An artist wants to make alabaster pyramids using a block of alabaster with a volume of 576 cubic inches. She plans to make each pyramid with a square base area of 3 square inches and a height of 4 inches. At most, how many pyramids can the artist make from the block of alabaster?
Theoretically the artist can make 576/4
= 144 pyramids out of the block of alabaster.
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+118613 An artist wants to make alabaster pyramids using a block of alabaster with a volume of 576 cubic inches. She plans to make each pyramid with a square base area of 3 square inches and a height of 4 inches. At most, how many pyramids can the artist make from the block of alabaster?
The volume of each pyramid
=(1/3)*area of base* height
=(1/3)* 3*3 * 4
=12 cubic inches
576/12 = 48 pyramids
