Answers to Assignment #4 – Prism

1. The lateral edge of a prism is 50 𝑐𝑚 and inclined at an angle of 45° to the planes of the
bases. Find the length of its altitude.
𝒉 ≅ 𝟑𝟓. 𝟑𝟔 𝒄𝒎

2. The volume of a regular hexagonal prism is 550 𝑐𝑢. 𝑐𝑚 and its altitude is 30 𝑐𝑚. Find the
perimeter of the base.
𝑷 ≅ 𝟏𝟓. 𝟗𝟒 𝒄𝒎

3. A wooden column has the form of a regular octagonal prism. Its base edge is 1.25 𝑚 and
its height is 2.75 𝑚. Find the weight, in tons, of the column, allowing a density of
0.8 𝑔/𝑐𝑚3 .
𝑾 ≅ 𝟏𝟔. 𝟓𝟗𝟖 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒔

4. The base of a prism is a regular pentagon 8 𝑐𝑚 on a side. If the altitude is 12 𝑐𝑚, find the
volume and total surface area.
𝑽 ≅ 𝟏, 𝟑𝟐𝟏. 𝟑𝟑 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝑻 ≅ 𝟕𝟎𝟎. 𝟐𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟐

5. The base of a prism is a parallelogram whose sides are 4.7 𝑐𝑚 and 3.5 𝑐𝑚 and one base
angle is 35°. A lateral edge of the prism is 2.4 𝑐𝑚 and makes an angle of 80° with the base.
Find the volume of the prism.
𝑉 ≅ 𝟐𝟐. 𝟑𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟑

6. A triangular cross-sectional trough is 3 𝑚 long, 0.5 𝑚 wide at the top, and 60 𝑐𝑚 deep.
How many cubic meters of water can the trough accommodate?
𝟏
𝑽= (𝟎. 𝟓)(𝟎. 𝟔)(𝟑) = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟓 𝒎𝟑
𝟐

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7. A concrete gutter is 4 𝑚 long, 30 𝑐𝑚 wide at the top, and 20 𝑐𝑚 at the bottom. If the gutter
is 40 𝑐𝑚 deep, how many liters of water can it accommodate?
𝑉 = 𝟒𝟎𝟎 𝑳

8. Find the total area of a right prism if the altitude is 32 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 and the base is a triangle
whose sides are 12, 14, and 16 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠.
𝑇 ≅ 𝟏, 𝟓𝟎𝟔. 𝟔𝟕 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

9. The prism shown below is inclined 60° and has a square right section. If the lateral edge
is 200 𝑐𝑚, find (a) the depth of the water if it contains 1.6 𝑘𝑔 of water when half-full,
expressing it in 𝑐𝑚, and (b) the wetted surface area in 𝑐𝑚2.

(a) 𝒉 ≅ 𝟖𝟔. 𝟔𝟎 𝒄𝒎
(b) 𝑨𝒘 = 𝟏, 𝟔𝟏𝟖. 𝟒𝟖 𝒄𝒎𝟐

10. Find the volume of a right prism the base of which is a rhombus having diagonals
18 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 and 24 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠 long. The altitude of the prism is 60 𝑖𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑠.
𝑽 = 𝟏𝟐, 𝟗𝟔𝟎 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

11. The angles of an oblique parallelepiped are equal to the corresponding angles of another
parallelepiped, and the sides of the first are three times the corresponding sides of the
second. Compare their total areas and volumes.

Answers: The total surface area of the bigger parallelepiped is 9 times greater than the
total surface area of the smaller parallelepiped. The volume of the second (bigger)
parallelepiped is 27 times greater than the first (smaller).

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12. 𝐴𝑆 is a prism whose base 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram. If 𝑊 and 𝑍 are the midpoints of 𝐷𝐶
and ̅𝑇𝑆
̅̅̅, respectively, compare the volumes of these prisms: (a) 𝐴𝑆 and 𝐴𝐵𝑋 − 𝑄𝑅𝑌; (b)
𝐵𝐶𝑊 − 𝑅𝑆𝑍 and 𝐴𝑊𝐷 − 𝑄𝑍𝑇; and (c) 𝑊𝐴𝐵 − 𝑍𝑄𝑅 and 𝑋𝑊𝐶 − 𝑌𝑍𝑆.

(a) The volumes of prisms 𝑨𝑺 and 𝑨𝑩𝑿 − 𝑸𝑹𝒀 are equal.

(b) The volumes of prisms 𝑩𝑪𝑾 − 𝑹𝑺𝒁 and 𝑨𝑾𝑫 − 𝑸𝒁𝑻 are equal.
(c) The volume of prism 𝑾𝑨𝑩 − 𝒁𝑸𝑹 is twice the volume of prism 𝑿𝑾𝑪 − 𝒀𝒁𝑺.

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