22.2k views
3 votes
100 points!!! need it now!!! A stainless steel patio heater is a square pyramid. The length of one side of the base is 20.8 in. The slant height of the pyramid is 88.5 in. What is the height of the pyramid?

2 Answers

8 votes

Answer:

the height forms a right triangle with the slant height as the hypotenuse and half of the base diagonal as the other leg

(height)^2 = (slant height)^2 - (half of base diagonal)^2

h^2 = 83.3^2 - (10.8 √2)^2

I think so, I hope it helps :)

User Vimal Patel
by
5.2k points
10 votes

Answer:

89.3 but im not 100% sure Hope this helps!!

Explanation:

User Mario Peshev
by
5.5k points