.3
600 ft. cubed

400 ft.3
400 ft. cubed

200 ft.3
200 ft. cubed

1,800 ft.3
1,800 ft. cubed
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Answer 1

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200 ft.3 or 200 ft. cubed

Since both shapes have the same base and height, the volume of the pyramid will be 1/3 of the volume of the prism. Therefore, the volume of the pyramid is 1/3 of 600 ft.3, which equals 200 ft.3.