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Volume of Prism Given Net (2022 AMC 8 P24)

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January 25, 2022
geometryrectangle3D geometryprismAMC 82022 AMC 8

Problem Statement

The figure below shows a polygon ABCDEFGHABCDEFGH, consisting of rectangles and right triangles. When cut out and folded on the dotted lines, the polygon forms a triangular prism. Suppose that AH=EF=8AH = EF = 8 and GH=14GH = 14. What is the volume of the prism?
[asy] // djmathman diagram unitsize(1cm); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)+fontsize(11)); real r = 2, s = 2.5, theta = 14; pair G = (0,0), F = (r,0), C = (r,s), B = (0,s), M = (C+F)/2, I = M + s/2 * dir(-theta); pair N = (B+G)/2, J = N + s/2 * dir(180+theta); pair E = F + r * dir(- 45 - theta/2), D = I+E-F; pair H = J + r * dir(135 + theta/2), A = B+H-J; draw(A--B--C--I--D--E--F--G--J--H--cycle^^rightanglemark(F,I,C)^^rightanglemark(G,J,B)); draw(J--B--G^^C--F--I,linetype ("4 4")); dot("AA",A,N); dot("BB",B,1.2*N); dot("CC",C,N); dot("DD",D,dir(0)); dot("EE",E,S); dot("FF",F,1.5*S); dot("GG",G,S); dot("HH",H,W); dot("II",I,NE); dot("JJ",J,1.5*S); [/asy] <spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span> 112<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span> 128<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span> 192<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span> 240<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span> 288<span class='latex-bold'>(A)</span> ~112\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B)</span> ~128\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C)</span> ~192\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D)</span> ~240\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E)</span> ~288\qquad