Find the volume of a solid

Geometry Level 2

Find the volume of the solid shown above in m 3 m^3 .

Note: The upper and lower bases are squares.


The answer is 240.

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My approach is to divide the solid into two. One is a cuboid and the other is a frustum of a regular pyramid. The volume of the cuboid is 8 × 8 × 2 = 128 m 3 8 \times 8 \times 2 = 128~m^3 .

The formula for the volume of a frustum of a regular pyramid is given by v = h 3 ( A 1 + A 2 + A 1 × A 2 ) v=\dfrac{h}{3}(A_1+A_2+\sqrt{A_1 \times A_2}) where A 1 A_1 and A 2 A_2 are the area of the bases of the frustum of the regular pyramid. So the volume of the frustum of the regular pyramid is

v = 4 3 ( 8 2 + 2 2 + 8 2 + 2 2 = 112 ) v=\dfrac{4}{3}(8^2+2^2+\sqrt{8^2+2^2}=112)

The desired volume is 128+112 = 240~\text{m^3}

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