Question

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A statue has the shape of a square pyramid. The side length of the square base is 20 feet. The slant height of the monument is 16 feet. What is the height of the monument? Enter your answer, rounded to the nearest tenth of a foot, in the box.

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Answer 1

Answer:

$b=12.5$ ft

Step-by-step explanation:

From this description we can draw this diagram

Now we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the height.

$10^2+b^2=16^2\\\\b^2=256-100\\\\b=\sqrt{156}$

This square root is equal to

$b=12.489$

Which rounds to

$b=12.5$ ft