Each of two trapezoidal prisms has a volume of 120 cubic centimeters. the prisms have no dimensions in common. give possible dimensions for each prism.

To answer this question you need to know how to find the volume of a trapezoidal prism. You multiply the area of a trapezoid by the height of the prism. To begin answering this, you can start with 2 different factors of 120. I chose 4 and 6.

If the height of one trapezoid is 4, the area would need to be 30. I wrote out the formula for area of a trapezoid (h (b1+b2)/2) and solved for 30. I multiplied both sides by 2 and saw that I needed a 60 from the sun of my 2 bases and the height of the trapezoid base. I used 2 for the height and 20 and 10 as the 2 bases.

For the second trapezoid, I used 6 as the height of the prism. This left me with 20 as the area. I used the same formula above and found that I needed to get 40. I used 5 as the height of the trapezoid and 1 and 7 as the two base lengths. Hope this helps!!