An art gallery is a 6-story square pyramid with base area of half an acre. Estimate the volume in cubic yards of the art gallery. In your calculations, use 1 acre = 4840 yd2 and 1 story = 10 ft.

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ipwnbunnies · Answer

$$Volume = \frac{1}{3}b^2h$$

ipwnbunnies · Answer

For a square pyramid, where 'b' is the length of a side of the base. And 'h' is the height of the pyramid.

ipwnbunnies · Answer

We can both 'b' and 'h' to be represented in yards, since the question asks for the volume in cubic yards.

anonymous · Answer

Howdo I fnd the Base Side from knowing the Area.  Instead of using b^2  could I use the Area?

ipwnbunnies · Answer

Yes, good job recognizing that. It tells is the base has an area of half an acre. So, we can take half of the constant the problem gave us.

ipwnbunnies · Answer

And we know the area would be b^2.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much,  I got it