Rodolfo wants to determine the volume of a piece of chocolate cake. He takes some measurements and determines that the height of the cake is

7


and the area of the base of the cake is
40


2
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What is the volume of the piece of cake?

1 answer

To calculate the volume of the piece of cake, we need to use the formula for volume of a rectangular prism:

Volume = base area x height

So, in this case:

Volume = 40 x 7 = 280

Therefore, the volume of the piece of cake is 280 cubic units.