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Annika needs to find the volume of this square pyramid. What answer should she get?

Annika needs to find the volume of this square pyramid. What answer should she get-example-1
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The volume of a pyramid with base b and height h is given by:


V=(1)/(3)b\cdot h

Then, for the pyramid in the picture we have:


\begin{gathered} b=9\cdot9=81\text{ units}^2 \\ h=10\text{ units} \\ V=(1)/(3)\cdot81\cdot10=270\text{ units}^3 \end{gathered}

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