Homework Help: geometry

Posted by Kevin on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 2:41am.

A pyramid has a square bottom, with an area equal to 64 squares meters. the height of the pyramid is 7 inches. if you start at the top of the pyramid and slide all the way down the middle of one of the sides how many feet will you move?

geometry - Steve, Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 3:03am
Draw a diagram of a vertical cross-section parallel to one side of the base.

8^2 + 7^2 = d^2

where d is the length down the middle of the face.

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