Question

Can someone help me please
Pyramid A is a square pyramid with a base side length of 14 inches and a height of 6 inches. Pyramid B has a volume of 3,136 cubic inches. How many times bigger is the volume of pyramid B than pyramid A? Give your answer as a percentage. Provide an explanation and proof for your answer to receive full credit.

Answer 1

Do you know how to find the volume of a pyrimid?

Answer 2

Yes

Answer 3

Then you want to find the volume of pyramid A

Answer 4

The answer that i got was 12.5%
And i wanted to see if i was correct or not

Answer 5

1/3 × 14² × 6

Answer 6

1/3 × 196 × 6

Answer 7

196 × 2

Answer 8

392in³

Answer 9

Am i correct?

Answer 10

I belive so yes

Answer 11

So is 12.5% the correct answer

Answer 12

@darkknight help plss

Answer 13

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) kekeman
The answer that i got was 12.5%
And i wanted to see if i was correct or not
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well this means pyramid a is 12.5% of pyramid b, but we want the answer to express how many times bigger pyramid b is than pyramid a, so you would do 3136/392 and then convert the value you get to a percentage. Yes your explanation is fine though

Answer 14

So 3136in³/392in³?

Answer 15

which simplify's to 8, expressed in a percentage 8 times is equal to.....???

Answer 16

8:1

Answer 17

392/3136 × 100?

Answer 18

yea

Answer 19

Which you get 12.5%

Answer 20

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @kekeman
Which you get 12.5%
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Right?

Answer 21

no what, you do \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) kekeman
So 3136in³/392in³?
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then multiply that by 100 for the percentage, why did you do \(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) kekeman
392/3136 × 100?
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???

Answer 22

I got 800

Answer 23

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @kekeman
I got 800
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percent, correct. Have a good one

Answer 24

Thanks

Answer 25

np