Question

Hi can anyone help please, i keep getting 288, but wrong! thanks :)
What is the volume of a regular triangular pyramid when the length of a side of the base = 12 cm and the height of the pyramid of 12 cm?

Hint: Use the Pythagorean Theorem to calculate the height of the base which is an equilateral triangle.

Answer 1

What'd you get for the height?

Answer 2

12?

Answer 3

thats where i messed up, not sure what to do

Answer 4

ANYONE??? :)

Answer 5

hold on

Answer 6

I think they mean that the diagonal length is \(12 \text{ cm}\). It's very poorly worded.