MEDALLLSS!!
Find the lateral area of the pyramid shown to the nearest square yard.

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MEDALLLSS!!
 Find the lateral area of the pyramid shown to the nearest square yard.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

Find the slant height of the cone to the nearest meter.

austinl · Answer

You need to find the slant height, do you know how to do this?

anonymous · Answer

know thats what i need help with

austinl · Answer

You have the central height, and you have a side length, you can use that to form a right triangle to find the slant height. Do you think you could go from there or do you need further guidance?

anonymous · Answer

whats the central height ?

austinl · Answer

That line in the center of the pyramid, 25 is it's length I think.

austinl · Answer

Yep, 25 yards.

anonymous · Answer

ohh okayyy got it, um is there a formula or something in still lost in solving it  lol

austinl · Answer

Yeah, but you need the slant height for it :P

anonymous · Answer

well how do i figure that out?

austinl · Answer

That is what I am in the process of doing, trying to tell you how! :D

austinl · Answer

So we have this so far.
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austinl · Answer

What would be the length of the bottom leg? It is half the length of a side as a hint :)

anonymous · Answer

i have to submit my test the times running out so im gonna guess then come back so i can learn this lol

austinl · Answer

This is a test?

anonymous · Answer

like a pretest thing to see if you have to go through the study

austinl · Answer

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Use the pythagorean theorem.

anonymous · Answer

a^2+b^2=c^2 right?

anonymous · Answer

i got 32.64