Higher November 2022 Paper 2 Q17

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17 The diagram shows two similar solid triangular prisms, A and B.

Two similar triangular prisms. Prism A is small with the height of its triangular cross section labelled h cm. Prism B is larger, with its triangular cross section of area 43.74 square cm and base 8.1 cm

The volume of prism A is 58.806 cm3
The volume of prism B is 1587.762 cm3

The cross section of each prism is a right-angled triangle.

For prism B:
 the length of the base of the triangle is 8.1 cm
 the area of the triangle is 43.74 cm2

The height of the triangle for prism A is \(h\) cm.

Work out the value of \(h\). (4)