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Given a sphere with radius r, find the height of a pyramid of minimum volume whose base is a square and whose base and triangular faces are all tangent to the sphere. What if the base of the pyramid is a regular n-gon? (A regular n-gon is a polygon with n equal sides and angles.) (Use the fact that the volume of a pyramid is V = 1 3Ah, where A is the area of the base.)

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Answer:

The Height of a pyramid is 4r.

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Given a sphere with radius r, find the height of a pyramid of minimum volume whose-example-1
Given a sphere with radius r, find the height of a pyramid of minimum volume whose-example-2
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