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A stainless steel patio heater is a square pyramid. The length of one side of the base is 23.4 in. The
slant height of the pyramid is 88.2 in. What is the height of the pyramid?

User Vanburen
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Answer:

87.4 in

Explanation:

Imagine a right triangle with one side the hight the other side half of the base side and the hypotenuse the slant height and use Pythagorean Theorem.

h² + (23.4/2)² = 88.2² solve for hight,

h=√88.2²- (23.4/2)² is about 87.4 in

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