Question

A pyramid has a square base that is 12 inches on a side. If the height of the pyramid is 8 inches, then its volume is 384 cubic inches. True False

Answer 1

True

Explanation:

Use the formula for the volume of a pyramid.

`V=(lwh)/(3)`

where l is the length, w is the width, and h is the height.

Since we know that it has a square base, both the length and the width are 12.

Also, 8 is given as the height.

So now we can plug in the values.

`V=(12*12*8)/(3) \\ \\ V=(1152)/(3) \\ \\ V=384`