Question

11 cm height

7 cm length

10 cm width

What is the volume of the pyramid?

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Answered by GPT 3.5
To find the volume of a pyramid, you can use the formula V = (1/3) × base area × height.

In this case, the base area is the area of the triangular base of the pyramid, which can be calculated using the formula for the area of a triangle: base × height / 2.

The height of the triangular base can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, since it is a right triangle. The height is the side perpendicular to the base, so we have:

height^2 = (11 cm)^2 - (7 cm / 2)^2
height^2 = 121 cm^2 - 24.5 cm^2
height^2 = 96.5 cm^2
height ≈ 9.823 cm

Now we can calculate the base area:

base area = (7 cm) × (9.823 cm) / 2
base area ≈ 34.7655 cm^2

Finally, we can find the volume:

V = (1/3) × 34.7655 cm^2 × 11 cm
V ≈ 128.0135 cm^3

Therefore, the volume of the pyramid is approximately 128.0135 cubic centimeters.

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