A regular triangular pyramid has the surface area of 65 ft^2, the base is 4 ft, and the slant height is 7 ft what is the height of the base to the nearest 10th?
In a regular triangular pyramid, the base is a equilateral triangle.
Since the base side length is 4 ft, each side of the equilateral triangle has a length of 4 ft.
To find the height of the pyramid, we can use the Pythagorean theorem.
Let's label the height as "h".
Now, we can create a right triangle with one leg being the height of the pyramid (h), one leg being the slant height (7 ft), and the hypotenuse being half the base side length (2 ft).
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can write the equation:
h^2 + 2^2 = 7^2
h^2 + 4 = 49
h^2 = 45
Taking the square root of both sides, we get:
h = √45
h ≈ 6.71 ft
So, the height of the base is approximately 6.71 feet to the nearest 10th.
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In a regular triangular pyramid, the base is an equilateral triangle, and each side of the equilateral triangle has a length of 4 ft.
We can split the triangular pyramid into four congruent triangles, where each triangle is an isosceles triangle with base 4 ft and slant height 7 ft.
Using the Pythagorean theorem, we can find the height of each isosceles triangle.
Let's label the height of each isosceles triangle as "h". We can write the equation:
h^2 + (4/2)^2 = 7^2
h^2 + 2^2 = 49
h^2 + 4 = 49
h^2 = 45
Taking the square root of both sides, we get:
h = √45
h ≈ 6.71 ft
However, since we only need to find the height of the base, we can divide the height by 2 to get:
Height of the base ≈ 6.71 ft / 2 = 3.36 ft
Therefore, the height of the base is approximately 3.36 feet to the nearest 10th.
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In a regular triangular pyramid, the base is an equilateral triangle, and each side of the equilateral triangle has a length of 4 ft.
To find the height of the pyramid, we can use the formula for the surface area of a regular triangular pyramid:
Surface Area = (3/2) * base * slant height
Given that the surface area is 65 ft^2 and the base is 4 ft, we can rearrange the formula to solve for the slant height:
65 = (3/2) * 4 * slant height
65 = 6 * slant height
slant height = 65/6
slant height ≈ 10.83 ft
Now, to find the height of the pyramid, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. Let's label the height as "h". We can create a right triangle with one leg being the height of the pyramid (h), one leg being the slant height (10.83 ft), and the hypotenuse being the height of the equilateral triangle.
Since the base of the equilateral triangle is 4 ft, the height of the equilateral triangle can be found using the Pythagorean theorem:
height^2 + (4/2)^2 = 4^2
height^2 + 2^2 = 16
height^2 + 4 = 16
height^2 = 12
height = √12
height ≈ 3.46 ft
Therefore, the height of the base is approximately 3.46 feet to the nearest 10th.