If height of right prism increased by 60% with same base area, what is volume percentage increase?

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1. Volume of a prism is $V = B\,h$, where $B$ is base area and $h$ is height.
2. Base area is unchanged and height increases by 60%, so new height is $h' = 1.6\,h$.
3. New volume is $V' = B\,h' = B(1.6\,h) = 1.6\,V$.
4. Increase = $(V'-V)/V = 0.6 = 60\%$, so the volume increases by **60\%**.

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