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Which of the following best describes the pyramid represented by this net?

triangular pyramid

rectangular pyramid

square pyramid

tetrahedron


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Which of the following best describes the pyramid represented by this net? triangular-example-1

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Step 1) Look at the base
We can see that the base is a square, so most likely then this net is a pyramid.

Step 2) Look at the sides
We can see that there are 4 sides, and they are triangles.

By definition, a triangular pyramid only has 3 sides, which we know because it has 'triangle' in its name. But, the tetrahedron has 4 sides, which we know because it has the prefix 'tetra' in it, which means 4.

The correct answer is tetrahedron.

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