Pyramids in Prism

Carve up a rectangular prism into three rectangular pyramids. When the prism is a cube, it's obvious that the pyramids are congruent. Why are they of equal volume when the prism is generalized?

 

Jaime Guerrero López (el profe)

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
prism  pyramid 
Target Group (Age)
10 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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