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Two Proofs of the Equality of the Volumes of a Box and a Parallelepiped

This Demonstration gives two proofs of equality of the volume of a box and a parallelepiped with the same base and height, by dissection and by Cavalieri's principle.

Contributed by: Izidor Hafner

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Cavalieri's Principle (Wolfram MathWorld)

Dissection (Wolfram MathWorld)

"Two Proofs of the Equality of the Volumes of a Box and a Parallelepiped" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/TwoProofsOfTheEqualityOfTheVolumesOfABoxAndAParallelepiped/

Contributed by: Izidor Hafner

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