Question

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The height of one solid limestone square pyramid is 24 m. A similar solid limestone square pyramid has a height of 30 m. The volume of the larger pyramid is 16,000 m3. Determine each of the following, showing all your work and reasoning.


d) The volume of the smaller pyramid.

Answer 1

Do you know how to find the volume of a right square pyramid?

Answer 2

you use the formual V = a^2(h/3) for the large pyramid you have the volume and the height so you would just need to find a. After finding a, you will use the same formula again, however this time you plug in a and they have given you the height so you will solve for the volume.

Answer 3

4/5^2(24/3)? @Boblovesmath

Answer 4

But wouldnt it be ^3 since its a 3 dimensional shape?

Answer 5

I don't know I didn't solve it, but I am sure of the method.

Answer 6

https://www.google.com/#q=volume+of+a+square+pyramid

Answer 7

Okay...

Answer 8

@SectorZ423 can you figure out the volume?

Answer 9

One second

Answer 10

k!

Answer 11

Get the height of the larger shape and divide it by the smaller one giving you the equation 30/24=

Answer 12

giving you the number 1.25 and using that to divide the over all volume of the bigger one to get the smaller one so 16,000/1.5=......give me the answer and I will see if its right

Answer 13

12800

Answer 14

Okay see thats what my mother got but I was told I was wrong

Answer 15

the answer you got was wrong its 10,666.67

Answer 16

Wait no I was wrong

Answer 17

O.o

Answer 18

Wait so am I right?

Answer 19

12,800

Answer 20

OKay Thanks

Answer 21

yeah no problem I just kinda got switched around with the ratio being 1.5 instead of 1.25