Yasmin stacks three blocks (shaped like rectangular prisms). The height of each block = 1 in The blocks are labeled A, B, and C. The length of block B is 1/2 of the length of block A, and the width of block B is 1/2 of the width of block A. The length of block C is 1/2 of the length of block B, and the width of block C is 1/2 of the width of block B. The volume of block A is 80 in³. What is the total combined volume of blocks A, B, and C?
Yasmin stacks three blocks (shaped like rectangular prisms). The height of each block = 1 in The blocks are labeled A, B, and C. The length of block B is 1/2 of the length of block A, and the width of block B is 1/2 of the width of block A. The length of block C is 1/2 of the length of block B, and the width of block C is 1/2 of the width of block B. The volume of block A is 80 in³. What is the total combined volume of blocks A, B, and C?
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Transcribed Image Text:Yasmin stacks three blocks (shaped like rectangular prisms). The height of each block = 1 in.
The blocks are labeled A, B, and C.
The length of block B is 1/2 of the length of block A,
and the width of block B is 1/2 of the width of block A.
The length of block C is 1/2 of the length of block B,
and the width of block C is 1/2 of the width of block B.
The volume of block A is 80 in³.
What is the total combined volume of blocks A, B, and C?
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