Foundation January 2019 Paper 2R Q16

EdexcelCurrent spec4 marksPrisms

16 The diagram shows two solid toy bricks, Brick A and Brick B.

Brick A: triangular prism with a right-angled triangle cross section with sides 6 cm and 6 cm, length 5 cm. Brick B: half cylinder with diameter 6 cm and length 5 cm

Diagram NOT accurately drawn

Brick A is a triangular prism of length 5 cm.
The cross section of Brick A is an isosceles right-angled triangle with equal sides of length 6 cm.

Brick B is half a cylinder of length 5 cm.
The semicircular cross section of Brick B has diameter 6 cm.

The volume of Brick A is greater than the volume of Brick B.

How much greater?
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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