Ryan is playing with building blocks. He places two rectangular blocks on top of each other as shown in the figure. *Picture not drawn to scale If a is 4 inches long, b is 5 inches long, and c is 11 inches long, what is the total volume of the two blocks?
The volume of each block can be calculated as length x width x height.
For the first block:
Volume = a x b x a = 4 x 5 x 4 = 80 cubic inches
For the second block:
Volume = a x c x a = 4 x 11 x 4 = 176 cubic inches
Total volume of both blocks = 80 + 176 = 256 cubic inches
Therefore, the total volume of the two blocks is 256 cubic inches.