Asked by johny cox

Look at this rectangular prism:

4 mm
5 mm
1 mm


If the height and width are halved, then which of the following statements about its volume will be true?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Original volume = 4 × 5 × 1 = 20 mm³. Halving height and width gives 2 × 2.5 × 1 = 5 mm³.

So the new volume is 5 mm³, which is 1/4 of the original (a 75% decrease, a reduction of 15 mm³). In general, halving two dimensions multiplies volume by 1/2 × 1/2 = 1/4.