Respuesta :
Given in the question:
a.) Base area of music box = 9 1/2 in²
b.) Height of music box = 3 1/5 in.
Let's recall the formula for getting the volume of a rectangular prism:
[tex]\text{ Volume = Length x Width x Height or Base Area x Height}[/tex]Before we plug in the values, let's first transform the mixed numbers into improper fractions.
[tex]\text{ 9 }\frac{1}{2}\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ + (2 x 9)}}{2}\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ + 18}}{2}\text{ = }\frac{19}{2}[/tex][tex]\text{ 3 }\frac{1}{5}\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ + (3 x 5)}}{5}\text{ = }\frac{1\text{ + 15}}{5}\text{ = }\frac{16}{5}[/tex]Let's now plug in the values to get the volume of the music box.
[tex]\text{ Volume = Base Area x Height}[/tex][tex]=\text{ 9 }\frac{1}{2}\text{ x 3 }\frac{1}{5}\text{ = }\frac{19}{2}\text{ x }\frac{16}{5}\text{ = }\frac{304}{10}\text{ }[/tex][tex]\frac{304}{10}\text{ = }\frac{\frac{304}{2}}{\frac{10}{2}}=\frac{152}{5}\text{ or 30 }\frac{2}{5\text{ }}in.^3[/tex]Therefore, the volume of the music box is 30 2/5 in.^3.
