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Problem 241

Geometry Difficulty 1.4 Multiple choice CEMC Pascal · Canada · 2023

A rectangular prism has a volume of $12\text{ cm}^3$ . A new prism is formed by
doubling the length, doubling the width, and tripling the height of the
original prism. The volume of this new prism is

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Official solution

Suppose that the original prism has length $\ell$ cm, width $w$ cm, and height $h$ cm.

Since the volume of this prism is $12\text{ cm}^3$ , then $\ell wh = 12$ .

The new prism has length $2\ell$ cm,
width $2w$ cm, and height $3h$ cm.

The volume of this prism, in $\text{cm}^3$ , is $(2l)\times (2w) \times (3h) = 2 \times 2 \times 3 \times lwh = 12 \times 12 = 144$ .

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