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A toy pyramid has the dimensions shown below. The base of the pyramid is an equilateral triangle. What is the area of the base of this pyramid?

42 cm 2
27 cm 2
21 cm 2
31.5 cm 2

A toy pyramid has the dimensions shown below. The base of the pyramid is an equilateral-example-1
User COMisHARD
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Answer:

21 cm^2 is the answer

User Raivo Kolde
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The base of the pyramid is the triangle on the very bottom. The formula for the area of a triangle is A = 1/2 x base x height.

In this triangle, the base length is 6 cm and the height is 7 cm, as shown clearly in the image. Using the formula for the area, we can easily solve for the area of this triangle.

A = 1/2 x 6 x 7

A = 1/2 x 42

A = 21 cm^2

Hope this helps! :)