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Change the word 'box' to rectangular prism
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Summary: For https://trello.com/c/xXg8V01k/351-volume-exercises

Reviewers: eater, emily

Reviewed By: emily

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.khanacademy.org/D15006
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petercollingridge committed Dec 5, 2014
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<p class="question">
What is the volume of this box? Drag on the box to rotate it.
What is the volume of this rectangular prism? Drag on the rectangular prism to rotate it.
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<p>The volume of a shape is measured by the number of one <var>UNIT</var> cubes which make up the shape.</p>
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<p>
To make counting the cubes easier, break the box into <code><var>HEIGHT</var></code> slabs which are each
To make counting the cubes easier, break the rectangular prism into <code><var>HEIGHT</var></code> slabs which are each
<code><var>WIDTH</var> <var>UNIT_TEXT</var></code> wide, <code><var>LENGTH</var> <var>UNIT_TEXT</var></code> long, and
<code>1 <var>UNIT_TEXT</var></code> high.
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<p>Since there are <code><var>WIDTH*LENGTH</var></code> cubes in each slab, there are a total of
<code><var>HEIGHT</var> \times <var>WIDTH*LENGTH</var> = <var>HEIGHT*WIDTH*LENGTH</var></code> cubes in the whole box.</p>
<code><var>HEIGHT</var> \times <var>WIDTH*LENGTH</var> = <var>HEIGHT*WIDTH*LENGTH</var></code> cubes in the whole rectangular prism.</p>
<p>
Since each cube is a cubic <var>UNIT</var>, the volume of the box is <code><var>HEIGHT*WIDTH*LENGTH</var> <var>UNIT_TEXT</var>^3</code>
Since each cube is a cubic <var>UNIT</var>, the volume of the rectangular prism is <code><var>HEIGHT*WIDTH*LENGTH</var> <var>UNIT_TEXT</var>^3</code>
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<p class="question">
The volume of this box is <code><var>LENGTH*WIDTH*HEIGHT</var></code> cubic units.
The volume of this rectangular prism is <code><var>LENGTH*WIDTH*HEIGHT</var></code> cubic units.
What is the number labeled <code>x</code> below?
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<p>
Since the slabs have a height of <code>1</code> <var>UNIT</var>, <code>x</code> is the number of these slabs which fill up the whole box.
Since the slabs have a height of <code>1</code> <var>UNIT</var>, <code>x</code> is the number of these slabs which fill up the whole rectangular prism.
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We can figure out the number of slabs needed by seeing how many times <code><var>LENGTH*WIDTH</var></code>
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