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The volume of a square pyramid with a height of 12m is 100 m find the Length of the square base.

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Volume of square Pyramid = a^2 * h/3
If we rearrange that equation to give a (length of square base)

a = (sqrt(3)* sqrt(V))/sqrt(h)
a = (sqrt(3)* sqrt(100))/sqrt(12)
a = 5m
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