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Volume of Triangular Prisms

Learn to find the volume of a triangular prism by multiplying its triangular cross-sectional area by its length.

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Stretching a triangle into a solid

A triangular prism is a triangle 'stretched' along its length. Its volume builds on two things you already know: the area of a triangle, and multiplying by length.