Question

Find the altitude of a regular tetrahedron whose volume is 486 square root of 2 cm^3.

Answer 1

Have you found a formula for the volume of a regular tetrahedron in terms of its altitude, h, as well as other dimensions?

Answer 2

i just have the formula of the volume but not the altitude of it

Answer 3

Does your formula include the letter "h" (for height)?

Answer 4

If I were you, and what I've actually done: I'd do an Internet search for "tetrahedron volume formula."
Please see one of the results of this search:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedron

This article should have all the info you need to solve your math problem.

Answer 5

tnx for the help, but i don't know how to solve for it