The volume of a rectangular prism is 120 cubic feet and the area of the base is 60 square feet. Find the length of a lateral edge of the prism.

Answer 1

Clearly the side of the square base must be √60 ft each,
and the height of the prism must be 2 ft.
(note 2(√60)(√60) = 120 , from V = area of square base x height)

so now we know the sides of the prism, find out how your text or your notes
define "lateral edge" and do the calculations

Answer 2

who said the base was square?
but we do know the height (lateral edge) is 2

Answer 3

just give us the answer

Answer 4

Sorry for the confusion in the previous response. Since the area of the base is given as 60 sq ft, we can assume the dimensions of the base are 10 ft by 6 ft.
Therefore, the length of a lateral edge (which is also the height of the prism) is 2 ft.