Regular triangular pyramid has 6 cm long base edge and slant height k=9 cm. Find the lateral area of the pyramid.

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Regular triangular pyramid has the slant height k=12 cm and lateral area AL = 198 cm2. Find the length of the base edge.

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the area is three triangles, each with base 6 and height 9.
Recall that the area of a triangle is A = 1/2 bh

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same problem, only this time, solve for b
81 cm
thanks isabella
no problemo