Problem 1
Answer: 104 cubic inches
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Explanation:
The prisms are similar so they have the same shape, but different sizes.
The linear scale factor from small to large is:
large/small = 10/4 = 2.5
Meaning that we multiply each dimension of the smaller prism by 2.5 to get the corresponding side length of the larger prism
4*2.5 = 10
This linear scale factor is then cubed to get the volume scale factor
(2.5)^3 = 15.625
Which tells us:
larger volume = 15.625*(smaller volume)
smaller volume = (larger volume)/15.625
smaller volume = (1625)/15.625
smaller volume = 104 cubic inches
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Problem 2
Answer: 650 square inches
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Explanation:
We will go back to the linear scale factor of 2.5
This time, we square it to get (2.5)^2 = 6.25
This is the surface area scale factor.
larger surface area = 6.25*(smaller surface area)
larger surface area = 6.25*(104)
larger surface area = 650 square inches
