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A square pyramid has a volume of 82 cubic meters. The square base has a side length of 7 meters. What is the height?

This is geometry by the way :)

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\textit{volume of a pyramid}\\\\ V=\cfrac{Bh}{3} ~~ \begin{cases} B=\stackrel{base's}{area}\\ h=height\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ B=\stackrel{7* 7}{49}\\ V=82 \end{cases}\implies \begin{array}{llll} 82=\cfrac{49h}{3}\implies 246=49h\implies \cfrac{246}{49}=h \\\\\\ 5.02\approx h \end{array}

A square pyramid has a volume of 82 cubic meters. The square base has a side length-example-1
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