Answer:
9.48
Explanation:
Complete question
A stainless steel patio heater is a square pyramid. The length of one side of the base is 89.6 The slant height of the pyramid 90.1. What is the height of the pyramid?
To get the height of the pyramid, we will use pythagoras theorem.
slant height l is the hypotenuse
length of the base is the adjacent
height of the pyramid is the opposite
According to the theorem;
l² = h² + b²
90.1² = h² + 89.6²
8,118.01 = h²+8,028.16
h²= 8,118.01 - 8,028.16
h² = 89.85
h =√89.85
h = 9.48
Hence the height of the pyramid will be 9.48
Note that the value of the slant height was assumed to solve the problem.