For the upcoming holiday season, Dorothy wants to mold 20 bars of chocolate into tiny pyramids. Each bar of chocolate contains 6 cubic inches of chocolate. Dorothy plans to make chocolate pyramids with a square base of 1 square inch and a height of 2 inches. What is the largest number of pyramids she can make from the 20 bars of chocolate? A. 180 B. 240 C. 450 D. 520 E. 580

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For the upcoming holiday season, Dorothy wants to mold 20 bars of chocolate into tiny pyramids. Each bar of chocolate contains 6 cubic inches of chocolate. Dorothy plans to make chocolate pyramids with a square base of 1 square inch and a height of 2 inches. What is the largest number of pyramids she can make from the 20 bars of chocolate? A. 180 B. 240 C. 450 D. 520 E. 580
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Answer:  180Step-by-step explanation:The volume of each pyramid is ...   V = 1/3Bh   V = 1/3(1 in²)(2 in) = 2/3 in³The volume of chocolate Dorothy has to work with is ...   (20 bars)×(6 in³/bar) = 120 in³Then the number of pyramids she can make is ...   (120 in³)/(2/3 in³/pyramid) = (120)(3/2) pyramids = 180 pyramidsDorothy can make up to 180 pyramids from her 20 bars of chocolate. For the upcoming holiday season, Dorothy wants to mold 20 bars of chocolate into tiny pyramids. Each bar of chocolate contains 6 cubic inches of chocolate. Dorothy plans to make chocolate pyramids with a square base of 1 square inch and a height of 2 inches. What is the largest number of pyramids she can make from the 20 bars of chocolate? A. 180 B. 240 C. 450 D. 520 E. 580 65105f931745f.webp
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