2 SAT questions
I'm not entirely sure how to do them.
Try the Pythagorean Theorem for the pyramid height. One side of a triangle is h, one is m, and the other is half a diagonal of the square base.
I did, but I got h = 1.5m
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\[h^2=(m/2)^2+m^2\] \[h^2=m^2/4+m^2=5m^2/4\]
Ahh.....my math was wrong.
\[h=m \sqrt{5}/2\]
2 cars= 280000 k %\[28000*k/100=280k\]
\[msqrt{5} \]/2 isn't an option.
The base of the triangle is not m/2. The diagonal of the square base is \[m \sqrt{2}\], so the base of the triangle is \[m \frac{ \sqrt{2} }{ 2 }\]
Use that and the answer is given.
how is it msqrt2?
|dw:1347219892689:dw| \[m ^{2} + m ^{2} = d ^{2}\]
Additionally, right under Jonask's drawing is the incorrect formula \[h ^{2} = m ^{2} + (\frac{ m }{ 2})^{2}\]
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