Question

A right pyramid with a square base has a base edge length of 24 feet and slant height of 20 feet. The height of the pyramid is 'blank' feet.

Answer 1

Answer:16

Explanation:

Answer 2

The height of the pyramid is 16 feet.

Explanation:

A right pyramid with a square base has a base edge length of 24 feet.

The slant height is 20 feet.

We take the half of base here that is 12.

Let the height be h, applying Pythagoras theorem.

`h^(2) =20^(2) -12^(2)`

Solving for h;

`h^(2) =400-144`

=>
`h^(2) =400-144`

=>
`h^(2) =256`

=>
`h=√(256)`

h = 16

Therefore, The height of the pyramid is 16 feet.