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Geometry Difficulty 2.2 Junior Find the answer

A unit cube is cut twice to form three triangular prisms, two of which are congruent, as shown in Figure 1. The cube is then cut in the same manner along the dashed lines shown in Figure 2. This creates nine pieces. What is the volume of the piece that contains vertex WW?

(A) 112(\mathrm {A}) \ \frac{1}{12}(B) 19(\mathrm {B}) \ \frac{1}{9}(C) 18(\mathrm {C})\ \frac{1}{8}(D) 16(\mathrm {D}) \ \frac{1}{6}(E) 14(\mathrm {E})\ \frac{1}{4}

Multiple choice: answer with the letter of the option you want.

Solution

It is a pyramid with height 11 and base area 14\frac{1}{4}, so using the formula for the volume of a pyramid, 13(14)(1)=112(A)\frac{1}{3} \cdot \left(\frac{1}{4}\right) \cdot (1) = \frac {1}{12} \Rightarrow \boxed{(\mathrm {A})}.

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