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Calculating the volume of buildings in the form of prisms

Publisher: Texas Instruments UK

Author: David J C Elgin

Topic:  Mathematics

Tags  3D objects ,  Prisms

Students need to work out the cross-sectional area of each shape and apply V=Ah to find the volume.

Answers can be displayed by clicking on the slider in the bottom right of the screen.

By dragging the white circles different sizes of buildings can be created.

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