The world's tallest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai at 828 m tall. The CN Tower in Toronto is 553 m tall. Ryan wants to compare the Burj Khalifa and the CN Tower by creating rectangular prism models on a 10 cm by 10 cm square base. He decided to represent the Burj Khalifa with a rectangular prism that has a height of 40 cm.

What is the volume of each rectangular prism? Round your answer to the nearest cubic centimeter.

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Are your two models supposed to be in a ratio equal to the ratio of the height of the two buildings?
The buildings do not have the same shape, so we can't make a ratio comparison between their volumes.

The wording of the first two Related Questions below deal with the height, see the solutions for these
So,I have to find the height of the CN Tower then I can find the volume for the two rectangular prisms?
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