Okay, so all rectangular prisms have length, width, and height. So let's say you have a box that's 30 inches long, 20 inches wide, and 25 inches tall. How would you list those as an answer? Would it be 30 X 20 X 25, length X width X height? I read somewhere where the width came first, then length, then height but I'm not sure I trust that website. And does it really matter what order they come in? How do professional companies and stuff do it? Help would be appreciated, thank you for reading my babbling!
2007-01-16 15:35:31 · 5 answers · asked by Sara A 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It doesn't really matter!
You can hold that prism any way you want in 3-dimensional space.
If you want the convention for a box, height is generally the third one.
Length and width don't matter...they are arbitrary depending on where you are standing next to the box!
2007-01-16 15:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mostly I see it where the width of the base is first, then the height and then the length.
2007-01-16 23:39:57 · answer #2 · answered by Trollkepr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the standard coordinate convention in math is (x,y,z) or width, height, depth.
2007-01-16 23:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by jd 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm nearly sure it's l x w x h -- if otherwise, there would be specification, I think.
2007-01-16 23:40:00 · answer #4 · answered by Shanny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lengthxwidthxheight 30x20x25 yea.
2007-01-16 23:40:31 · answer #5 · answered by stupidolasi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋