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12in
18 in


Find the slant height of the square pyramid. Round to the nearest whole inch, if necessary. Show your work.

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Responses

15 in.
15 in.

8 in.
8 in.

13 in.
13 in.

6 in.

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Let the height be 12 in and the base side be 18 in. The slant height is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs 12 and half the base = 18/2 = 9.

l = sqrt(12^2 + 9^2) = sqrt(144 + 81) = sqrt(225) = 15 in.

Answer: 15 in.