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A rectangular prism made of cubes placed as 3 columns, 2 cubes high and 2 cubes deep.
Find the volume of the right rectangular prism using the cube method. Each cube is 1/3 inch on each side. What is the volume of the prism? Provide your answer as a fraction reduced to the lowest terms.
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The volume of the prism can be found by multiplying the number of cubes that make up the prism. In this case, there are a total of 3 columns x 2 cubes high x 2 cubes deep = 12 cubes.
Since each cube has a side length of 1/3 inch, the volume of each cube is (1/3)^3 = 1/27 cubic inches.
Therefore, the total volume of the prism is 12 cubes x 1/27 cubic inches = 12/27 cubic inches, which simplifies to 4/9 cubic inches.
Therefore, the volume of the right rectangular prism is 4/9 cubic inches.