called a prismoid.

Volume

If the areas of the two parallel faces are and , the cross-sectional area of the intersection of the prismatoid with a plane midway between the two parallel faces is , and the height (the distance between the two parallel faces) is , then the volume of the prismatoid is given by

This formula follows immediately by integrating the area parallel to the two planes of vertices by Simpson's rule,

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