Volume of Prisms and Cylinders Algebra 2 1/18/2012
Examples of Prisms Square/ Rectangular Prism Pentagonal Prism Cube Triangular Prism
Volume of Prisms How do you find the volume of a prism? What is the formula for volume of a prism? You need to find the area of one end of the prism and multiply it by the length of the prism. Volume = Area x Length
Example 1: Find the volume of the given prisms L of prism= 10cm h of triangle = 6 b of triangle = 5 12in 5 in 4 in
Volume of a Cylinder What is the formula for the volume of a cylinder? Volume of a cylinder equals pi times radius squared times height of the cylinder V = πr 2 h
Example 2 Find the volume of a cylindrical canister with radius 7 cm and height 12 cm.
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