Question

a square pyramid has a surface area of 210 square yards. the length of the base is 7 yards. what is the slant height?

Answer 1

the square pyramid's slope height is roughly 5.75 yards.

Explanation:

The square pyramid's slope height should be "l."

A square pyramid's surface size is determined by:

Surface area equals base area plus (1/2) * base radius plus slope height.

Given that the base's length is 7 yards and the surface size is 210 yards. The base's size is thus:

Base area equals side times side, or 7 times 7 square yards.

As a result, we have:

210 = 49 + (1/2) * 4 * 7 * l

When we simplify the previous solution, we get:

210 - 49 = 28l

161 = 28l

l = 161/28

Consequently, the square pyramid's slope height is roughly 5.75 yards. (rounded to two decimal places).

Answer 2

Check the picture below.

so the surface area of the pyramid is really just the area of four triangles with a base of 7 and a height of "h" and a 7x7 square, and we also know that that is 210 yd²

`\stackrel{ \textit{\LARGE Areas} }{\stackrel{ \textit{four triangles} }{4\left[\cfrac{1}{2}(\underset{b}{7})(h) \right]}~~ + ~~\stackrel{ square }{(7)(7)}}~~ = ~~210\implies 14h+49=210 \\\\\\ 14h=161\implies h=\cfrac{161}{14}\implies h=11.5`