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What is the volume of this pyramid?A) 149.3 cm^3B) 267.5 cm^3C) 261.3 cm^3D) 784 cm^3

What is the volume of this pyramid?A) 149.3 cm^3B) 267.5 cm^3C) 261.3 cm^3D) 784 cm-example-1

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The volume of a pyramid of base area B and height H is calculated as:


V=(B\cdot H)/(3)

The area of the base is calculated according to its shape. It could be a triangle, rectangle, square, etc.

The base of the given pyramid is a square of side length L = 7 cm. Note the tick marks on each side of the base, indicating all of them are congruent.

The area of the base is:


\begin{gathered} B=L^2 \\ B=(7\text{ }\operatorname{cm})^2 \\ B=49cm^2 \end{gathered}

Now calculate the volume of the pyramid with H = 16 cm:


\begin{gathered} V=(49cm^2\cdot16cm)/(3) \\ V=261.3cm^3 \end{gathered}

Choice C)

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